Minnesota Fishing Guide

Placid

Morrison County, Minnesota — DOW #49008000

208 Surveys

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537.46
Acres
25 ft
Max Depth
15 ft
Mean Depth
19
Fish Species
2
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DNR Fish Surveys

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

Black Bullhead

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 0.3 (below normal) 1.0 – 29.9 0.50 lb 2
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 1.0 (below normal) 3.1 – 47.6 0.42 lb 8
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.4 (below normal) 3.1 – 47.6 0.20 lb 3
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.1 (below normal) 3.1 – 47.6 0.28 lb 1
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.3 (below normal) 1.0 – 29.9 — 4
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 5.4 — 0.03 lb 145
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 1.0 – 29.9 0.17 lb 2
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.5 (below normal) 3.1 – 47.6 0.10 lb 2

Brown Bullhead

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 0.5 (below normal) 0.6 – 5.2 0.67 lb 3
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 0.6 (normal) 0.5 – 5.5 0.80 lb 5
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.5 (below normal) 0.6 – 5.2 1.50 lb 3
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.4 (below normal) 0.6 – 5.2 0.91 lb 4
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.7 (normal) 0.6 – 5.2 — 10
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.6 — — 15
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.6 – 5.2 1.25 lb 2
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.3 (normal) 0.6 – 5.2 0.73 lb 12

Yellow Perch

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 1.3 (normal) 0.5 – 3.7 0.26 lb 8
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 14.4 (normal) 3.7 – 28.4 0.17 lb 115
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 2.3 (normal) 0.5 – 3.7 0.16 lb 14
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 16.6 (normal) 3.7 – 28.4 0.17 lb 133
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.5 – 3.7 0.21 lb 1
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 8.2 (normal) 3.7 – 28.4 0.16 lb 74
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 1.0 (normal) 0.5 – 3.7 0.17 lb 15
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 6.2 — 0.12 lb 168
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 2.8 (below normal) 3.7 – 28.4 0.12 lb 25
1996-06-17 Survey seining 6.6 — — 33
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.0 (normal) 0.5 – 3.7 0.11 lb 9
2014-06-17 Standard electrofishing 1.2 — 0.65 lb 1

SLR

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 1.2 — 3.11 lb 7
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 2.1 — 3.18 lb 17
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.2 — 3.26 lb 7
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.5 — 1.75 lb 4
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 4.7 — 4.13 lb 42
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 2.6 — 4.40 lb 23
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 4.45 lb 2
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.0 — 5.73 lb 1
1996-06-17 Survey seining 1.0 — — 5
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 3.7 — 6.62 lb 33
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 2.9 — 5.45 lb 26
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 2.6 — 4.55 lb 23
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 — 3.71 lb 2

Yellow Bullhead

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 4.5 (normal) 1.0 – 8.0 0.45 lb 36
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 4.0 (normal) 2.4 – 9.1 0.47 lb 24
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 3.6 (normal) 1.0 – 8.0 0.33 lb 29
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 5.3 (normal) 2.4 – 9.1 0.40 lb 32
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.6 (below normal) 1.0 – 8.0 0.40 lb 5
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 2.4 – 9.1 0.56 lb 2
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 2.4 – 9.1 — 1
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.8 — 0.01 lb 21
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.6 (below normal) 2.4 – 9.1 1.09 lb 5
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.2 (below normal) 1.0 – 8.0 0.63 lb 2
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.8 (below normal) 1.0 – 8.0 0.52 lb 3
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 2.4 – 9.1 0.68 lb 1
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 2.4 – 9.1 0.50 lb 2

Northern Pike

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 2.1 (below normal) 2.3 – 9.2 2.31 lb 17
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 0.3 — 0.20 lb 2
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.5 (below normal) 2.3 – 9.2 1.72 lb 12
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.8 — 1.70 lb 5
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 3.0 (normal) 2.3 – 9.2 2.12 lb 27
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.8 — 1.37 lb 7
2024-04-10 Standard electrofishing 6.4 — 1.00 lb 7
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.8 — 2.14 lb 12
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 1.0 — 1.94 lb 27
1996-06-17 Special electrofishing 14.0 — 0.09 lb 7
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.7 (below normal) 2.3 – 9.2 2.33 lb 15
1996-06-17 Survey seining 2.0 — — 10
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 3.23 lb 1
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.6 — 1.70 lb 5

