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Minnesota Lakes With Black Crappie

2363 counted Minnesota lakes list Black Crappie in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Lake of the Woods at 725,583 acres. The deepest of them is Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Mine at 525 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake of the Woods	Lake of the Woods	725,583 acres	210 ft
2	Rainy	St. Louis	210,200 acres	161 ft
3	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
4	Red (Upper Red)	Beltrami	119,294 acres	15 ft
5	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
6	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
7	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
8	Basswood	Lake	25,953 acres	111 ft
9	Namakan	St. Louis	24,066 acres	150 ft
10	Kabetogama	St. Louis	24,034 acres	80 ft
11	Saganaga	Cook	18,767 acres	280 ft
12	Cass	Beltrami	15,958 acres	120 ft
13	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
14	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
15	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
16	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
17	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
18	Crooked	Lake	10,360 acres	165 ft
19	St. Louis River Estuary	St. Louis	10,255 acres	55 ft
20	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
21	Bowstring	Itasca	9,528 acres	32 ft
22	Sand Point	St. Louis	8,527 acres	184 ft
23	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
24	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
25	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
26	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
27	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
28	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
29	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
30	Birch	St. Louis	7,074 acres	25 ft
31	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
32	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
33	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
34	Big Sandy	Aitkin	6,125 acres	84 ft
35	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
36	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
37	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
38	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
39	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
40	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
41	Rush	Otter Tail	5,276 acres	68 ft
42	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
43	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
44	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
45	Whiteface Reservoir	St. Louis	4,567 acres	35 ft
46	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
47	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
48	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
49	Ball Club	Itasca	4,335 acres	85 ft
50	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
51	Christina	Douglas	3,971 acres	14 ft
52	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
53	Sea Gull	Cook	3,958 acres	145 ft
54	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
55	Height of Land	Becker	3,795 acres	21 ft
56	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
57	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
58	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
59	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
60	Shetek	Murray	3,462 acres	10 ft
61	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
62	Boulder	St. Louis	3,260 acres	18 ft
63	Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	3,258 acres	36 ft
64	White Iron	St. Louis	3,237 acres	47 ft
65	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
66	Shell	Becker	3,147 acres	16 ft
67	Island	Itasca	3,108 acres	35 ft
68	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
69	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
70	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
71	Crane	St. Louis	2,921 acres	80 ft
72	Round	Itasca	2,860 acres	24 ft
73	Cut Foot Sioux	Itasca	2,771 acres	78 ft
74	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
75	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
76	Blackduck	Beltrami	2,711 acres	28 ft
77	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
78	Benton	Lincoln	2,699 acres	9 ft
79	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
80	Heron (South Heron)	Jackson	2,641 acres	5 ft
81	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
82	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
83	Plantagenet	Hubbard	2,531 acres	65 ft
84	Loon	St. Louis	2,498 acres	76 ft
85	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
86	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
87	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
88	Washington	Meeker	2,438 acres	17 ft
89	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
90	Wild Rice	St. Louis	2,372 acres	11 ft
91	Bear Island	St. Louis	2,362 acres	62 ft
92	Minnewawa	Aitkin	2,351 acres	21 ft
93	Shagawa	St. Louis	2,344 acres	48 ft
94	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
95	Bay	Crow Wing	2,330 acres	74 ft
96	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
97	Monongalia Lake	Kandiyohi	2,290 acres	14 ft
98	Forest	Washington	2,271 acres	37 ft
99	Okamanpeedan	Martin	2,268 acres	6.5 ft
100	Fall	Lake	2,258 acres	32 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 2363 counted lakes with Black Crappie.

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