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Minnesota Lakes With Bowfin

869 counted Minnesota lakes list Bowfin in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Leech at 103,444 acres. The deepest of them is Rabbit (East Portion) at 337 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
2	Cass	Beltrami	15,958 acres	120 ft
3	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
4	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
5	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
6	Bowstring	Itasca	9,528 acres	32 ft
7	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
8	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
9	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
10	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
11	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
12	Bemidji (main lake)	Beltrami	6,596 acres	76 ft
13	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
14	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
15	Big Sandy	Aitkin	6,125 acres	84 ft
16	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
17	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
18	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
19	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
20	Rush	Otter Tail	5,276 acres	68 ft
21	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
22	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
23	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
24	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
25	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
26	Ball Club	Itasca	4,335 acres	85 ft
27	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
28	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
29	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
30	Height of Land	Becker	3,795 acres	21 ft
31	Rice	Aitkin	3,684 acres	4.5 ft
32	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
33	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
34	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
35	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
36	Round	Itasca	2,860 acres	24 ft
37	Cut Foot Sioux	Itasca	2,771 acres	78 ft
38	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
39	Edward	Crow Wing	2,628 acres	75 ft
40	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
41	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
42	Plantagenet	Hubbard	2,531 acres	65 ft
43	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
44	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
45	Kabekona	Hubbard	2,433 acres	133 ft
46	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
47	Minnewawa	Aitkin	2,351 acres	21 ft
48	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
49	Bay	Crow Wing	2,330 acres	74 ft
50	Monongalia Lake	Kandiyohi	2,290 acres	14 ft
51	Natures	Itasca	2,249 acres	6 ft
52	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
53	Turtle	Itasca	2,126 acres	137 ft
54	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft
55	Little Pine	Otter Tail	2,080 acres	63 ft
56	Farm Island	Aitkin	2,005 acres	56 ft
57	East Battle	Otter Tail	1,978 acres	87 ft
58	Long	Hubbard	1,926 acres	135 ft
59	Lizzie (north portion)	Otter Tail	1,913 acres	66 ft
60	Kitchi	Beltrami	1,865 acres	50 ft
61	Trout	Itasca	1,862 acres	135 ft
62	Cedar	McLeod	1,860 acres	8 ft
63	Melissa	Becker	1,850 acres	37 ft
64	Pomme de Terre	Grant	1,816 acres	23 ft
65	Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	1,815 acres	84 ft
66	Green	Chisago	1,809 acres	32 ft
67	Le Homme Dieu	Douglas	1,801 acres	85 ft
68	Steamboat	Cass	1,756 acres	93 ft
69	Jessie	Itasca	1,740 acres	42 ft
70	Turtle River	Beltrami	1,740 acres	63 ft
71	Toad	Becker	1,715 acres	29 ft
72	Many Point	Becker	1,701 acres	92 ft
73	Platte	Crow Wing	1,663 acres	23 ft
74	Pine Mountain	Cass	1,617 acres	80 ft
75	Diamond	Kandiyohi	1,610 acres	27 ft
76	Turtle	Beltrami	1,607 acres	45 ft
77	Andrusia	Beltrami	1,596 acres	60 ft
78	West Rush	Chisago	1,594 acres	42 ft
79	Cannon	Rice	1,593 acres	15 ft
80	Washburn	Cass	1,590 acres	111 ft
81	Buffalo	Wright	1,552 acres	33 ft
82	Portage	Cass	1,539 acres	55 ft
83	Pokegama	Pine	1,521 acres	25 ft
84	Washington	Le Sueur	1,516 acres	51 ft
85	Rice	Stearns	1,513 acres	41 ft
86	Roosevelt	Cass	1,511 acres	129 ft
87	Sugar	Itasca	1,509 acres	22 ft
88	Little Boy	Cass	1,452 acres	74 ft
89	Madison	Blue Earth	1,447 acres	59 ft
90	Shamineau	Morrison	1,434 acres	52 ft
91	Crystal	Otter Tail	1,413 acres	55 ft
92	Split Hand	Itasca	1,374 acres	34 ft
93	Big Trout	Crow Wing	1,366 acres	128 ft
94	Tetonka	Le Sueur	1,358 acres	35 ft
95	Stalker	Otter Tail	1,357 acres	95 ft
96	Thunder	Cass	1,347 acres	95 ft
97	Lobster	Douglas	1,334 acres	65 ft
98	Prairie	Itasca	1,331 acres	31 ft
99	Six Mile	Cass	1,323 acres	68 ft
100	South Long	Crow Wing	1,309 acres	47 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 869 counted lakes with Bowfin.

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