Lakes with fish data

3,140 lakes have documented fish species from state DNR survey records. The 200 most species-rich are below — a proxy for productive, healthy fisheries — each with its water-quality grade. Open any lake for its full report and species list.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Species
1	Pepin Lake	Pepin Co., MN	NR	47
2	Long Lake	Gogebic Co., MI	NR	40
3	Long Lake	Benzie Co., MI	NR	40
4	Long Lake	Grand Traverse Co., MI	NR	40
5	Long Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	NR	40
6	Long Lake	Gogebic Co., MI	A	40
7	Round Lake	Mecosta Co., MI	NR	37
8	Round Lake	Benzie Co., MI	A	37
9	Round Lake	Shiawassee Co., MI	D	37
10	Round Lake	Shiawassee Co., MI	NR	37
11	Round Lake	Oakland Co., MI	NR	37
12	Round Lake	Benzie Co., MI	NR	37
13	Round Lake	Kent Co., MI	NR	37
14	Lake St Croix	Pierce Co., MN	B	36
15	Pool of Lake St Croix	Washington Co., MN	C	36
16	Pool	Washington Co., MN	B	36
17	Upper Estuary Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	C	33
18	Burt Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	NR	33
19	Baldwins Lake	Cass Co., MI	NR	33
20	Eagle Lake	Allegan Co., MI	NR	30
21	Otter Lake	Benzie Co., MI	A	30
22	Otter Lake	Oakland Co., MI	NR	30
23	Otter Lake	Benzie Co., MI	NR	30
24	Murray Lake East Basin; Grattan Township	Kent Co., MI	A	29
25	Pickerel Lake	Kalkaska Co., MI	NR	29
26	Crooked Lake	Barry Co., MI	NR	27
27	Devils Lake	Lenawee Co., MI	NR	27
28	Elk Lake	Antrim Co., MI	NR	27
29	Elk Lake	Antrim Co., MI	NR	27
30	Emily Lake	Pope Co., MN	D	26
31	Portage Lake South Basin; Dexter Township	Washtenaw Co., MI	B	26
32	Shavehead Lake	Cass Co., MI	NR	26
33	Crooked Lake	Emmet Co., MI	B	26
34	Horseshoe Lake	Stearns Co., MN	F	25
35	Shavehead Lake East Basin; Porter Township	Cass Co., MI	NR	25
36	Long Lake	Cass Co., MI	NR	25
37	Long Lake South Central Basin	Cass Co., MI	A	25
38	Diamond Lake	Osceola Co., MI	NR	25
39	Lower Herring Lake East Basin; Blaire Township	Benzie Co., MI	A	25
40	Baldwin Lake Northwest Basin	Cass Co., MI	NR	25
41	Round Lake Central Basin	Lenawee Co., MI	A	25
42	Lower Herring Lake	Benzie Co., MI	NR	25
43	Zumbro Lake	Olmsted Co., MN	D	24
44	Winona Lake	Winona Co., MN	F	24
45	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	23
46	Long Lake	Stearns Co., MN	F	23
47	Big Swan Lake	Meeker Co., MN	F	23
48	Barrett Lake	Grant Co., MN	NR	23
49	Pokegama Lake	Pine Co., MN	F	23
50	Little Spirit Lake	Jackson Co., MN	D	23
51	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	NR	23
52	Round Lake	Lenawee Co., MI	NR	23
53	Green Lake	Kandiyohi Co., MN	A	22
54	Cedar Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	22
55	Gull Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	22
56	Koronis Lake	Stearns Co., MN	C	22
57	Big Sandy Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	C	22
58	Broadwater Bay Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	22
59	Pomme de Terre Lake	Grant Co., MN	NR	22
60	Cedar Island Lake	Stearns Co., MN	F	22
61	Bertha Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	22
62	Cedar Lake	Alcona Co., MI	NR	22
63	Duck Lake	Muskegon Co., MI	NR	22
64	Eagle Lake	Cass Co., MI	NR	22
65	Union Lake	Branch Co., MI	NR	22
66	Green Lake Southwest Basin; Leighton Township	Allegan Co., MI	NR	22
67	Pickerel Lake	Emmet Co., MI	NR	22
68	Lake Bellaire	Antrim Co., MI	NR	22
69	Douglas Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	NR	22
70	Douglas Lake	Otsego Co., MI	NR	22
71	Duck Lake	Muskegon Co., MI	NR	22
72	Sand Point Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	NR	21
73	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
74	Washburn Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	21
75	Fish Lake	Kanabec Co., MN	NR	21
76	Andrusia Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	A	21
77	Mille Lacs Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	NR	21
78	Mille Lacs Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	NR	21
79	Lizzie Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	21
80	Rice Lake	Stearns Co., MN	F	21
81	Briggs Lake	Sherburne Co., MN	D	21
82	Rush Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
83	Lower Twin Lake	Wadena Co., MN	D	21
84	Little Rock Lake	Benton Co., MN	F	21
85	Minnewaska Lake	Pope Co., MN	A	21
86	Great Northern Lake	Stearns Co., MN	NR	21
87	Spring Lake	Dakota Co., MN	NR	21
88	Daggett Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	C	21
89	Carlos Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	21
90	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	NR	21
91	Alvin Lake	Douglas Co., MN	NR	21
92	Ml-Nw Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	21
93	Ml-Thains Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	C	21
94	Ml-Ce Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	C	21
95	Ml-Seventeen Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	21
96	Ml-Se Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	C	21
97	Drewery Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	C	21
98	Ml-Vineland Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	A	21
99	Ml-Peterson Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	C	21
100	Ml-Malone Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	A	21
101	Ml-Garrison Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	C	21
102	Ml-Nshore Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	C	21
