Best Family Fishing Lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan, Panfish & Public Access

Rank	Lake	County	State	Grade	Depth	Panfish Species	Total Fish
1	Moon Lake	Douglas	MN	A	38 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, white crappie, yellow perch	12
2	Bluewater Lake	Itasca	MN	A	120 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	15
3	Carlos Lake	Douglas	MN	A	163 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	21
4	Lower Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	39 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	16
5	Island Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	76 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	19
6	Clamshell Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	44 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	18
7	Gull Lake	Cass	MN	A	80 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	22
8	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	138 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	23
9	Washburn Lake	Cass	MN	A	111 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	21
10	Green Lake	Kandiyohi	MN	A	110 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	22
11	Movil Lake	Beltrami	MN	A	50 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	20
12	Floyd Lake	Becker	MN	A	34 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	16
13	Mud Lake	Becker	MN	A	34 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	16
14	Minnewaska Lake	Pope	MN	A	32 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, yellow perch	21
15	Lawrence Lake	Cass	MN	A	71 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	16
16	Pierz Lake	Morrison	MN	A	34 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed, white crappie, yellow perch	16
17	Leavitt Lake	Cass	MN	A	60 ft	black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, yellow perch	15
18	Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	74 ft	Panfish	6
19	Geneva Lake	Walworth	WI	A	135 ft	Panfish	6
20	Mission Lake	Shawano	WI	A	44 ft	Panfish	2
21	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	60 ft	Panfish	6
22	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	38 ft	Panfish	6
23	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	32 ft	Panfish	6
24	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	29 ft	Panfish	5
25	Green Lake	Green Lake	WI	A	236 ft	Panfish	7
26	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	105 ft	Panfish	7
27	Malone Lake	Shawano	WI	A	31 ft	Panfish	3
28	Big Cedar Lake-South Site-Near West Bend	Washington	WI	A	105 ft	Panfish	4
29	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	90 ft	Panfish	6
30	Little Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	46 ft	Panfish	6
31	Christner Lake	Sawyer	WI	A	16 ft	Panfish	2
32	Big Cedar Lake-North Site-Near West Bend	Washington	WI	A	105 ft	Panfish	4
33	Okauchee Lake	Waukesha	WI	A	90 ft	Panfish	6
34	Bealeau Lake	Shawano	WI	A	24 ft	Panfish	4
35	Round Lake	Benzie	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Redear sunfish, Yellow perch	37
36	Whitefish Lake Southeast Basin; Pierson Township	Montcalm	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	21
37	Lower Herring Lake East Basin; Blaire Township	Benzie	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Trout-perch, Yellow perch	25
38	Long Lake South Central Basin	Cass	MI	A	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Redear sunfish, Yellow perch	25
39	Murray Lake East Basin; Grattan Township	Kent	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	29
40	Lime Lake	Benzie	MI	A	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	15
41	Emerald Lake	Kent	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	15
42	Long Lake	Gogebic	MI	A	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	40
43	Silver Lake	Washtenaw	MI	A	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Northern longear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	15
44	Clear Lake East Basin; Waterloo Township	Jackson	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Redear sunfish	17
45	Crystal Lake	Hillsdale	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	16
46	Big Star Lake Central Basin; Lake Township	Lake	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	18
47	Kimball Lake Central Basin; Garfield Township	Newaygo	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	21
48	Eagle Lake East Basin; Paw Paw Township	Van Buren	MI	A	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	12
49	Beaver Lake Central Basin; Ossineke Township	Alpena	MI	A	-	Bluegill, Green sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch	15
50	Otter Lake	Benzie	MI	A	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Trout-perch, Yellow perch	30