Common Carp

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 2.5 7.50 lb 1
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.4 (normal) 0.3 – 2.5 7.31 lb 4
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.5 10.67 lb 2
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 2.5 9.44 lb 1
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.5 9.41 lb 3
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.9 (normal) 0.3 – 1.5 5.49 lb 8

Rock Bass

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 1.4 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.1 0.09 lb 11
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 5.2 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.08 lb 31
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.8 (normal) 0.3 – 1.1 0.28 lb 6
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.10 lb 2
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.8 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.1 0.15 lb 16
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.0 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.11 lb 9
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.5 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.14 lb 8
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 2.6 — 0.23 lb 69
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.1 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.1 0.28 lb 10
1996-06-17 Survey seining 2.0 — — 10
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.4 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.09 lb 4
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 1.3 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.1 0.45 lb 5
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.6 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.06 lb 5
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.9 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.09 lb 17

Shorthead Redhorse

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 4.3 (above normal) 0.7 – 3.0 1.95 lb 34
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 1.5 (normal) 0.6 – 3.2 2.43 lb 9
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.8 (normal) 0.7 – 3.0 1.49 lb 14
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.8 (normal) 0.6 – 3.2 2.32 lb 5
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.6 (below normal) 0.7 – 3.0 0.95 lb 5
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.3 — 4.03 lb 9
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.0 (normal) 0.7 – 3.0 2.84 lb 9
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.3 (normal) 0.6 – 3.2 5.91 lb 12
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.8 (normal) 0.7 – 3.0 0.80 lb 3
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.4 (below normal) 0.6 – 3.2 2.66 lb 4

Walleye

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 1.5 (normal) 1.2 – 5.3 2.79 lb 12
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 0.7 (normal) 0.3 – 0.8 6.50 lb 4
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.5 (below normal) 1.2 – 5.3 3.75 lb 4
2002-06-17 Fall electrofishing 12.0 — 0.13 lb 11
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.7 (below normal) 1.2 – 5.3 3.13 lb 6
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 0.8 2.81 lb 1
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 0.8 3.92 lb 2
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.1 — 6.04 lb 3
1996-06-17 Special electrofishing 130.0 — — 65
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.0 (below normal) 1.2 – 5.3 2.98 lb 9
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.6 (normal) 0.3 – 0.8 5.20 lb 5
2008-06-16 Standard electrofishing 1.5 — 1.83 lb 1
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.3 (below normal) 1.2 – 5.3 2.28 lb 1
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 0.8 0.80 lb 1

Bluegill

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 1.0 — 0.17 lb 8
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 30.3 (normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.13 lb 182
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.6 — 0.14 lb 5
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 24.5 (normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.20 lb 147
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.8 — 0.15 lb 7
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 18.7 (normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.10 lb 168
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 1.6 (below normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.20 lb 24
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 1.4 — 0.21 lb 37
1996-06-17 Survey seining 16.0 — — 80
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 2.0 (below normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.14 lb 18
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.3 — 0.16 lb 1
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 14.1 (normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.14 lb 127
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.2 (below normal) 5.9 – 43.3 0.14 lb 11

Pumpkinseed

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 0.4 — 0.10 lb 3
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 5.3 (normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.10 lb 32
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.8 — 0.14 lb 14
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 15.5 (above normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.08 lb 93
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 2.1 (normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.09 lb 19
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 8.1 (normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.10 lb 121
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 5.0 — 0.04 lb 134
2024-04-10 Standard electrofishing 1.8 — 0.21 lb 2
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.3 (below normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.05 lb 3
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.24 lb 2
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.9 (below normal) 1.5 – 9.1 0.09 lb 8

Bowfin

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 0.3 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.5 5.25 lb 2
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.3 – 1.1 4.30 lb 2
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.9 (normal) 0.3 – 1.1 5.31 lb 8
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.4 — 2.86 lb 12
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.1 3.35 lb 2

