southern and central minnesota lakes

[lardy21]

im new to spearing went out few times last year never got one but seen a bunch and missed a few. was wondering what lakes you guys go on in the metro area or southern minnesota. not lookin for certain spot just name of lake any info would be helpfull

thanks

Lardy

[merkman]

The first thing you will want to look at when searching for a lake is clarity.

One of the best on-line tools to help you with that is the Minnesota Lake Browser from the UofM

http://water.umn.edu/lakebrows.html

U of M Lake Browser

Of course these are just tools - lake conditions can vary from year to year. but if you use these as a rule of thumb you will be OK.

Once you have some candidates picked out based on clarity then you will have to research what is in them

One of the best on-line tools for that is the MnDNR lakefinder.

www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/index.html

That should keep you busy for a while.