Minnesota Fishing Guide

Pepin

Todd County, Minnesota — DOW #77002500

141 Surveys
53.45
Acres
34 ft
Max Depth
0
11
Fish Species
0
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DNR Fish Surveys

Catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data from Minnesota DNR fish population assessments on Pepin. Green = above normal range. Red = below normal.

Black Bullhead

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 1.3 (normal) 1.3 – 26.0 0.75 lb 4
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 3.7 (below normal) 5.2 – 56.2 0.68 lb 11
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 1.3 – 26.0 0.79 lb 1
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.3 (below normal) 1.3 – 26.0 0.61 lb 2
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 0.3 (below normal) 5.2 – 56.2 0.06 lb 1

Yellow Perch

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 2.0 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.5 0.10 lb 6
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 2.0 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.5 0.25 lb 12
1997-06-30 Standard gill nets 21.3 (above normal) 1.5 – 12.8 0.18 lb 64
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 0.5 — — 1
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.5 0.07 lb 4
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 19.5 (above normal) 1.5 – 12.8 0.12 lb 39
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.3 — — 3
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.5 0.16 lb 2
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 1.0 (below normal) 1.5 – 12.8 0.10 lb 3

Green Sunfish

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 1.7 (normal) 0.3 – 2.0 0.10 lb 5
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 1.0 (normal) 0.3 – 2.0 0.10 lb 6
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 1.0 — — 2
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.7 — — 7
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 2.1 — — 2

Yellow Bullhead

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 1.0 (normal) 1.0 – 6.9 0.67 lb 3
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 3.0 (normal) 0.8 – 5.0 0.56 lb 9
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 0.5 — — 1
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 1.5 (normal) 0.8 – 5.0 1.43 lb 9
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.8 – 5.0 1.01 lb 1
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 0.3 (below normal) 0.8 – 5.0 1.36 lb 2

Northern Pike

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 12.0 (above normal) 2.5 – 7.9 1.95 lb 36
1997-06-30 Standard gill nets 20.3 (above normal) 2.5 – 7.9 1.81 lb 61
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 0.5 — — 1
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.2 — 2.67 lb 1
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 3.5 (normal) 2.5 – 7.9 2.00 lb 7
2003-06-30 Standard gill nets 5.7 (normal) 2.5 – 7.9 2.07 lb 17
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 1.8 — 1.71 lb 11
2010-06-14 Standard electrofishing 0.7 — 1.58 lb 1
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.1 — — 1
2010-06-14 Standard gill nets 6.3 (normal) 2.5 – 7.9 2.50 lb 19
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 0.8 — 0.89 lb 5
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 11.0 (above normal) 2.5 – 7.9 1.99 lb 33

Walleye

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 4.3 (above normal) 0.5 – 3.5 3.08 lb 13
1997-06-30 Standard electrofishing 2.5 — 0.39 lb 2
1997-06-30 Standard gill nets 2.3 (normal) 0.5 – 3.5 3.92 lb 7
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.2 1.85 lb 2
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 11.0 (above normal) 0.5 – 3.5 2.27 lb 22
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.7 (normal) 0.3 – 1.2 2.90 lb 2
2010-06-14 Standard gill nets 0.3 (below normal) 0.5 – 3.5 6.95 lb 1

Hybrid Sunfish

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 6.7 — 0.10 lb 20
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 2.0 — — 4
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 2.8 — 0.20 lb 17
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.3 — 0.10 lb 1
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 1.0 — 0.30 lb 6
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.5 — — 5

Largemouth Bass

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.1 1.50 lb 1
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 1.0 (above normal) 0.3 – 0.8 0.17 lb 3
1997-06-30 Standard electrofishing 8.7 — 1.91 lb 7
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 2.5 — — 5
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.5 (normal) 0.3 – 1.1 0.60 lb 1
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.7 (normal) 0.3 – 0.8 0.80 lb 2
2010-06-14 Standard electrofishing 18.6 — 1.00 lb 27
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 1.5 — — 15
2022-05-23 Standard electrofishing 53.5 — 1.13 lb 34

Bluegill

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 0.3 — 0.60 lb 1
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 24.7 (normal) 6.5 – 59.6 0.14 lb 74
1997-06-30 Standard electrofishing 1.2 — 0.43 lb 1
1997-06-30 Standard gill nets 1.3 — 0.17 lb 4
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 11.5 — — 23
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 72.0 (above normal) 6.5 – 59.6 0.13 lb 432
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 8.0 — 0.05 lb 16
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 70.7 (above normal) 6.5 – 59.6 0.06 lb 212
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 64.8 (above normal) 6.5 – 59.6 0.08 lb 389
2003-06-30 Standard gill nets 0.3 — 0.37 lb 1
2010-06-14 Standard gill nets 3.7 — 0.31 lb 11
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 21.3 — — 20
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 47.2 (normal) 6.5 – 59.6 0.07 lb 283
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 55.3 — — 553
2022-05-23 Standard electrofishing 201.3 — 0.21 lb 128
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 0.7 — 0.15 lb 2

Bowfin

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 1.7 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.5 3.60 lb 5
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 4.0 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.0 3.25 lb 12
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 1.8 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.0 6.83 lb 11
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.5 (normal) 0.3 – 1.5 2.00 lb 1
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.7 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 4.65 lb 2
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 3.21 lb 2
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.0 3.56 lb 1
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.5 3.89 lb 1

