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Minnesota Lakes With Freshwater Drum

124 counted Minnesota lakes list Freshwater Drum in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Red (Upper Red) at 119,294 acres. The deepest of them is St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott at 78 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Red (Upper Red)	Beltrami	119,294 acres	15 ft
2	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
3	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
4	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
5	St. Louis River Estuary	St. Louis	10,255 acres	55 ft
6	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
7	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
8	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
9	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
10	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
11	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
12	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
13	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
14	Blackduck	Beltrami	2,711 acres	28 ft
15	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
16	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
17	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
18	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
19	Lizzie (north portion)	Otter Tail	1,913 acres	66 ft
20	Hanska	Brown	1,795 acres	16 ft
21	Maple	Polk	1,641 acres	14 ft
22	West Rush	Chisago	1,594 acres	42 ft
23	Cannon	Rice	1,593 acres	15 ft
24	Pokegama	Pine	1,521 acres	25 ft
25	Washington	Le Sueur	1,516 acres	51 ft
26	East Rush	Chisago	1,494 acres	24 ft
27	Spring	Dakota	1,494 acres	17 ft
28	Madison	Blue Earth	1,447 acres	59 ft
29	Byllesby	Dakota	1,368 acres	50 ft
30	Tetonka	Le Sueur	1,358 acres	35 ft
31	High Island	Sibley	1,340 acres	6.5 ft
32	Big Stone NWR East Pool	Lac Qui Parle	1,286 acres	-
33	Fox	Martin	951 acres	20 ft
34	Shields	Rice	940 acres	42 ft
35	Round	Jackson	930 acres	9 ft
36	Frances	Le Sueur	927 acres	60 ft
37	Cross	Pine	925 acres	30 ft
38	Cedar	Rice	902 acres	42 ft
39	Eagle	Blue Earth	898 acres	9 ft
40	Upper Sakatah	Le Sueur	892 acres	12 ft
41	German	Le Sueur	889 acres	51 ft
42	French	Rice	876 acres	56 ft
43	Talcot	Cottonwood	873 acres	6 ft
44	Eagle	Kandiyohi	849 acres	67 ft
45	Circle	Rice	838 acres	14 ft
46	Okabena	Nobles	776 acres	16 ft
47	Andrew	Kandiyohi	759 acres	26 ft
48	Zumbro	Olmsted	715 acres	43 ft
49	Loon	Jackson	708 acres	8 ft
50	Cedar	Martin	707 acres	7 ft
51	Florida	Kandiyohi	705 acres	40 ft
52	Iowa	Martin	705 acres	9.4 ft
53	Mazaska	Rice	688 acres	50 ft
54	East Jefferson	Le Sueur	685 acres	37 ft
55	Wells	Rice	677 acres	4 ft
56	Pigs Eye	Ramsey	674 acres	4 ft
57	Middle Jefferson	Le Sueur	667 acres	8 ft
58	Ann	Kanabec	653 acres	17 ft
59	Willmar	Kandiyohi	636 acres	14 ft
60	Roberds	Rice	632 acres	43 ft
61	Little Spirit	Jackson	624 acres	8 ft
62	Hall	Martin	548 acres	27 ft
63	Barrett	Grant	530 acres	28 ft
64	Games	Kandiyohi	527 acres	42 ft
65	Gorman	Le Sueur	521 acres	14 ft
66	West Graham	Nobles	519 acres	8 ft
67	Pelican	Pope	518 acres	34 ft
68	Perkins	Stevens	518 acres	13 ft
69	East Graham	Nobles	511 acres	8 ft
70	Fish	Kanabec	506 acres	8 ft
71	Foot	Kandiyohi	503 acres	24 ft
72	Wood	Yellow Medicine	485 acres	9 ft
73	East Chain	Martin	481 acres	6 ft
74	U.S. Lock & Dam #1 Pool	Hennepin	471 acres	9 ft
75	Big Twin	Martin	461 acres	18 ft
76	Flahtery	Jackson	457 acres	6.2 ft
77	West Jefferson	Le Sueur	439 acres	24 ft
78	Clear	Jackson	434 acres	9 ft
79	Horseshoe	Le Sueur	417 acres	26 ft
80	North Drywood	Swift	404 acres	-
81	Kansas	Watonwan	403 acres	7 ft
82	Stowe	Douglas	377 acres	14 ft
83	Lower Sakatah	Rice	372 acres	7 ft
84	Ballantyne	Blue Earth	371 acres	58 ft
85	Willmert (main bay)	Martin	335 acres	8 ft
86	Caron	Rice	319 acres	4 ft
87	St. Anthony Falls Pool	Hennepin	317 acres	9 ft
88	Fox	Rice	312 acres	47 ft
89	Winona	Winona	308 acres	38 ft
90	Duck	Blue Earth	290 acres	25 ft
91	Clear	Le Sueur	279 acres	18 ft
92	Little Chippewa	Douglas	271 acres	24 ft
93	Volney	Le Sueur	269 acres	67 ft
94	Long	Watonwan	263 acres	13 ft
95	Sabre	Le Sueur	258 acres	13 ft
96	South Silver	Martin	252 acres	22 ft
97	Rush	Jackson	243 acres	3 ft
98	Double	Cottonwood	240 acres	9 ft
99	Budd	Martin	228 acres	23 ft
100	Quamba	Kanabec	226 acres	11 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 124 counted lakes with Freshwater Drum.

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