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Minnesota Lakes With Golden Shiner

696 counted Minnesota lakes list Golden Shiner in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Lake of the Woods at 725,583 acres. The deepest of them is Saganaga at 280 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake of the Woods	Lake of the Woods	725,583 acres	210 ft
2	Rainy	St. Louis	210,200 acres	161 ft
3	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
4	Red (Upper Red)	Beltrami	119,294 acres	15 ft
5	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
6	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
7	Saganaga	Cook	18,767 acres	280 ft
8	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
9	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
10	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
11	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
12	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
13	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
14	Boulder	St. Louis	3,260 acres	18 ft
15	Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	3,258 acres	36 ft
16	White Iron	St. Louis	3,237 acres	47 ft
17	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
18	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
19	Wild Rice	St. Louis	2,372 acres	11 ft
20	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
21	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft
22	Trout	Itasca	1,862 acres	135 ft
23	Cedar	McLeod	1,860 acres	8 ft
24	North Turtle	Otter Tail	1,773 acres	19 ft
25	Johnson	St. Louis	1,736 acres	88 ft
26	Mantrap	Hubbard	1,618 acres	68 ft
27	Perent	Lake	1,598 acres	38 ft
28	West Rush	Chisago	1,594 acres	42 ft
29	Cannon	Rice	1,593 acres	15 ft
30	Portage	Cass	1,539 acres	55 ft
31	Washington	Le Sueur	1,516 acres	51 ft
32	Rice	Stearns	1,513 acres	41 ft
33	Sugar	Itasca	1,509 acres	22 ft
34	East Rush	Chisago	1,494 acres	24 ft
35	Coon	Anoka	1,481 acres	27 ft
36	Wolf	Becker	1,460 acres	16 ft
37	Madison	Blue Earth	1,447 acres	59 ft
38	Spider	Itasca	1,392 acres	36 ft
39	Lura	Blue Earth	1,359 acres	9 ft
40	Tetonka	Le Sueur	1,358 acres	35 ft
41	Stalker	Otter Tail	1,357 acres	95 ft
42	Prairie	Itasca	1,331 acres	31 ft
43	Knife	Kanabec	1,259 acres	15 ft
44	Black Duck	St. Louis	1,250 acres	30 ft
45	Whitewater	St. Louis	1,212 acres	73 ft
46	Echo	St. Louis	1,142 acres	10 ft
47	Vermilion River	St. Louis	1,071 acres	-
48	Jennie	Meeker	1,069 acres	15 ft
49	Bald Eagle	Ramsey	1,049 acres	36 ft
50	Bear	Freeborn	1,033 acres	6 ft
51	Elizabeth (Main Lake)	Kandiyohi	1,023 acres	9 ft
52	Nest	Kandiyohi	969 acres	40 ft
53	West Two Rivers Reservoir	St. Louis	967 acres	27 ft
54	Fox	Martin	951 acres	20 ft
55	Chisago	Chisago	944 acres	34 ft
56	Shields	Rice	940 acres	42 ft
57	Frances	Le Sueur	927 acres	60 ft
58	Cross	Pine	925 acres	30 ft
59	Medicine	Hennepin	924 acres	49 ft
60	Horseshoe	Crow Wing	922 acres	56 ft
61	South Center	Chisago	910 acres	109 ft
62	Clearwater	Crow Wing	905 acres	54 ft
63	Cedar	Rice	902 acres	42 ft
64	Eagle	Blue Earth	898 acres	9 ft
65	French	Rice	876 acres	56 ft
66	Myrtle	St. Louis	876 acres	20 ft
67	Esquagamah	Aitkin	842 acres	31 ft
68	Circle	Rice	838 acres	14 ft
69	Independence	Hennepin	832 acres	58 ft
70	Sunrise	Chisago	796 acres	21 ft
71	Cedar	Scott	793 acres	13 ft
72	Sand	St. Louis	779 acres	15 ft
73	Okabena	Nobles	776 acres	16 ft
74	Mukooda	St. Louis	774 acres	78 ft
75	Schilling	Sibley	763 acres	7 ft
76	Pearl	Stearns	753 acres	17 ft
77	Lost	St. Louis	752 acres	20 ft
78	Eleventh Crow Wing	Hubbard	751 acres	80 ft
79	North Center Lake	Chisago	749 acres	46 ft
80	Swan	Otter Tail	749 acres	44 ft
81	Howard	Wright	745 acres	39 ft
82	Baby	Cass	737 acres	69 ft
83	Rat Root	Koochiching	734 acres	8 ft
84	Dora	Le Sueur	733 acres	6 ft
85	Elephant	St. Louis	728 acres	30 ft
86	Ely	St. Louis	723 acres	70 ft
87	Cedar	Martin	707 acres	7 ft
88	Town Line	Cass	698 acres	11 ft
89	Ash	St. Louis	690 acres	25 ft
90	Wells	Rice	677 acres	4 ft
91	Shoal	Itasca	676 acres	7 ft
92	Middle Jefferson	Le Sueur	667 acres	8 ft
93	East Solomon	Kandiyohi	658 acres	14 ft
94	Third Crow Wing	Hubbard	643 acres	35 ft
95	Otter	McLeod	642 acres	9 ft
96	Roberds	Rice	632 acres	43 ft
97	Dixon	Itasca	622 acres	29 ft
98	Ripley (west portion)	Meeker	614 acres	18 ft
99	Pleasant	Ramsey	607 acres	58 ft
100	Scotch	Le Sueur	598 acres	11 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 696 counted lakes with Golden Shiner.

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