Schmidt

Hennepin County

Near Mission Farms

DOW: 27010200

White CrappieGood · 67Black CrappieGood · 54Northern PikeGood · 53

A 45-acre lake near Mission Farms in Hennepin County — best known for panfish and pike. Last surveyed 1990.

Fish Species (11)

White Crappie

Good · 67

Typical numbers · large fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1985

Last surveyed 1985 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

1.70 lbs

Catch rate: 0.2 per trap net · typical 0.2–0.5 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 7, 1985	0.20	-	1.70 lbs	Standard trap nets

Black Crappie

Good · 54

Above-normal numbers · small fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.11 lbs

Catch rate: 7.0 per trap net · typical 1.2–4.8 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	1.00	-	0.20 lbs	Standard gill nets
Aug 8, 1990	7.00	-	0.11 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	1.00	-	0.10 lbs	Standard gill nets

Northern Pike

Good · 53

Typical numbers · average-size fish

Gill-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

1.91 lbs

Catch rate: 7.0 per gill net · typical 4.5–11.3 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	7.00	-	1.91 lbs	Standard gill nets
Aug 8, 1990	1.80	-	2.97 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	0.80	-	3.65 lbs	Standard trap nets

Largemouth Bass

Stocked 2016

Good · 50

Large fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

1.40 lbs

Catch rate: 0.2 per trap net · typical 0.3–1.3 for a lake like this

Stocked with yearlings once · 180 fish total

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	0.20	-	1.40 lbs	Standard trap nets

Stocking Details

Year	Size	Number	Pounds	Agency
2016	yearlings	180	4.5	Private citizens and sporting groups

Pumpkinseed

Average · 47

Below-normal numbers · average-size fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.19 lbs

Catch rate: 1.6 per trap net · typical 1.7–10.3 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	1.60	-	0.19 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	0.60	-	0.07 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 13, 1980	0.20	-	0.05 lbs	Standard trap nets

Green Sunfish

Average · 43

Typical numbers · small fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1980

Last surveyed 1980 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.08 lbs

Catch rate: 1.0 per trap net · typical 0.2–2.1 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 13, 1980	1.00	-	0.08 lbs	Standard trap nets

Bluegill

Stocked 2016

Average · 39

Typical numbers · small fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.07 lbs

Catch rate: 19.8 per trap net · typical 4.9–49.8 for a lake like this

Stocked with yearlings once · 600 fish total

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	19.80	-	0.07 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 8, 1990	8.00	-	0.04 lbs	Standard gill nets
Aug 7, 1985	8.00	-	0.05 lbs	Standard gill nets

Stocking Details

Year	Size	Number	Pounds	Agency
2016	yearlings	600	12.0	Private citizens and sporting groups

Hybrid Sunfish

Stocked 2016

Poor · 21

Below-normal numbers

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.05 lbs

Catch rate: 0.2 per trap net

Stocked with yearlings once · 620 fish total

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	0.20	-	0.05 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	1.00	-	0.09 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 13, 1980	4.40	-	0.08 lbs	Standard trap nets

Stocking Details

Year	Size	Number	Pounds	Agency
2016	yearlings	620	12.4	Private citizens and sporting groups

Other species in this lake (3)

Rough fish, bullheads, and baitfish recorded in DNR surveys — present in the lake, but not typical angling targets.

White Sucker

Good · 50

Large fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

3.40 lbs

Catch rate: 0.2 per trap net · typical 0.3–1.5 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	0.20	-	3.40 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	0.20	-	3.40 lbs	Standard trap nets

Brown Bullhead

Average · 47

Typical numbers · average-size fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1985

Last surveyed 1985 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.38 lbs

Catch rate: 2.0 per trap net · typical 1.1–9.6 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 7, 1985	2.00	-	0.38 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	6.00	-	0.32 lbs	Standard gill nets

Black Bullhead

Average · 44

Typical numbers · average-size fish

Trap-net survey · surveyed Aug 1990

Last surveyed 1990 — treat with caution

Avg Weight

0.13 lbs

Catch rate: 5.0 per trap net · typical 1.1–25.2 for a lake like this

Survey History

Date	Catch Rate	Avg Length	Avg Weight	Gear
Aug 8, 1990	225.00	-	0.07 lbs	Standard gill nets
Aug 8, 1990	5.00	-	0.13 lbs	Standard trap nets
Aug 7, 1985	1.40	-	0.40 lbs	Standard trap nets

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Fishing Regulations

Statewide limits

Standard statewide Minnesota limits for the species in this lake.