White Sucker

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 5.6 (above normal) 0.5 – 3.3 1.74 lb 45
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 1.5 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.3 1.82 lb 9
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 2.9 (normal) 0.5 – 3.3 1.47 lb 23
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 2.0 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.3 2.21 lb 12
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 6.2 (above normal) 0.5 – 3.3 1.87 lb 56
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.9 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.3 2.34 lb 17
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.3 2.66 lb 3
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.0 — 2.65 lb 1
1996-06-17 Survey seining 0.6 — — 3
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 2.4 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.3 2.51 lb 22
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 3.1 (normal) 0.5 – 3.3 1.53 lb 28
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.5 (normal) 0.5 – 3.3 2.04 lb 2
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 1.3 (above normal) 0.3 – 1.3 2.48 lb 12
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.9 (normal) 0.3 – 1.3 1.91 lb 8

Black Crappie

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard gill nets 0.5 (below normal) 0.8 – 8.4 0.23 lb 4
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.4 (below normal) 0.8 – 8.4 0.40 lb 3
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.3 (normal) 0.9 – 8.0 0.28 lb 8
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.7 (below normal) 0.8 – 8.4 0.16 lb 6
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.9 – 8.0 0.15 lb 2
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.5 (below normal) 0.9 – 8.0 0.38 lb 7
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 1.3 — 0.63 lb 34
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.8 – 8.4 0.19 lb 1
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.9 – 8.0 1.20 lb 1
2008-06-16 Standard electrofishing 9.0 — 0.62 lb 6
2008-06-16 Standard gill nets 0.3 (below normal) 0.8 – 8.4 0.34 lb 1
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.4 (below normal) 0.9 – 8.0 0.87 lb 4
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.6 (below normal) 0.9 – 8.0 0.38 lb 5

Largemouth Bass

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1990-06-19 Standard trap nets 0.5 (normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.10 lb 3
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.30 lb 1
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.0 0.06 lb 1
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.0 3.02 lb 1
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.0 — 3.28 lb 1
1996-06-17 Survey seining 14.4 — — 72
2008-06-16 Standard electrofishing 28.5 — 1.02 lb 19

CRP

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.1 — 5.60 lb 1
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.2 — 5.00 lb 1

GLR

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 1.1 — 3.34 lb 9
1985-06-17 Standard trap nets 6.2 — 3.68 lb 37

Golden Shiner

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1985-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.1 (below normal) 0.3 – 1.8 0.10 lb 1

Smallmouth Bass

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
2002-06-17 Fall electrofishing 1.1 — 0.33 lb 1
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.2 (normal) 0.2 – 0.5 1.74 lb 2
2024-04-10 Standard electrofishing 18.2 — 1.47 lb 20
1996-06-17 Survey seining 1.0 — — 5
2008-06-16 Standard electrofishing 58.5 — 0.28 lb 39
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 0.08 lb 1
2014-06-17 Standard electrofishing 20.9 — 2.42 lb 18

GRR

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 3.4 — 1.81 lb 31
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 3.4 — 4.06 lb 31
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.7 — 3.79 lb 10
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.1 — 4.94 lb 3
1996-06-17 Standard gill nets 2.2 — 4.06 lb 20
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.0 — 5.80 lb 9
2008-06-16 Standard trap nets 1.1 — 3.27 lb 10
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 1.0 — 4.60 lb 9

Hybrid Sunfish

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
2002-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 0.15 lb 1
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.5 — 0.11 lb 8
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.1 — 0.22 lb 4
2014-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 0.17 lb 1

Tadpole Madtom

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
2002-06-17 Standard gill nets 0.1 — 0.04 lb 1
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 0.02 lb 1

CRC

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.0 — 1

Green Sunfish

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
2024-04-10 Standard trap nets 0.3 (normal) 0.2 – 1.2 0.08 lb 4
2024-04-10 Special trap nets 0.1 — 0.07 lb 4

Logperch

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
1996-06-17 Survey seining 0.2 — 1

Johnny Darter

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Total Catch
1996-06-17 Survey seining 0.2 — 1

Common Shiner

Date Gear CPUE Normal Range Avg Weight Total Catch
1996-06-17 Survey seining 2.2 — — 11
1996-06-17 Standard trap nets 0.1 — 0.07 lb 1

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Fish Species

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

Black BullheadBlack CrappieBluegillBowfin (Dogfish)Brown BullheadGreater RedhorseGreen SunfishHybrid SunfishLargemouth BassNorthern PikePumpkinseedRock BassShorthead RedhorseSilver RedhorseSmallmouth BassWalleyeWhite 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.