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Minnesota Lakes With Brown Trout

17 counted Minnesota lakes list Brown Trout in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Grindstone at 533 acres. The deepest of them is Grindstone at 153 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Grindstone	Pine	533 acres	153 ft
2	Upper Gull	Cass	422 acres	54 ft
3	Big Watab	Stearns	246 acres	123 ft
4	Miner's Pit	St. Louis	141 acres	140 ft
5	Dry	St. Louis	82 acres	44 ft
6	Esther	Cook	78 acres	35 ft
7	Kremer	Itasca	78 acres	86 ft
8	Kimball	Cook	77 acres	16 ft
9	Chester	Cook	52 acres	35 ft
10	Loon	Aitkin	34 acres	21 ft
11	Jackal	Cook	31 acres	26 ft
12	Deepwater	St. Louis	22 acres	37 ft
13	Mirror	St. Louis	19 acres	27 ft
14	Donna	St. Louis	18 acres	9 ft
15	Mott Pit	St. Louis	18 acres	80 ft
16	Thompson	Cook	18 acres	12 ft
17	Lucky	Itasca	14 acres	44 ft

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