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Minnesota Lakes With Banded Killifish

25 counted Minnesota lakes list Banded Killifish in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Winnibigoshish at 56,471 acres. The deepest of them is Star at 83 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
2	Diamond	Kandiyohi	1,610 acres	27 ft
3	Nest	Kandiyohi	969 acres	40 ft
4	Swenson	Beltrami	412 acres	76 ft
5	Jack the Horse	Itasca	363 acres	45 ft
6	Portage	Cass	361 acres	65 ft
7	Bad Axe	Hubbard	303 acres	39 ft
8	Blue	Isanti	296 acres	31 ft
9	Spectacle	Isanti	246 acres	51.5 ft
10	George	Kandiyohi	228 acres	34 ft
11	Pointon	Crow Wing	185 acres	14 ft
12	Lewis	Kanabec	179 acres	48 ft
13	Long	Stearns	153 acres	46 ft
14	Star	Crow Wing	127 acres	83 ft
15	Bass	Crow Wing	121 acres	47 ft
16	Stanchfield	Morrison	116 acres	32 ft
17	Kreigle	Stearns	102 acres	66 ft
18	Birch	Wright	100 acres	52 ft
19	Watab	Stearns	97 acres	54 ft
20	Otter	Stearns	92 acres	51 ft
21	German	Otter Tail	77 acres	46 ft
22	Bonnie	Crow Wing	76 acres	42 ft
23	Little Star	Crow Wing	49 acres	30 ft
24	Horseshoe	Crow Wing	43 acres	28 ft
25	Minnie	Stearns	27 acres	57 ft

Source: Minnesota DNR lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.