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Minnesota Lakes With Common Carp

653 counted Minnesota lakes list Common Carp in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Mille Lacs at 128,250 acres. The deepest of them is Carlos at 163 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
2	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
3	Otter Tail	Otter Tail	14,079 acres	120 ft
4	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
5	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
6	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
7	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
8	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
9	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
10	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 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	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
15	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
16	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
17	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
18	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
19	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
20	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
21	Christina	Douglas	3,971 acres	14 ft
22	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
23	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
24	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
25	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
26	Shetek	Murray	3,462 acres	10 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	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
31	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
32	Benton	Lincoln	2,699 acres	9 ft
33	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
34	Heron (South Heron)	Jackson	2,641 acres	5 ft
35	Edward	Crow Wing	2,628 acres	75 ft
36	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
37	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
38	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
39	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
40	Washington	Meeker	2,438 acres	17 ft
41	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
42	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 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	Elysian (Main Lake)	Waseca	2,215 acres	13 ft
48	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
49	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft
50	Freeborn	Freeborn	2,034 acres	6.7 ft
51	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
52	Cedar	McLeod	1,860 acres	8 ft
53	Pomme de Terre	Grant	1,816 acres	23 ft
54	Green	Chisago	1,809 acres	32 ft
55	Le Homme Dieu	Douglas	1,801 acres	85 ft
56	Hanska	Brown	1,795 acres	16 ft
57	Wakanda Lake	Kandiyohi	1,760 acres	15 ft
58	Toad	Becker	1,715 acres	29 ft
59	Ocheda	Nobles	1,691 acres	5 ft
60	Round	Crow Wing	1,650 acres	51 ft
61	Maple	Polk	1,641 acres	14 ft
62	Marion	Otter Tail	1,624 acres	62 ft
63	Diamond	Kandiyohi	1,610 acres	27 ft
64	West Rush	Chisago	1,594 acres	42 ft
65	Cannon	Rice	1,593 acres	15 ft
66	Long	Kandiyohi	1,573 acres	16 ft
67	Buffalo	Wright	1,552 acres	33 ft
68	Hendricks	Lincoln	1,522 acres	9 ft
69	Pokegama	Pine	1,521 acres	25 ft
70	Washington	Le Sueur	1,516 acres	51 ft
71	Rice	Stearns	1,513 acres	41 ft
72	East Rush	Chisago	1,494 acres	24 ft
73	Spring	Dakota	1,494 acres	17 ft
74	Coon	Anoka	1,481 acres	27 ft
75	Madison	Blue Earth	1,447 acres	59 ft
76	Ten Mile	Otter Tail	1,428 acres	51 ft
77	Byllesby	Dakota	1,368 acres	50 ft
78	Lura	Blue Earth	1,359 acres	9 ft
79	Tetonka	Le Sueur	1,358 acres	35 ft
80	High Island	Sibley	1,340 acres	6.5 ft
81	Lobster	Douglas	1,334 acres	65 ft
82	Little Rock	Benton	1,311 acres	17 ft
83	South Long	Crow Wing	1,309 acres	47 ft
84	Hubert	Crow Wing	1,301 acres	83 ft
85	Blanche	Otter Tail	1,296 acres	64 ft
86	Long	Otter Tail	1,289 acres	128 ft
87	Big Stone NWR East Pool	Lac Qui Parle	1,286 acres	-
88	Pine	Clearwater	1,236 acres	15 ft
89	Sarah	Murray	1,209 acres	10 ft
90	Rose	Otter Tail	1,200 acres	137 ft
91	Lillian	Kandiyohi	1,151 acres	7.8 ft
92	Sullivan	Morrison	1,103 acres	57 ft
93	Franklin	Otter Tail	1,088 acres	48 ft
94	Fish	Otter Tail	1,078 acres	19 ft
95	Jennie	Meeker	1,069 acres	15 ft
96	Francis	Meeker	1,053 acres	17 ft
97	Darling	Douglas	1,050 acres	62 ft
98	East Loon	Otter Tail	1,044 acres	105 ft
99	Onamia	Mille Lacs	1,044 acres	10 ft
100	Bear	Freeborn	1,033 acres	6 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 653 counted lakes with Common Carp.

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