Lake-specific eating adviceInfested waters list
Powers Lake
Washington County
Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Colby Lake
Lake-specific eating adviceInfested waters listStocked 2024
Colby Lake is a 71-acre lake in Washington County, 11 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2015. Recorded species include northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 82009400
- County
- Washington
- Surface area
- 71 acres
- Maximum depth
- 11 feet
- Mean depth
- 7 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 69 acres, 97% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 2.3 miles
- Average water clarity
- 2.0 feet (Secchi disk, 2 readings)
- Nearest town (DNR)
- Woodbury (Washington)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2015, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 4, since 2002
- Game fish caught in the 2015 survey
- bluegill 89, yellow perch 41, black crappie 21, channel catfish 9, pumpkinseed 5, green sunfish 1, hybrid sunfish 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, and 3 other species
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye fry (500,000)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (500,000)
- Stocked in 2022
- walleye fry (400,000)
- Stocking years on record
- 5 of the last 10 (2016 to 2024)
- Infested waters list
- Eurasian watermilfoil
- Eating advice, general populations
- crappie: all sizes - 2 servings/week
- Size
- Under 100 acres
- Deepest point
- Under 15 feet
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
- Lake-specific eating advice
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota Department of Health fish consumption guidelines
Checked September 24, 2026
Survey catches show what DNR nets and electrofishing found on the survey date, not how the fishing is today. Check the current regulations and the Department of Health advice before you keep fish, and confirm access conditions before you tow a boat.