Best Family Fishing Lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan

Rank	Lake	County	State	Depth	Panfish Species	Total Fish
1	Moon Lake	Douglas	MN	38 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, white crappie, yellow perch	12
2	Bluewater Lake	Itasca	MN	120 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	15
3	Carlos Lake	Douglas	MN	163 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	21
4	Lower Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	MN	39 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	16
5	Island Lake	Crow Wing	MN	76 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	19
6	Clamshell Lake	Crow Wing	MN	44 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	18
7	Gull Lake	Cass	MN	80 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	22
8	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	MN	138 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	23
9	Washburn Lake	Cass	MN	111 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	21
10	Green Lake	Kandiyohi	MN	110 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	22
11	Movil Lake	Beltrami	MN	50 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	20
12	Floyd Lake	Becker	MN	34 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	16
13	Mud Lake	Becker	MN	34 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	16
14	Minnewaska Lake	Pope	MN	32 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	21
15	Lawrence Lake	Cass	MN	71 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	16
16	Pierz Lake	Morrison	MN	34 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, white crappie, yellow perch	16
17	Leavitt Lake	Cass	MN	60 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	15
18	Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	74 ft	Panfish	6
19	Geneva Lake	Walworth	WI	135 ft	Panfish	6
20	Mission Lake	Shawano	WI	44 ft	Panfish	2
21	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	WI	60 ft	Panfish	6
22	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	38 ft	Panfish	6
23	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	WI	32 ft	Panfish	6
24	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	WI	29 ft	Panfish	5
25	Green Lake	Green Lake	WI	236 ft	Panfish	7
26	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	WI	105 ft	Panfish	7
27	Malone Lake	Shawano	WI	31 ft	Panfish	3
28	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	WI	90 ft	Panfish	6
29	Christner Lake	Sawyer	WI	16 ft	Panfish	2
30	Big Cedar Lake-North Site-Near West Bend	Washington	WI	105 ft	Panfish	4
31	Bealeau Lake	Shawano	WI	24 ft	Panfish	4
32	Big Sand Lake	Burnett	WI	55 ft	Panfish	5
33	Sams Lake	Shawano	WI	13 ft	Panfish	2
34	Koonz Lake	Shawano	WI	40 ft	Panfish	4
35	Round Lake	Benzie	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Redear sunfish, Yellow perch	37
36	Whitefish Lake	Montcalm	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	21
37	Murray Lake	Kent	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	29
38	Lime Lake	Benzie	MI	25 ft	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	15
39	Hanbury Lake	Dickinson	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	17
40	Muskellunge Lake	Kent	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Yellow perch	10
41	Crystal Lake	Washtenaw	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	16
42	Emerald Lake	Kent	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	15
43	Clear Lake	Jackson	MI	34 ft	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Redear sunfish	17
44	Crystal Lake	Hillsdale	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	16
45	Big Star Lake	Lake	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	18
46	Round Lake	Lenawee	MI	67 ft	Bluegill, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	25
47	Otter Lake	Benzie	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Trout-perch, Yellow perch	30
48	Loon Lake	Benzie	MI	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	13
49	Duck Lake	Muskegon	MI	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	22
50	Au Sable Lake	Ogemaw	MI	52 ft	Bluegill, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	11

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