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Minnesota Lakes With Largemouth Bass

2071 counted Minnesota lakes list Largemouth Bass in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Mille Lacs at 128,250 acres. The deepest of them is Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Mine at 525 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
2	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
3	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
4	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
5	Basswood	Lake	25,953 acres	111 ft
6	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
7	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
8	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
9	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
10	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
11	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
12	Sand Point	St. Louis	8,527 acres	184 ft
13	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
14	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
15	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
16	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
17	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
18	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
19	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
20	Bemidji (main lake)	Beltrami	6,596 acres	76 ft
21	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
22	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
23	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
24	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
25	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
26	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
27	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
28	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
29	Rush	Otter Tail	5,276 acres	68 ft
30	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
31	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
32	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
33	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
34	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
35	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
36	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
37	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
38	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
39	Height of Land	Becker	3,795 acres	21 ft
40	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
41	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
42	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
43	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
44	Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	3,258 acres	36 ft
45	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
46	Shell	Becker	3,147 acres	16 ft
47	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
48	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
49	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
50	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
51	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
52	Edward	Crow Wing	2,628 acres	75 ft
53	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
54	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
55	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
56	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
57	Washington	Meeker	2,438 acres	17 ft
58	Kabekona	Hubbard	2,433 acres	133 ft
59	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
60	Wild Rice	St. Louis	2,372 acres	11 ft
61	Bear Island	St. Louis	2,362 acres	62 ft
62	Minnewawa	Aitkin	2,351 acres	21 ft
63	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
64	Bay	Crow Wing	2,330 acres	74 ft
65	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
66	Monongalia Lake	Kandiyohi	2,290 acres	14 ft
67	Forest	Washington	2,271 acres	37 ft
68	Gull	Beltrami	2,256 acres	23 ft
69	Wabana	Itasca	2,221 acres	115 ft
70	Elysian (Main Lake)	Waseca	2,215 acres	13 ft
71	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
72	Turtle	Itasca	2,126 acres	137 ft
73	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft
74	Potato	Hubbard	2,096 acres	87 ft
75	Little Pine	Otter Tail	2,080 acres	63 ft
76	Farm Island	Aitkin	2,005 acres	56 ft
77	White Earth	Becker	1,989 acres	120 ft
78	East Battle	Otter Tail	1,978 acres	87 ft
79	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
80	Long	Hubbard	1,926 acres	135 ft
81	Lizzie (north portion)	Otter Tail	1,913 acres	66 ft
82	Kitchi	Beltrami	1,865 acres	50 ft
83	Trout	Itasca	1,862 acres	135 ft
84	Cedar	McLeod	1,860 acres	8 ft
85	Deer	Itasca	1,855 acres	50 ft
86	Melissa	Becker	1,850 acres	37 ft
87	Pomme de Terre	Grant	1,816 acres	23 ft
88	Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	1,815 acres	84 ft
89	Green	Chisago	1,809 acres	32 ft
90	Le Homme Dieu	Douglas	1,801 acres	85 ft
91	Big Marine	Washington	1,799 acres	60 ft
92	Hanska	Brown	1,795 acres	16 ft
93	North Turtle	Otter Tail	1,773 acres	19 ft
94	Cotton	Becker	1,763 acres	28 ft
95	Steamboat	Cass	1,756 acres	93 ft
96	Trout	Itasca	1,743 acres	157 ft
97	Jessie	Itasca	1,740 acres	42 ft
98	Turtle River	Beltrami	1,740 acres	63 ft
99	Cedar	Aitkin	1,726 acres	105 ft
100	Toad	Becker	1,715 acres	29 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 2071 counted lakes with Largemouth Bass.

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