Northern Pike

Season: May 9, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027

North-central zone

Angling: 10 (not more than 2 over 26". All from 22-26" must be immediatley released).

Largemouth Bass

Season: Mar 1, 2026 – May 22, 2026

Largemouth bass in the Southern and North-central zones

Catch-and-release only

Largemouth Bass

Season: May 23, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027

Largemouth bass in the Southern and North-central zones

6 combined total largemouth or smallmouth (when smallmouth season is open)

Crappie

10 combined total

Sunfish

20 combined total

More statewide rules (spearing, rough fish)

Northern Pike

Season: Nov 15, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027

North-central zone

Darkhouse spearing: 10 (only 1 between 22-26" and 1 over 26"; or, only 2 over 26").

Bowfin, buffalo, carp, carpsuckers, freshwater drum, goldeneye, redhorse, and suckers

no limit

Bullhead

100

Biologist Notes

August 8, 1990NORTHERN PIKE WERE SAMPLED AT LEVELS HIGHER THAN LOCAL MEDIANS FOR NUMBER PER SET, BUT POUNDS PER SET WAS VERY CLOSE TO LOCAL MEDIANS. THE BLACK BULLH…

NORTHERN PIKE WERE SAMPLED AT LEVELS HIGHER THAN LOCAL MEDIANS FOR NUMBER PER SET, BUT POUNDS PER SET WAS VERY CLOSE TO LOCAL MEDIANS. THE BLACK BULLHEAD POPULATION IS HIGHER THAN LOCAL MEDIANS FOR NUMBERS WHILE BEING ONLY ABOUT 1/3 LOCAL MEDIANS FOR POUNDS PER SET. BLUEGILL AND BLACK CRAPPIE NUMBERS WERE SAMPLED NEAR LOCAL MEDIAN LEVELS, BUT WERE SMALL IN SIZE WITH NEARLY ALL FISH BEING LESS THAN 6 INCHES IN LENGTH. ONE LARGEMOUTH BASS WAS ALSO SAMPLED IN TRAPNETS.

August 7, 1985THE POPULATION OF NORTHERN PIKE IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN NUMBERS AND SIZE. BLUEGILLS AND BLACK CRAPPIES WERE FOUND AT NEAR LOCAL MEDIAN LEVELS AND MANY ARE…

THE POPULATION OF NORTHERN PIKE IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN NUMBERS AND SIZE. BLUEGILLS AND BLACK CRAPPIES WERE FOUND AT NEAR LOCAL MEDIAN LEVELS AND MANY ARE OF QUALITY SIZE. WHITE SUCKER, BLACK BULLHEAD, BROWN BULLHEAD, PUMPKINSEED AND HYBRID SUNFISH WERE SAMPLED AT BELOW NUMBERS.

August 13, 1980BLB, NP, BG, & BLC tkn-expect. num., the catch rts for each spec. falling btwn the first and third quartiles of rng of lcl med. PS were pres. in low n…

BLB, NP, BG, & BLC tkn-expect. num., the catch rts for each spec. falling btwn the first and third quartiles of rng of lcl med. PS were pres. in low num. and GRS in hgh num. Shrln sein. ind. subst. LMB rprd.-1980. NP are apparently able to reprod. as shwn by sev. szs pres. and no stckng since '70. The partial wntrkl of 1978-79 did not elim. the more sens. spec. such as Bass or BG. Fsh pop-gd

Frequently Asked Questions

What fish can you catch in Schmidt?

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target White Crappie, Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, and Pumpkinseed in Schmidt. See the full species list above for catch rates, size structure, and quality scores.

Is there public access at Schmidt?

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

How deep is Schmidt?

Schmidt has a maximum depth of 25 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

When were the main sport fish in Schmidt last surveyed?

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in Schmidt is from 1990. Surveys this old should be treated with some caution — fish populations change over time.

Does Schmidt have any invasive species?

Yes — Schmidt has confirmed Eurasian watermilfoil. Clean, drain, and dry your equipment to avoid spreading invasives to other waters.

Are there special fishing regulations on Schmidt?

No — Schmidt 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.