Best Ice Fishing Lakes in Minnesota

Top 50 ice fishing lakes in Minnesota. Lakes with walleye, crappie, perch, bluegill, or northern pike, plus public access and at least 10 ft of depth. Ranked by water quality grade and game fish diversity.

Rank	Lake	County	State	Grade	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Spider (Ne Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	17.1 ft	569.52 acres	96 ft
2	Little Sand Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	20 ft	409.51 acres	80 ft
3	Moon Lake	Douglas	MN	A	20 ft	139.09 acres	38 ft
4	Kabekona Bay Lake	Cass	MN	A	17.2 ft	103.4K acres	150 ft
5	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	15.1 ft	7.7K acres	138 ft
6	Burntside Lake	St. Louis	MN	A	16 ft	7.3K acres	126 ft
7	Pokegama Lake	Itasca	MN	A	16 ft	6.7K acres	112 ft
8	Pokegama Lake	Itasca	MN	A	57.4 ft	6.7K acres	112 ft
9	Miltona Lake	Douglas	MN	A	18.8 ft	5.7K acres	105 ft
10	West Battle Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	18.2 ft	5.6K acres	108 ft
11	Ten Mile Lake	Cass	MN	A	20 ft	5.1K acres	208 ft
12	Star Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	16.7 ft	4.5K acres	94 ft
13	Ida Lake	Douglas	MN	A	16.5 ft	4.4K acres	106 ft
14	Ball Club Lake	Itasca	MN	A	15.5 ft	4.3K acres	85 ft
15	Pelican Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	16.1 ft	4.0K acres	55 ft
16	Big Cormorant Lake	Becker	MN	A	24.3 ft	3.7K acres	75 ft
17	Alexander Lake	Morrison	MN	A	16.5 ft	2.7K acres	64 ft
18	Edward Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	15.5 ft	2.6K acres	75 ft
19	Carlos Lake	Douglas	MN	A	17.2 ft	2.6K acres	163 ft
20	White Bear Lake	Washington	MN	A	15 ft	2.4K acres	83 ft
21	Bay Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	19 ft	2.3K acres	74 ft
22	Wabana Lake	Itasca	MN	A	18 ft	2.2K acres	115 ft
23	Lizzie Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	16.4 ft	1.9K acres	66 ft
24	Trout Lake	Itasca	MN	A	15.5 ft	1.9K acres	135 ft
25	Sturgeon Lake	Pine	MN	A	16 ft	1.7K acres	40 ft
26	Potato Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	23 ft	1.6K acres	76 ft
27	Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	23 ft	1.6K acres	135 ft
28	Pine Mountain Lake	Cass	MN	A	17.5 ft	1.6K acres	80 ft
29	Andrusia Lake	Beltrami	MN	A	15.5 ft	1.6K acres	60 ft
30	Strawberry Lake	Becker	MN	A	17.8 ft	1.5K acres	40 ft
31	Belle Taine Lake	Hubbard	MN	A	22.8 ft	1.5K acres	56 ft
32	Big Trout Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	16.4 ft	1.4K acres	128 ft
33	Unnamed Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	15.1 ft	1.4K acres	95 ft
34	Thunder Lake	Cass	MN	A	16.4 ft	1.3K acres	95 ft
35	Thunder Lake	Cass	MN	A	20 ft	1.3K acres	95 ft
36	Little Mcdonald Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	26.9 ft	1.3K acres	109 ft
37	Hubert Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	17 ft	1.3K acres	83 ft
38	Whitewater Lake	St. Louis	MN	A	15.4 ft	1.2K acres	73 ft
39	Siseebakwet Lake	Itasca	MN	A	19 ft	1.2K acres	105 ft
40	Rose Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	15 ft	1.2K acres	137 ft
41	Chippewa Lake	Douglas	MN	A	15.1 ft	1.2K acres	95 ft
42	Serpent Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	25 ft	1.1K acres	65 ft
43	Pleasant Lake	Cass	MN	A	15.4 ft	1.1K acres	72 ft
44	Sugar Lake	Wright	MN	A	17 ft	1.0K acres	69 ft
45	Long Lake	Cass	MN	A	21.8 ft	1.0K acres	115 ft
46	Long Lake	Cass	MN	A	46.6 ft	1.0K acres	115 ft
47	Big Mcdonald Lake	Otter Tail	MN	A	16.4 ft	991.7 acres	46 ft
48	Crooked Lake	Crow Wing	MN	A	15 ft	905.49 acres	54 ft
49	West Sylvia Lake	Wright	MN	A	22 ft	904.39 acres	97 ft
50	North Star Lake	Itasca	MN	A	19 ft	831.62 acres	90 ft

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