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Minnesota Lakes With Fathead Minnow

120 counted Minnesota lakes list Fathead Minnow in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Red (Upper Red) at 119,294 acres. The deepest of them is Kinney at 160 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Red (Upper Red)	Beltrami	119,294 acres	15 ft
2	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
3	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
4	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
5	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
6	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
7	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
8	Geneva	Freeborn	1,884 acres	3.5 ft
9	Diamond	Kandiyohi	1,610 acres	27 ft
10	Upper Rice	Clearwater	1,527 acres	13 ft
11	Jennie	Meeker	1,069 acres	15 ft
12	Nest	Kandiyohi	969 acres	40 ft
13	Eagle	Blue Earth	898 acres	9 ft
14	Long	Meeker	783 acres	11 ft
15	Elephant	St. Louis	728 acres	30 ft
16	Silver	Sibley	652 acres	8 ft
17	Otter	McLeod	642 acres	9 ft
18	Wood	Watonwan	559 acres	4.3 ft
19	Fremont	Sherburne	493 acres	8 ft
20	Otrey	Big Stone	475 acres	8 ft
21	East Toqua	Big Stone	437 acres	9 ft
22	North Drywood	Swift	404 acres	-
23	Pepin	Le Sueur	403 acres	8 ft
24	Barry	Big Stone	398 acres	8.8 ft
25	Rice	Hennepin	365 acres	11.5 ft
26	Shible	Swift	340 acres	8.5 ft
27	Caron	Rice	319 acres	4 ft
28	St. Anthony Falls Pool	Hennepin	317 acres	9 ft
29	Goose	Carver	302 acres	10 ft
30	Hawksnest	Lincoln	299 acres	7.3 ft
31	North Rothwell	Big Stone	297 acres	13 ft
32	Pleasant	Scott	289 acres	5 ft
33	Battle	Koochiching	286 acres	8.5 ft
34	Hope	Meeker	274 acres	10 ft
35	Balsam	Lake	221 acres	18 ft
36	Goose	Goodhue	220 acres	5.7 ft
37	Swenson	Big Stone	204 acres	-
38	Malmedal	Pope	199 acres	10 ft
39	Steep Bank	Lincoln	198 acres	6.5 ft
40	Church	Mahnomen	173 acres	19 ft
41	White	Freeborn	168 acres	4 ft
42	Eli	Big Stone	162 acres	5 ft
43	Willow	Stearns	156 acres	4 ft
44	Long Tom	Big Stone	147 acres	15 ft
45	Carey	St. Louis	145 acres	13.5 ft
46	Langdon	Hennepin	143 acres	38 ft
47	West Twin	Cook	134 acres	37 ft
48	Maria	Carver	131 acres	6 ft
49	Heikkilla	St. Louis	130 acres	7 ft
50	Star	Crow Wing	127 acres	83 ft
51	Kiskadinna	Cook	121 acres	40 ft
52	Partridge	Cook	118 acres	80 ft
53	Oak	Lincoln	108 acres	10 ft
54	Morgan	St. Louis	104 acres	11 ft
55	Bigsby	Cook	95 acres	4 ft
56	Burns	Anoka	95 acres	18 ft
57	Horseshoe	St. Louis	94 acres	7 ft
58	Monker	Cook	93 acres	7 ft
59	Strandness	Pope	92 acres	5 ft
60	Peterson	Big Stone	91 acres	20 ft
61	Bat	Cook	83 acres	110 ft
62	Southeast Anderson	Hennepin	82 acres	9 ft
63	Dragon	Lake	79 acres	15 ft
64	Diamond	Cass	77 acres	31 ft
65	German	Otter Tail	77 acres	46 ft
66	Drietz	Lincoln	72 acres	4 ft
67	Holy Name	Hennepin	71 acres	7 ft
68	Dyers	Cook	70 acres	23 ft
69	Net	St. Louis	70 acres	18 ft
70	Cougar	Lake	68 acres	3.5 ft
71	Lake Full of Fish	Kanabec	65 acres	28 ft
72	Gustafson	St. Louis	64 acres	7 ft
73	Jim	Cook	59 acres	26 ft
74	Nipisiquit	Lake	59 acres	21 ft
75	Chester	Cook	52 acres	35 ft
76	Diamond	Hennepin	52 acres	5.8 ft
77	Misquah	Cook	52 acres	60 ft
78	Muckwa	Cook	49 acres	25 ft
79	Kinney	St. Louis	45 acres	160 ft
80	Homestead	Lake	44 acres	7.5 ft
81	Manuel Mine	Crow Wing	41 acres	160 ft
82	Erskine	Itasca	40 acres	56 ft
83	Wadop	Lake	40 acres	9 ft
84	Ward	Cook	39 acres	13 ft
85	Surprise	Lake	38 acres	10 ft
86	Antoinette	St. Louis	35 acres	8 ft
87	Munnwyler	Big Stone	32 acres	22.5 ft
88	Pickerel	St. Louis	32 acres	47 ft
89	Moses	Cook	30 acres	4 ft
90	Bee Cee	Itasca	29 acres	33 ft
91	Mush	Cook	28 acres	16 ft
92	Griddle	Lake	27 acres	5.5 ft
93	Sand	St. Louis	27 acres	16 ft
94	Assinika	Cook	23 acres	5 ft
95	Charity	Lake	23 acres	5 ft
96	Arrowhead	Hennepin	22 acres	7 ft
97	Alger	Lake	21 acres	6 ft
98	John Reservoir	Yellow Medicine	21 acres	12 ft
99	Teepee	Cass	21 acres	31 ft
100	Morris	Lake	20 acres	4 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 120 counted lakes with Fathead Minnow.

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