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Minnesota Lakes With Rainbow Smelt

18 counted Minnesota lakes list Rainbow Smelt 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	Lac la Croix	St. Louis	29,597 acres	168 ft
3	Saganaga	Cook	18,767 acres	280 ft
4	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
5	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
6	Gunflint	Cook	4,009 acres	200 ft
7	Rose	Cook	1,410 acres	90 ft
8	Grindstone	Pine	533 acres	153 ft
9	Bearskin	Cook	509 acres	78 ft
10	Hungry Jack	Cook	474 acres	71 ft
11	Little Long	St. Louis	322 acres	45 ft
12	Trout	Cook	259 acres	77 ft
13	Iron Chief Complex	St. Louis	207 acres	262.1 ft
14	Kennedy	Itasca	99 acres	80 ft
15	Chester	Cook	52 acres	35 ft
16	Kinney	St. Louis	45 acres	160 ft
17	Judson Mine Pit	St. Louis	20 acres	64 ft
18	Hanson	St. Louis	19 acres	65 ft

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