103	Ml-Ne Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	21
104	Hen Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
105	Cass Lake Allens Bay	Beltrami Co., MN	A	21
106	Cass Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	A	21
107	Chippewa Lake	Mecosta Co., MI	NR	21
108	Kimball Lake Central Basin; Garfield Township	Newaygo Co., MI	A	21
109	Whitefish Lake Southeast Basin; Pierson Township	Montcalm Co., MI	A	21
110	Whitefish Lake	Montcalm Co., MI	NR	21
111	Lake Margrethe	Crawford Co., MI	NR	21
112	Little Birch Lake	Todd Co., MN	A	20
113	Pelican Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	20
114	Charley Lake	Ramsey Co., MN	D	20
115	Round Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	20
116	Cokato Lake	Wright Co., MN	NR	20
117	Lida Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	20
118	Little Pine Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	C	20
119	Irving Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	C	20
120	Upper Gull Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	20
121	Big Pine Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	C	20
122	Inguadona Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	20
123	Big Trout Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	20
124	Sisseton Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
125	Le Homme Dieu Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	20
126	Plantagenet Lake	Hubbard Co., MN	A	20
127	Pig Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	20
128	Turtle River Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	C	20
129	Movil Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	A	20
130	Boy Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	20
131	Buffalo Lake	Wright Co., MN	F	20
132	Kabekona Lake	Hubbard Co., MN	A	20
133	Budd Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
134	Madison Lake	Blue Earth Co., MN	D	20
135	Inguadona Lake	Cass Co., MN	NR	20
136	Little Tuttle Lake	Martin Co., MN	NR	20
137	Lake Winnibigoshish	Cass Co., MN	C	20
138	Tamarack Bay Lake	Cass Co., MN	C	20
139	Third River Flowage Lake	Itasca Co., MN	C	20
140	Bright Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
141	Cass Lake Pike Bay	Cass Co., MN	A	20
142	Kimball Lake	Newaygo Co., MI	NR	20
143	Middle Lake	Lapeer Co., MI	NR	20
144	Clark Lake	Livingston Co., MI	NR	20
145	Tamarack Lake North Basin; Hamburg Township	Livingston Co., MI	B	20
146	Green Lake	Allegan Co., MI	NR	20
147	Walloon Lake	Emmet Co., MI	NR	20
148	Detroit Lake	Becker Co., MN	A	19
149	Tetonka Lake	Le Sueur Co., MN	F	19
150	Chippewa Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
151	Cowdry Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
152	Big Spunk Lake	Stearns Co., MN	A	19
153	Darling Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
154	Ida Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
155	Bass Lake	Itasca Co., MN	NR	19
156	Island Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	19
157	Pokegama Lake	Itasca Co., MN	A	19
158	Alexander Lake	Morrison Co., MN	A	19
159	Sylvia Lake	Stearns Co., MN	NR	19
160	Miltona Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
161	Hall Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	19
162	Knife Lake	Kanabec Co., MN	F	19
163	Wall Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	19
164	Rush Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	C	19
165	Victoria Lake	Douglas Co., MN	C	19
166	Ten Mile Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	19
167	Wabedo Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	19
168	Deep Lake	Ramsey Co., MN	C	19
169	Little Rabbit Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	NR	19
170	East Leaf Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	C	19
171	German Lake	Le Sueur Co., MN	F	19
172	Nest Lake	Kandiyohi Co., MN	C	19
173	Pokegama Lake	Itasca Co., MN	NR	19
174	Byllesby Lake	Dakota Co., MN	F	19
175	Willie Lake	Meeker Co., MN	F	19
176	Talcot Lake	Cottonwood Co., MN	NR	19
177	Namakan Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	NR	18
178	Lobster Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	18
179	Minnetonka Lake	Hennepin Co., MN	C	18
180	Big Birch Lake	Todd Co., MN	C	18
181	North Long Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	18
182	Pelican Lake	Pope Co., MN	D	18
183	Round Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	18
184	Round Lake	Becker Co., MN	A	18
185	Dead Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	18
186	Ossawinnamakee Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	18
187	Florida Lake	Kandiyohi Co., MN	A	18
188	Sullivan Lake	Morrison Co., MN	A	18
189	Sauk Lake	Stearns Co., MN	D	18
190	Washington Lake	Le Sueur Co., MN	F	18
191	Washington Lake	Meeker Co., MN	C	18
192	Little Pine Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	18
193	Girl Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	18
194	Roberds Lake	Rice Co., MN	F	18
195	Cedar Lake	Rice Co., MN	F	18
196	Turtle Lake	Todd Co., MN	NR	18
197	Mitchell Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	C	18
198	Third Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard Co., MN	B	18
199	Mina Lake	Douglas Co., MN	NR	18
200	Roosevelt Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	18

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