Lakes / Minnesota / Fish Species / Rock Bass

Minnesota Lakes With Rock Bass

1042 counted Minnesota lakes list Rock Bass in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Lake of the Woods at 725,583 acres. The deepest of them is Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Mine at 525 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	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
5	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
6	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
7	Lac la Croix	St. Louis	29,597 acres	168 ft
8	Basswood	Lake	25,953 acres	111 ft
9	Namakan	St. Louis	24,066 acres	150 ft
10	Kabetogama	St. Louis	24,034 acres	80 ft
11	Cass	Beltrami	15,958 acres	120 ft
12	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
13	Otter Tail	Otter Tail	14,079 acres	120 ft
14	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
15	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
16	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
17	Crooked	Lake	10,360 acres	165 ft
18	St. Louis River Estuary	St. Louis	10,255 acres	55 ft
19	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
20	Bowstring	Itasca	9,528 acres	32 ft
21	Sand Point	St. Louis	8,527 acres	184 ft
22	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
23	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
24	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
25	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
26	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
27	Trout	St. Louis	7,425 acres	98 ft
28	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
29	Birch	St. Louis	7,074 acres	25 ft
30	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
31	Bemidji (main lake)	Beltrami	6,596 acres	76 ft
32	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
33	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
34	Big Sandy	Aitkin	6,125 acres	84 ft
35	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
36	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
37	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
38	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
39	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
40	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
41	Rush	Otter Tail	5,276 acres	68 ft
42	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
43	Knife	Lake	4,919 acres	179 ft
44	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
45	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
46	Snowbank	Lake	4,655 acres	150 ft
47	Whiteface Reservoir	St. Louis	4,567 acres	35 ft
48	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
49	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
50	Ball Club	Itasca	4,335 acres	85 ft
51	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
52	Gunflint	Cook	4,009 acres	200 ft
53	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
54	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
55	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
56	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
57	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
58	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
59	Boulder	St. Louis	3,260 acres	18 ft
60	Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	3,258 acres	36 ft
61	White Iron	St. Louis	3,237 acres	47 ft
62	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
63	Island	Itasca	3,108 acres	35 ft
64	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
65	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
66	Crane	St. Louis	2,921 acres	80 ft
67	Round	Itasca	2,860 acres	24 ft
68	Insula	Lake	2,840 acres	63 ft
69	Cut Foot Sioux	Itasca	2,771 acres	78 ft
70	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
71	Blackduck	Beltrami	2,711 acres	28 ft
72	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
73	Edward	Crow Wing	2,628 acres	75 ft
74	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
75	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
76	Plantagenet	Hubbard	2,531 acres	65 ft
77	Loon	St. Louis	2,498 acres	76 ft
78	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
79	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
80	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
81	Kabekona	Hubbard	2,433 acres	133 ft
82	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
83	Wild Rice	St. Louis	2,372 acres	11 ft
84	Bear Island	St. Louis	2,362 acres	62 ft
85	Shagawa	St. Louis	2,344 acres	48 ft
86	Bay	Crow Wing	2,330 acres	74 ft
87	Forest	Washington	2,271 acres	37 ft
88	Fall	Lake	2,258 acres	32 ft
89	Gull	Beltrami	2,256 acres	23 ft
90	Wabana	Itasca	2,221 acres	115 ft
91	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
92	Turtle	Itasca	2,126 acres	137 ft
93	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft
94	Potato	Hubbard	2,096 acres	87 ft
95	Little Pine	Otter Tail	2,080 acres	63 ft
96	Big Rice	Cass	2,030 acres	5 ft
97	Farm Island	Aitkin	2,005 acres	56 ft
98	White Earth	Becker	1,989 acres	120 ft
99	East Battle	Otter Tail	1,978 acres	87 ft
100	Iron	St. Louis	1,962 acres	64 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 1042 counted lakes with Rock Bass.

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