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Minnesota Lakes With Smallmouth Bass

520 counted Minnesota lakes list Smallmouth 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	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
6	Lac la Croix	St. Louis	29,597 acres	168 ft
7	Basswood	Lake	25,953 acres	111 ft
8	Namakan	St. Louis	24,066 acres	150 ft
9	Kabetogama	St. Louis	24,034 acres	80 ft
10	Saganaga	Cook	18,767 acres	280 ft
11	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
12	Otter Tail	Otter Tail	14,079 acres	120 ft
13	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
14	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
15	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
16	Crooked	Lake	10,360 acres	165 ft
17	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
18	Sand Point	St. Louis	8,527 acres	184 ft
19	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
20	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
21	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
22	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
23	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
24	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
25	Trout	St. Louis	7,425 acres	98 ft
26	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
27	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
28	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
29	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
30	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
31	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
32	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
33	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
34	Knife	Lake	4,919 acres	179 ft
35	Snowbank	Lake	4,655 acres	150 ft
36	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
37	Brule	Cook	4,327 acres	78 ft
38	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
39	Gunflint	Cook	4,009 acres	200 ft
40	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
41	Sea Gull	Cook	3,958 acres	145 ft
42	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
43	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
44	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
45	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
46	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
47	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
48	White Iron	St. Louis	3,237 acres	47 ft
49	Island	Itasca	3,108 acres	35 ft
50	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
51	Crane	St. Louis	2,921 acres	80 ft
52	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
53	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
54	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
55	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
56	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
57	Loon	St. Louis	2,498 acres	76 ft
58	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
59	Kabekona	Hubbard	2,433 acres	133 ft
60	White Bear	Washington	2,428 acres	83 ft
61	Bear Island	St. Louis	2,362 acres	62 ft
62	North	Cook	2,349 acres	125 ft
63	Shagawa	St. Louis	2,344 acres	48 ft
64	Wabana	Itasca	2,221 acres	115 ft
65	Sauk	Todd	2,126 acres	61 ft
66	Turtle	Itasca	2,126 acres	137 ft
67	Pine	Cook	2,122 acres	113 ft
68	Big Birch	Todd	2,107 acres	81 ft
69	Potato	Hubbard	2,096 acres	87 ft
70	Greenwood	Cook	2,043 acres	112 ft
71	Farm Island	Aitkin	2,005 acres	56 ft
72	Mountain	Cook	1,993 acres	210 ft
73	White Earth	Becker	1,989 acres	120 ft
74	Long	Hubbard	1,926 acres	135 ft
75	Lizzie (north portion)	Otter Tail	1,913 acres	66 ft
76	Big	St. Louis	1,904 acres	22 ft
77	Devil Track	Cook	1,876 acres	50 ft
78	Trout	Itasca	1,862 acres	135 ft
79	Deer	Itasca	1,855 acres	50 ft
80	Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	1,815 acres	84 ft
81	Trout	Itasca	1,743 acres	157 ft
82	Johnson	St. Louis	1,736 acres	88 ft
83	Cedar	Aitkin	1,726 acres	105 ft
84	Elbow	St. Louis	1,695 acres	60 ft
85	Kekekabic	Lake	1,689 acres	195 ft
86	Grand	St. Louis	1,665 acres	24 ft
87	Round	Crow Wing	1,650 acres	51 ft
88	Big Sand	Hubbard	1,639 acres	135 ft
89	Turtle	Beltrami	1,607 acres	45 ft
90	Washburn	Cass	1,590 acres	111 ft
91	South Fowl	Cook	1,586 acres	10 ft
92	Buffalo	Wright	1,552 acres	33 ft
93	Pokegama	Pine	1,521 acres	25 ft
94	Rice	Stearns	1,513 acres	41 ft
95	Roosevelt	Cass	1,511 acres	129 ft
96	Strawberry	Becker	1,498 acres	40 ft
97	Belle Taine	Hubbard	1,497 acres	56 ft
98	Canisteo Pit	Itasca	1,458 acres	311 ft
99	Little Boy	Cass	1,452 acres	74 ft
100	Shamineau	Morrison	1,434 acres	52 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 520 counted lakes with Smallmouth Bass.

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