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Minnesota Lakes With Muskellunge

73 counted Minnesota lakes list Muskellunge in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Lake of the Woods at 725,583 acres. The deepest of them is Lake of the Woods at 210 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake of the Woods	Lake of the Woods	725,583 acres	210 ft
2	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
3	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
4	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
5	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
6	Cass	Beltrami	15,958 acres	120 ft
7	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
8	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
9	Bemidji (main lake)	Beltrami	6,596 acres	76 ft
10	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
11	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
12	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
13	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
14	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
15	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
16	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
17	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
18	Crane	St. Louis	2,921 acres	80 ft
19	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
20	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
21	Forest	Washington	2,271 acres	37 ft
22	Kitchi	Beltrami	1,865 acres	50 ft
23	Cedar	Aitkin	1,726 acres	105 ft
24	Many Point	Becker	1,701 acres	92 ft
25	Mantrap	Hubbard	1,618 acres	68 ft
26	Andrusia	Beltrami	1,596 acres	60 ft
27	Roosevelt	Cass	1,511 acres	129 ft
28	East Rush	Chisago	1,494 acres	24 ft
29	Little Boy	Cass	1,452 acres	74 ft
30	Shamineau	Morrison	1,434 acres	52 ft
31	Moose	Itasca	1,273 acres	61 ft
32	Round	Becker	1,094 acres	69 ft
33	Wolf	Beltrami	1,076 acres	57 ft
34	Bald Eagle	Ramsey	1,049 acres	36 ft
35	Borden	Crow Wing	1,011 acres	84 ft
36	Cedar Island	Stearns	986 acres	75 ft
37	Cross	Pine	925 acres	30 ft
38	French	Rice	876 acres	56 ft
39	Independence	Hennepin	832 acres	58 ft
40	North Star	Itasca	832 acres	90 ft
41	Crescent	Cook	755 acres	28 ft
42	Baby	Cass	737 acres	69 ft
43	Irving	Beltrami	662 acres	19 ft
44	East Pike	Cook	554 acres	40 ft
45	Hall	Martin	548 acres	27 ft
46	Blueberry	Wadena	533 acres	15 ft
47	Little Wolf	Cass	525 acres	24 ft
48	Man	Cass	491 acres	93 ft
49	Straight	Becker	471 acres	63 ft
50	Mina	Douglas	411 acres	123 ft
51	Dumbbell	Lake	406 acres	40 ft
52	Owasso	Ramsey	375 acres	37 ft
53	Harriet	Hennepin	341 acres	87 ft
54	Beers	Otter Tail	317 acres	61 ft
55	Elk	Clearwater	303 acres	93 ft
56	Shoepack	St. Louis	299 acres	24 ft
57	Eagle	Hennepin	296 acres	34 ft
58	Lichen	Cook	253 acres	17 ft
59	Comfort	Chisago	218 acres	47 ft
60	Louise	Douglas	214 acres	33 ft
61	Sisseton	Martin	138 acres	19 ft
62	Bouder	Cook	129 acres	17 ft
63	Harris	Lake	122 acres	13 ft
64	Leavitt	Cass	122 acres	60 ft
65	Kinogami	Cook	111 acres	30 ft
66	Orange	Itasca	104 acres	30 ft
67	Deep	Ramsey	72 acres	11 ft
68	Tanager	Hennepin	53 acres	23 ft
69	Boot	St. Louis	51 acres	25 ft
70	Homestead	Lake	44 acres	7.5 ft
71	Needle Boy	St. Louis	43 acres	15 ft
72	Charity	Lake	23 acres	5 ft
73	Slip	Cook	20 acres	18 ft

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