Why is the MnDNR Lake Finder not this comprehensive?

  • carroll58
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    Twin Cities, USA
    Posts: 2094
    December 25, 2015 at 10:56 am #1587188

    Check out the Wisconsin Lake Finder, Index lists the Size, Area, County, Geographic Location, Depth and you can sort by Species.

    This Wisconsin LAke Finder is awesome compared to the Minnesota Lake Finder!

    http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/Default.aspx

    bigpike
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    Posts: 6259
    December 25, 2015 at 12:01 pm #1587195

    I dont know about the Minnesota one but I agree the Wisconsin lake finder through the dnr is nice. Printable, lots of little waterways included.

    hnd
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    Posts: 1575
    December 25, 2015 at 12:36 pm #1587198

    it depends on what you consider comprehensive. it might be easier to find a body of water but there certainly is not the level of detailed information that the mndnr has on theirs. even the smallest bodies of waters have been surveyed. you can tell how small perch are, how big walleye are, etc etc. the wiscdnrs just tells you whats in there and maybe stocking info.

    you can find lakes on wiscdnr easier, you can figure out if you should fish it better with MN.

    biggill
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    East Bethel, MN
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    December 25, 2015 at 1:00 pm #1587201

    Why don’t you ask this question to the MN DNR?

    shamus
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    December 25, 2015 at 3:34 pm #1587205

    Minnesota is far superior for information about the lake you’re targeting and it’s not even close. I miss the mndnr site. That being said, the fisheries biologist in my area of Wisconsin is helpful and will email any Lake survey he has upon request.

    Randy Wieland
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    Lebanon. WI
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    December 26, 2015 at 8:03 am #1587280

    I have done very little with the MN DNR website, so not much of a comment on that end of it. WI has a ton of information, but often you need to dig for it. They did some changes on the website, and now not all the information that had been readily available populates. A lot of the comprehensive information on fyke netting, shocking data, creel census,…is found by doing seperate searches for that particular body of water.

    As mentioned, if you contact a regional fisheries biologist, they’ll send you a lot of information if requested.

    Allan Davis
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    Carlton, MN
    Posts: 415
    January 4, 2016 at 3:48 pm #1589673

    It maybe easier to find walleye lakes and such but I want to know how big are the fish how many did they catch in the trophy class. I think the minnesota one can take somethings away from wisconsin but wisconsin can take a lot from minnesota.

    Sam
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    St.Francis
    Posts: 384
    January 12, 2016 at 3:14 pm #1592010

    If the MN one just had the target specie of fish I think it would be perfect trying to find a decent white bass lake would be a lot easier if we had that

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