Cooper Lake Fishery
Cooper Lake (DNR #11-0163) has 147.1 surface acres and 97.4 littoral acres. Maximum depth is 70 feet and shoreline length is 2.9 miles. The lake was mapped in March, 1941. There is no public access. A DNR fisheries lake survey was completed in July, 1987 (also surveyed in 1973). There were good numbers of panfish, northerns, and perch in that survey. There was also one longear sunfish caught (endangered species).
The DNR Fisheries Management Plan for Cooper Lake:
Cooper Lake DNR Stocking Summary
| | Species | Size | Amount |
1935- 1941 | Pike Sunfish Crappies | Fry Fgl Fgl | 883,850 1,000 800 |
| 1947 | Bl Bass | Fgl | 500 |
| 1952 | LM Bass | Fgl | 3,520 |
| 1957 | Northern Pike | Yrl | 480 |
| 1959 | Northern Pike | Adl | 426 |
| 1962 | Northern Pike Northern Pike | Yrl Fry | 500 198 |
| 1964 | Northern Pike Northern Pike | Adl Yrl | 73 236 |
| 1965 | Northern Pike Walleye | Fgl Fry | 522 100,000 |
| 1967 | Northern Pike | Yrl | 200 |