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Minnesota Lakes With Sunfish

23 counted Minnesota lakes list Sunfish in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Traverse at 10,849 acres. The deepest of them is Spectacle at 51.5 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	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
4	Hendricks	Lincoln	1,522 acres	9 ft
5	Isabella	Lake	1,257 acres	19 ft
6	Oliver	Swift	686 acres	18 ft
7	Oliver (east portion)	Swift	467 acres	32 ft
8	Fannie	Isanti	360 acres	33 ft
9	Bad Axe	Hubbard	303 acres	39 ft
10	Spectacle	Isanti	246 acres	51.5 ft
11	Skogman	Isanti	228 acres	36 ft
12	Lory	Isanti	222 acres	21 ft
13	Oliver (west portion)	Swift	218 acres	14 ft
14	Del Clark	Yellow Medicine	156 acres	30 ft
15	Tucker	Cook	147 acres	42 ft
16	Rhine	Pine	116 acres	8 ft
17	Sand	Itasca	113 acres	36 ft
18	Eleven	Pine	108 acres	49 ft
19	Oak	Lincoln	108 acres	10 ft
20	Maria	Stearns	97 acres	45 ft
21	German	Otter Tail	77 acres	46 ft
22	Twelve	Pine	65 acres	31 ft
23	Big Slough	Pine	62 acres	14 ft

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