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Minnesota Lakes With Bluegill

2558 counted Minnesota lakes list Bluegill in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Mille Lacs at 128,250 acres. The deepest of them is Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Mine at 525 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
2	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
3	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
4	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
5	Basswood	Lake	25,953 acres	111 ft
6	Namakan	St. Louis	24,066 acres	150 ft
7	Kabetogama	St. Louis	24,034 acres	80 ft
8	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
9	Otter Tail	Otter Tail	14,079 acres	120 ft
10	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
11	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
12	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
13	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
14	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
15	Bowstring	Itasca	9,528 acres	32 ft
16	Sand Point	St. Louis	8,527 acres	184 ft
17	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
18	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
19	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
20	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
21	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
22	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
23	Trout	St. Louis	7,425 acres	98 ft
24	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
25	Birch	St. Louis	7,074 acres	25 ft
26	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
27	Bemidji (main lake)	Beltrami	6,596 acres	76 ft
28	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
29	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
30	Big Sandy	Aitkin	6,125 acres	84 ft
31	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
32	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
33	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
34	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
35	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
36	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
37	Rush	Otter Tail	5,276 acres	68 ft
38	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
39	Knife	Lake	4,919 acres	179 ft
40	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
41	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
42	Whiteface Reservoir	St. Louis	4,567 acres	35 ft
43	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
44	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
45	Ball Club	Itasca	4,335 acres	85 ft
46	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
47	Christina	Douglas	3,971 acres	14 ft
48	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
49	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
50	Height of Land	Becker	3,795 acres	21 ft
51	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
52	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
53	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
54	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
55	Shetek	Murray	3,462 acres	10 ft
56	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
57	Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	3,258 acres	36 ft
58	White Iron	St. Louis	3,237 acres	47 ft
59	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
60	Shell	Becker	3,147 acres	16 ft
61	Island	Itasca	3,108 acres	35 ft
62	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
63	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
64	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
65	Crane	St. Louis	2,921 acres	80 ft
66	Round	Itasca	2,860 acres	24 ft
67	Cut Foot Sioux	Itasca	2,771 acres	78 ft
68	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
69	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
70	Blackduck	Beltrami	2,711 acres	28 ft
71	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
72	Benton	Lincoln	2,699 acres	9 ft
73	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
74	Edward	Crow Wing	2,628 acres	75 ft
75	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
76	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
77	Plantagenet	Hubbard	2,531 acres	65 ft
78	Loon	St. Louis	2,498 acres	76 ft
79	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
80	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
81	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
82	Washington	Meeker	2,438 acres	17 ft
83	Kabekona	Hubbard	2,433 acres	133 ft
84	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
85	Wild Rice	St. Louis	2,372 acres	11 ft
86	Bear Island	St. Louis	2,362 acres	62 ft
87	Minnewawa	Aitkin	2,351 acres	21 ft
88	Shagawa	St. Louis	2,344 acres	48 ft
89	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
90	Bay	Crow Wing	2,330 acres	74 ft
91	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
92	Monongalia Lake	Kandiyohi	2,290 acres	14 ft
93	Forest	Washington	2,271 acres	37 ft
94	Fall	Lake	2,258 acres	32 ft
95	Gull	Beltrami	2,256 acres	23 ft
96	Wabana	Itasca	2,221 acres	115 ft
97	Elysian (Main Lake)	Waseca	2,215 acres	13 ft
98	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
99	Turtle	Itasca	2,126 acres	137 ft
100	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 2558 counted lakes with Bluegill.

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