East Moore

East Moore Lake is a heavily vegetated 28-acre, class 40 lake located at Highway 65 and Interstate 694 in Fridley. Moore Lake Park (City of Fridley) borders approximately half of the shoreline and provides numerous amenities including a swimming beach, playground, picnic area, walking path, and fishing piers. The sport fish community consists of Bluegill, Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Black Crappie and Northern Pike. East Moore is aerated year round. Sportfish populations were present in varying abundance. Trap netted Northern Pike average size was 17.5 inches with a range of 10.4 to 26.4 inches. Panfish numbers were within normal ranges when compared to other similar lakes in Minnesota. Of the trap net caught Bluegills, 2% of fish sampled were longer than 6.5 inches. Other fish observed during this survey were Black and Yellow Bullheads in below average abundances.

East Moore Lake is a heavily vegetated 28-acre, class 40 lake located at Highway 65 and Interstate 694 in Fridley. Moore Lake Park (City of Fridley) borders approximately half of the shoreline and provides numerous amenities including a swimming beach, playground, picnic area, walking path, and fishing piers. The sport fish community consists of Bluegill, Pumpkinseed Sunfish and Northern Pike. East Moore is aerated year round. Sportfish populations were present in varying numbers. Northern Pike were sampled in below average relative abundance (3.0/gill net) for lakes similar to East Moore. Panfish numbers were within normal ranges when compared to other similar lakes in Minnesota. Of the 103 trapnet caught Bluegills, 8% of fish sampled were above 6.5 inches. Other fish observed during this survey were Black and Yellow Bullheads.

East Moore Lake is a heavily vegetated 28-acre, class 40 lake located at Highway 65 and Interstate 694 in Fridley. Moore Lake Park (City of Fridley) borders approximately half of the shoreline and provides numerous amenities including a swimming beach, playground, picnic area, walking path, and fishing pier. The sport fish community consists of Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed and Hybrid Sunfish, Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike. East Moore is aerated year round. Northern Pike and Largemouth Bass populations were present in varying numbers. Northern Pike were sampled in above average relative abundance (13.0/gill net) for lakes similar to East Moore. The Largemouth Bass population is average when compared to prior surveys. Panfish numbers were within normal ranges when compared to other similar lakes in Minnesota. Of the 51 trapnet caught Bluegills, 10 and 19 % of fish sampled were above 7.0 and 6.5 inches, respectively. Growth rates were below average with the majority of the population primarily consisting of slow growing (based on statewide averages) age 3 fish. Other sunfish species were sampled in varying numbers. Three Hybrid Sunfish averaging 4.37 inches and 43 Pumpkinseed Sunfish averaging 5.17 inches were sampled with trap nets. Pumpkinseed relative abundance was average for East Moore Lake. Two age-3 and one age-4 Black Crappie were sampled during this assessment. Other fish observed during this survey but sampled in low abundance were, one Common Carp and seven Black Bullhead.

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Hybrid Sunfish in East Moore. See the full species list above for catch rates, size structure, and quality scores.

We don't have a confirmed public access point on record for East Moore. Check the DNR LakeFinder page for current access details before you go.

East Moore has a maximum depth of 22 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in East Moore is from 2024.

No invasive species are on record for East Moore in Minnesota DNR data. Always clean, drain, and dry your equipment to help keep it that way.

No — East Moore has no lake-specific regulations in the 2026 Minnesota DNR regulations, so statewide Minnesota limits apply. The statewide crappie limit is: 10 combined total. Verify current rules with the Minnesota DNR before keeping fish.