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Minnesota Lakes With Black Bullhead

1371 counted Minnesota lakes list Black Bullhead in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Rainy at 210,200 acres. The deepest of them is Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Mine at 525 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Rainy	St. Louis	210,200 acres	161 ft
2	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
3	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
4	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
5	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
6	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
7	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
8	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
9	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
10	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
11	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
12	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
13	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
14	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
15	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
16	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
17	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
18	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
19	Christina	Douglas	3,971 acres	14 ft
20	Height of Land	Becker	3,795 acres	21 ft
21	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
22	Rice	Aitkin	3,684 acres	4.5 ft
23	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
24	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
25	Shetek	Murray	3,462 acres	10 ft
26	Boulder	St. Louis	3,260 acres	18 ft
27	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
28	Shell	Becker	3,147 acres	16 ft
29	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
30	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
31	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
32	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
33	Benton	Lincoln	2,699 acres	9 ft
34	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
35	Heron (South Heron)	Jackson	2,641 acres	5 ft
36	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
37	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
38	Washington	Meeker	2,438 acres	17 ft
39	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
40	Minnewawa	Aitkin	2,351 acres	21 ft
41	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
42	Bay	Crow Wing	2,330 acres	74 ft
43	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
44	Monongalia Lake	Kandiyohi	2,290 acres	14 ft
45	Forest	Washington	2,271 acres	37 ft
46	Okamanpeedan	Martin	2,268 acres	6.5 ft
47	Natures	Itasca	2,249 acres	6 ft
48	Elysian (Main Lake)	Waseca	2,215 acres	13 ft
49	Puposky	Beltrami	2,177 acres	20 ft
50	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
51	Little Pine	Otter Tail	2,080 acres	63 ft
52	Freeborn	Freeborn	2,034 acres	6.7 ft
53	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
54	Lizzie (north portion)	Otter Tail	1,913 acres	66 ft
55	Geneva	Freeborn	1,884 acres	3.5 ft
56	Cedar	McLeod	1,860 acres	8 ft
57	Melissa	Becker	1,850 acres	37 ft
58	Pomme de Terre	Grant	1,816 acres	23 ft
59	Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	1,815 acres	84 ft
60	Green	Chisago	1,809 acres	32 ft
61	Le Homme Dieu	Douglas	1,801 acres	85 ft
62	Big Marine	Washington	1,799 acres	60 ft
63	Hanska	Brown	1,795 acres	16 ft
64	North Turtle	Otter Tail	1,773 acres	19 ft
65	Wakanda Lake	Kandiyohi	1,760 acres	15 ft
66	Cedar	Aitkin	1,726 acres	105 ft
67	Toad	Becker	1,715 acres	29 ft
68	Sturgeon	Pine	1,706 acres	40 ft
69	Ocheda	Nobles	1,691 acres	5 ft
70	Grand	St. Louis	1,665 acres	24 ft
71	Platte	Crow Wing	1,663 acres	23 ft
72	Fish Hook	Hubbard	1,643 acres	76 ft
73	Maple	Polk	1,641 acres	14 ft
74	Marion	Otter Tail	1,624 acres	62 ft
75	Mantrap	Hubbard	1,618 acres	68 ft
76	Diamond	Kandiyohi	1,610 acres	27 ft
77	Cannon	Rice	1,593 acres	15 ft
78	Sturgeon	St. Louis	1,585 acres	79.8 ft
79	Long	Kandiyohi	1,573 acres	16 ft
80	Buffalo	Wright	1,552 acres	33 ft
81	Hendricks	Lincoln	1,522 acres	9 ft
82	Pokegama	Pine	1,521 acres	25 ft
83	Washington	Le Sueur	1,516 acres	51 ft
84	Rice	Stearns	1,513 acres	41 ft
85	Sugar	Itasca	1,509 acres	22 ft
86	Strawberry	Becker	1,498 acres	40 ft
87	Coon	Anoka	1,481 acres	27 ft
88	Wolf	Becker	1,460 acres	16 ft
89	Madison	Blue Earth	1,447 acres	59 ft
90	North Tamarack	Becker	1,442 acres	17 ft
91	Ten Mile	Otter Tail	1,428 acres	51 ft
92	Johanna	Pope	1,399 acres	10 ft
93	Byllesby	Dakota	1,368 acres	50 ft
94	Lura	Blue Earth	1,359 acres	9 ft
95	Tetonka	Le Sueur	1,358 acres	35 ft
96	Stalker	Otter Tail	1,357 acres	95 ft
97	High Island	Sibley	1,340 acres	6.5 ft
98	Blanche	Otter Tail	1,296 acres	64 ft
99	Big Stone NWR East Pool	Lac Qui Parle	1,286 acres	-
100	Knife	Kanabec	1,259 acres	15 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 1371 counted lakes with Black Bullhead.

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