Best Family Fishing Lakes in Minnesota

Top 50 family fishing lakes in Minnesota. Filtered for abundant panfish (bluegill, crappie, perch, sunfish, pumpkinseed), public access, and safe water quality (A, B, or C grade). Kids catch fish here.

Rank	Lake	County	State	Grade	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Moon Lake	Douglas	MN	A	20 ft	139.09 acres	38 ft
2	Lower Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	17.4 ft	559.97 acres	39 ft
3	Carlos Lake	Douglas	MN	A	17.2 ft	2.6K acres	163 ft
4	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	15.1 ft	7.7K acres	138 ft
5	Clamshell Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	15.1 ft	211.06 acres	44 ft
6	Pokegama Lake	Itasca	MN	A	57.4 ft	6.7K acres	112 ft
7	Sturgeon Lake	Pine	MN	A	55 ft	1.7K acres	-
8	Big Carnelian Lake	Washington	MN	A	46.8 ft	457.03 acres	66 ft
9	Long Lake	Cass	MN	A	46.6 ft	1.0K acres	115 ft
10	Big Cormorant Lake	Becker	MN	A	24.3 ft	3.7K acres	75 ft
11	Turtle Lake	Becker	MN	A	23 ft	196.39 acres	73 ft
12	Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	23 ft	1.6K acres	135 ft
13	Lone Lake	Aitkin	MN	A	22.7 ft	433.49 acres	60 ft
14	West Sylvia Lake	Wright	MN	A	22 ft	904.39 acres	97 ft
15	Long Lake	Cass	MN	A	21.8 ft	1.0K acres	115 ft
16	Little Jay Gould Lake	Itasca	MN	A	21.5 ft	149.97 acres	56 ft
17	Big Fish Lake	Stearns	MN	A	20.7 ft	557.31 acres	70 ft
18	Big Watab Lake	Stearns	MN	A	20.5 ft	245.56 acres	123 ft
19	Long Lake	Clearwater	MN	A	20 ft	158.86 acres	80 ft
20	Long Lake	Becker	MN	A	20 ft	414.51 acres	61 ft
21	Ossawinnamakee Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	20 ft	711.33 acres	63 ft
22	Scalp Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	20 ft	254.38 acres	90 ft
23	Little Sand Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	20 ft	409.51 acres	80 ft
24	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	20 ft	700.21 acres	100 ft
25	Mary Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	19.5 ft	235.22 acres	48 ft
26	Boot Lake	Becker	MN	A	19.5 ft	385.1 acres	109 ft
27	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	19 ft	700.21 acres	100 ft
28	Latoka Lake	Douglas	MN	A	19 ft	766.63 acres	108 ft
29	Ozawindib Lake	Clearwater	MN	A	19 ft	159.24 acres	80 ft
30	Miltona Lake	Douglas	MN	A	18.8 ft	5.7K acres	105 ft
31	Whiskey Lake	Douglas	MN	A	18.8 ft	159.52 acres	46 ft
32	11 Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	18.4 ft	750.97 acres	80 ft
33	West Battle Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	18.2 ft	5.6K acres	108 ft
34	Clear Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	18 ft	225.91 acres	63 ft
35	Upper Maple Lake	Wright	MN	A	18 ft	632.6 acres	76 ft
36	Wabana Lake	Itasca	MN	A	18 ft	2.2K acres	115 ft
37	Strawberry Lake	Becker	MN	A	17.8 ft	1.5K acres	40 ft
38	Big Lake	Sherburne	MN	A	17.5 ft	253.66 acres	48 ft
39	Kimball Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	17.4 ft	189.78 acres	77 ft
40	Charlotte Lake	Wright	MN	A	17.1 ft	252.52 acres	46 ft
41	Jewett Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	17.1 ft	747.24 acres	75 ft
42	Big Sugar Bush Lake	Becker	MN	A	17 ft	521.51 acres	42 ft
43	Cowdry Lake	Douglas	MN	A	17 ft	242.54 acres	52 ft
44	Girl Lake	Cass	MN	A	17 ft	428.18 acres	81 ft
45	Hand Lake	Cass	MN	A	17 ft	289.21 acres	57 ft
46	Little Mantrap Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	17 ft	380.95 acres	54 ft
47	Sugar Lake	Wright	MN	A	17 ft	1.0K acres	69 ft
48	Hubert Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	17 ft	1.3K acres	83 ft
49	Star Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	16.7 ft	4.5K acres	94 ft
50	Ida Lake	Douglas	MN	A	16.5 ft	4.4K acres	106 ft

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