White Sucker

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 1.3 (normal) 0.5 – 2.0 2.12 lb 4
1997-06-30 Standard gill nets 5.7 (above normal) 0.5 – 2.0 4.46 lb 17
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 0.5 — — 1
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 8.5 (above normal) 0.5 – 2.0 1.24 lb 17
2003-06-30 Standard gill nets 2.0 (normal) 0.5 – 2.0 2.08 lb 6
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 2.3 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.6 2.02 lb 14
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 1.1 — — 1
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.6 3.26 lb 2
2010-06-14 Standard gill nets 4.3 (above normal) 0.5 – 2.0 2.45 lb 13
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 9.0 (above normal) 0.5 – 2.0 2.02 lb 27

Black Crappie

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard gill nets 1.0 (below normal) 1.9 – 18.0 0.40 lb 3
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 6.3 (normal) 1.8 – 18.1 0.61 lb 19
1997-06-30 Standard electrofishing 37.2 — 0.09 lb 30
1997-06-30 Standard gill nets 16.7 (normal) 1.9 – 18.0 0.20 lb 50
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 24.2 (above normal) 1.8 – 18.1 0.16 lb 145
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 16.5 (normal) 1.9 – 18.0 0.17 lb 33
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 13.7 (normal) 1.8 – 18.1 0.08 lb 41
2003-06-30 Standard gill nets 1.3 (below normal) 1.9 – 18.0 0.24 lb 4
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 6.7 (normal) 1.8 – 18.1 0.32 lb 40
2010-06-14 Standard gill nets 3.0 (normal) 1.9 – 18.0 0.19 lb 9
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 6.2 (normal) 1.8 – 18.1 0.23 lb 37
2010-06-14 Standard electrofishing 33.0 — 0.16 lb 48
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.3 — — 3
2022-05-23 Standard electrofishing 187.2 — 0.33 lb 119
2023-06-26 Standard gill nets 0.7 (below normal) 1.9 – 18.0 0.37 lb 2

Pumpkinseed

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1980-05-31 Standard trap nets 4.0 (normal) 0.8 – 5.3 0.12 lb 12
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 13.0 — — 26
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 16.0 (above normal) 0.8 – 5.3 0.11 lb 96
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 3.5 — 0.09 lb 7
1990-06-17 Standard trap nets 6.7 (above normal) 0.8 – 5.3 0.08 lb 20
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 3.2 (normal) 0.8 – 5.3 0.20 lb 19
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 3.2 (normal) 0.8 – 5.3 0.11 lb 19

Brown Bullhead

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.5 (normal) 0.5 – 5.4 1.60 lb 3
1997-06-30 Special trap nets 0.5 — — 1
2003-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.3 (below normal) 0.5 – 5.4 1.48 lb 2

Common Carp

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 2.6 19.94 lb 2
2010-06-14 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.3 – 2.6 9.28 lb 1

Rock Bass

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1997-06-30 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.2 – 0.6 0.38 lb 1

Shorthead Redhorse

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.5 (below normal) 1.0 – 1.0 3.60 lb 1

LED

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 4.2 — 42
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 3.2 — 3

CNM

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 1.2 — 12
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 1.1 — 1

BNS

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.1 — 1

Iowa Darter

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 1.0 — 10

BKF

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.5 — 5
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 8.5 — 8

PGS

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 1.1 — 1
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 3.2 — 32

Johnny Darter

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.1 — 1

Sunfish

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 2.1 — 2
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 3.0 — 30

Tadpole Madtom

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.5 — 5

BST

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 1.4 — 14

Common Shiner

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 2.0 — 20
2010-06-14 Backpack electrofishing 2.1 — 2

BCS

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.2 — 2

OTM

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2010-06-14 15-ft beach seine 0.1 — 1

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Map & Directions

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Showing 14 nearby bait & tackle shops on the map.

Nearby Bait & Tackle

Nancy's Bait & Tackle

Grey Eagle, MN

(320) 285-2405

★ 4.7

Beimert Outdoors

Brainerd, MN

(218) 746-4018

★ 5

Birch Island Outdoors

Brainerd, MN

Brad Dwyer Outdoors

Brainerd, MN

(218) 838-0001

★ 5

Corner Store Depot & Liquor

Brainerd, MN

(218) 824-2007

★ 4.7

Da Fishin Hole

Little Falls, MN

(320) 631-0056

★ 4.8

Dunham's Sports

Baxter, MN

(218) 829-2367

★ 4

Evergreen Outfitting

Royalton, MN

(320) 309-9319

★ 5

Nearby Marinas

Minnesota Jet Ski Rental / 2SledsAndaTrailer.com

Grey Eagle, MN

(320) 200-0300

★ 5

BK's Dock's

Cold Spring, MN

(612) 597-3914

★ 5

Boater's Dream, LLC

Little Falls, MN

(320) 632-8152

★ 3.9

Brainerd Garages

Brainerd, MN

(218) 828-4595

★ 4

Brainerd Sports & Marine

Brainerd, MN

(218) 828-4728

★ 4.6

Butler Park

St Cloud, MN

★ 4.2

Resorts & Lodges Near Pepin

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Knudson Rentals - Sauk Lake Retreat
Fishing Resort Sauk Centre

(763) 227-4607
Lakeshore Resort
Fishing Resort Osakis

(320) 859-2400
Buck Point Lodge
Fishing Resort Osakis

(320) 859-2530
Head of the Lakes Resort
Fishing Resort Osakis

(320) 859-4252

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Fish Species

Species known to inhabit Pepin. Click any species for a full fishing guide.

Black BullheadBlack CrappieBluegillBowfin (Dogfish)Brown BullheadLargemouth BassNorthern PikeWalleyeWhite SuckerYellow BullheadYellow Perch

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Data sourced from Minnesota DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife. Last verified: March 19, 2026. Learn how we maintain this data.