Brown Bullhead Lakes in Minnesota, 809 Lakes

Brown Bullhead is a catfish — bottom-feeding, warm-water-tolerant, often found in larger river-connected lakes. Documented in 861 lakes across Minnesota. With 809 lakes in Minnesota and 52 in Michigan carrying a documented record, Brown Bullhead is one of the more accessible targets in the dataset.

Catfish-bearing lakes are often productive systems — the kind where the fish do well even when clarity does not. Cross-reference the Brown Bullhead lake list below against each lake's clarity, phosphorus and algae readings: lakes with low nutrient readings and Brown Bullhead documented are the best places to start for recreational targeting.

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Brown Bullhead Lakes Map

Every Minnesota lake with documented brown bullhead.

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Best Brown Bullhead Lakes in Minnesota

Rank	Lake	County	Clarity	Depth
1	Lobster Lake	Douglas	13 ft	65 ft
2	East Fox Lake	Crow Wing	16.4 ft	65 ft
3	Clearwater Lake	Wright	9.8 ft	73 ft
4	Clearwater Lake	Crow Wing	13 ft	54 ft
5	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing	18.5 ft	100 ft
6	Little Birch Lake	Todd	13 ft	89 ft
7	North Long Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	97 ft
8	Mud Lake	Becker	12.5 ft	34 ft
9	Big Lake	Beltrami	9.7 ft	35 ft
10	Big Lake	Carlton	10 ft	25 ft
11	Big Lake	Sherburne	13.6 ft	48 ft
12	Big Sugar Bush Lake	Becker	16.5 ft	42 ft
13	Pelican Lake	Otter Tail	16.4 ft	55 ft
14	Pelican Lake	Crow Wing	14.3 ft	104 ft
15	Birch Lake	Wright	15 ft	52 ft
16	Birch Lake	Cass	14 ft	45 ft
17	Round Lake	Aitkin	14.5 ft	125 ft
18	Round Lake	Crow Wing	13.5 ft	51 ft
19	Round Lake	Becker	10 ft	69 ft
20	Ada Lake	Cass	14 ft	60 ft
21	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	138 ft
22	Whitefish Lake	Beltrami	12.5 ft	30 ft
23	Horseshoe Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	56 ft
24	Farm Lake	Lake	5.5 ft	56 ft
25	Washburn Lake	Cass	14.1 ft	111 ft
26	Long Lake	Kandiyohi	10.5 ft	46 ft
27	Long Lake	Clearwater	20.5 ft	80 ft
28	Long Lake	Cass	21.5 ft	115 ft
29	Long Lake	Beltrami	20 ft	87 ft
30	Long Lake	Otter Tail	12.3 ft	128 ft
31	Long Lake	Becker	19.5 ft	61 ft
32	Long Lake	Hubbard	11.2 ft	135 ft
33	Long Lake	Otter Tail	11.6 ft	73 ft
34	Long Lake	Itasca	16.9 ft	85 ft
35	Dead Lake	Hubbard	16 ft	34 ft
36	Dead Lake	Otter Tail	10.2 ft	65 ft
37	Maple Lake	Douglas	14.1 ft	78 ft
38	West Twin Lake	Crow Wing	13.3 ft	42 ft
39	Shallow Lake	Hubbard	8.2 ft	10 ft
40	Detroit Lake	Becker	14 ft	89 ft
41	Sallie Lake	Becker	13 ft	50 ft
42	Deer Lake	Beltrami	11 ft	42 ft
43	Deer Lake	Otter Tail	12.3 ft	26 ft
44	Deer Lake	Itasca	8.9 ft	50 ft
45	Chippewa Lake	Douglas	14.8 ft	95 ft
46	Lida Lake	Otter Tail	14 ft	58 ft
47	Cowdry Lake	Douglas	17.1 ft	52 ft
48	Big Spunk Lake	Stearns	10 ft	38 ft
49	Ossawinnamakee Lake	Crow Wing	20 ft	63 ft
50	Florida Lake	Kandiyohi	12.3 ft	40 ft

Showing top 50 of 809 lakes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Minnesota lakes have brown bullhead?

Brown Bullhead are found in 809 lakes in Minnesota.

What are the best brown bullhead lakes in Minnesota?

The best brown bullhead lakes in Minnesota by water quality are Lobster Lake, East Fox Lake, Clearwater Lake, Clearwater Lake, Lower Hay Lake.

Fish species from state agency survey, stocking, and public fishing-access records; water-quality readings from the EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys.