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Minnesota Lakes With Orangespotted Sunfish

73 counted Minnesota lakes list Orangespotted Sunfish in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Traverse at 10,849 acres. The deepest of them is Zumbro at 43 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
2	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
3	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
4	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
5	Heron (South Heron)	Jackson	2,641 acres	5 ft
6	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
7	Okamanpeedan	Martin	2,268 acres	6.5 ft
8	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
9	High Island	Sibley	1,340 acres	6.5 ft
10	Big Stone NWR East Pool	Lac Qui Parle	1,286 acres	-
11	Lillian	Kandiyohi	1,151 acres	7.8 ft
12	Bear	Freeborn	1,033 acres	6 ft
13	Elizabeth (Main Lake)	Kandiyohi	1,023 acres	9 ft
14	Talcot	Cottonwood	873 acres	6 ft
15	Minnetaga	Kandiyohi	791 acres	9 ft
16	Schilling	Sibley	763 acres	7 ft
17	Zumbro	Olmsted	715 acres	43 ft
18	Iowa	Martin	705 acres	9.4 ft
19	Oliver	Swift	686 acres	18 ft
20	Pigs Eye	Ramsey	674 acres	4 ft
21	Preston	Renville	655 acres	11 ft
22	Otter	McLeod	642 acres	9 ft
23	Bright	Martin	639 acres	7 ft
24	Long	Stevens	620 acres	9.5 ft
25	Wood	Watonwan	559 acres	4.3 ft
26	West Graham	Nobles	519 acres	8 ft
27	East Graham	Nobles	511 acres	8 ft
28	Allie	Renville	509 acres	12 ft
29	Wood	Yellow Medicine	485 acres	9 ft
30	East Chain	Martin	481 acres	6 ft
31	Otrey	Big Stone	475 acres	8 ft
32	U.S. Lock & Dam #1 Pool	Hennepin	471 acres	9 ft
33	Charlotte	Stevens	468 acres	20 ft
34	Oliver (east portion)	Swift	467 acres	32 ft
35	Flahtery	Jackson	457 acres	6.2 ft
36	East Toqua	Big Stone	437 acres	9 ft
37	North Drywood	Swift	404 acres	-
38	Barry	Big Stone	398 acres	8.8 ft
39	Cottonwood	Lyon	383 acres	7 ft
40	Winsted	McLeod	382 acres	12 ft
41	Rock	Lyon	379 acres	7.9 ft
42	Rice	Hennepin	365 acres	11.5 ft
43	Shible	Swift	340 acres	8.5 ft
44	String	Cottonwood	336 acres	3.8 ft
45	North Rothwell	Big Stone	297 acres	13 ft
46	Lady Slipper	Lyon	286 acres	11 ft
47	Bloody	Murray	274 acres	9 ft
48	Clear	Martin	267 acres	7 ft
49	Clear	Goodhue	226 acres	7 ft
50	Oliver (west portion)	Swift	218 acres	14 ft
51	Swenson	Big Stone	204 acres	-
52	Timber	Jackson	191 acres	8 ft
53	Temperance	Martin	166 acres	5 ft
54	Tyson	Yellow Medicine	166 acres	8 ft
55	Bean	Cottonwood	164 acres	12 ft
56	Fish	Martin	156 acres	5 ft
57	Cottonwood	Cottonwood	155 acres	10 ft
58	Ella	Kandiyohi	153 acres	12 ft
59	Goose	Lyon	150 acres	9 ft
60	Lower Elk	Grant	131 acres	13 ft
61	Corabelle	Murray	106 acres	6 ft
62	Split Rock Reservoir	Pipestone	96 acres	16 ft
63	Lone Tree Slough	Big Stone	90 acres	8.5 ft
64	Summit	Murray	78 acres	7 ft
65	Redwood	Redwood	56 acres	21 ft
66	Butterfield	Watonwan	54 acres	10 ft
67	Willow	Ramsey	52 acres	8 ft
68	Laura	Redwood	22 acres	21 ft
69	John Reservoir	Yellow Medicine	21 acres	12 ft
70	South Mound Springs	Rock	20 acres	7.5 ft
71	Louise Mill Pond	Mower	15 acres	8 ft
72	Shoper-Bush Reservoir	Cottonwood	14 acres	15 ft
73	Springfield CFP	Brown	3 acres	15 ft

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