Lakes with fish data

3,305 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	F	47
2	Long Lake	Gogebic Co., MI	B	40
3	Long Lake	Benzie Co., MI	B	40
4	Long Lake	Grand Traverse Co., MI	A	40
5	Long Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	A	40
6	Long Lake	Gogebic Co., MI	B	40
7	Round Lake	Mecosta Co., MI	C	37
8	Round Lake	Benzie Co., MI	A	37
9	Round Lake	Shiawassee Co., MI	D	37
10	Round Lake	Shiawassee Co., MI	C	37
11	Round Lake	Oakland Co., MI	B	37
12	Round Lake	Benzie Co., MI	A	37
13	Round Lake	Kent Co., MI	C	37
14	Lake St. Croix	Washington Co., MN	B	36
15	Pool of Lake St. Croix	Washington Co., MN	C	36
16	Pool on Lake St. Croix	Washington Co., MN	C	36
17	St. Croix Lake	Washington Co., MN	C	36
18	Upper Estuary Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	D	33
19	Burt Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	A	33
20	Baldwins Lake	Cass Co., MI	C	33
21	Otter Lake	Benzie Co., MI	A	30
22	Eagle Lake	Allegan Co., MI	B	30
23	Otter Lake	Oakland Co., MI	B	30
24	Otter Lake	Benzie Co., MI	B	30
25	Murray Lake East Basin; Grattan Township	Kent Co., MI	B	29
26	Pickerel Lake	Kalkaska Co., MI	A	29
27	Crooked Lake	Barry Co., MI	B	27
28	Devils Lake	Lenawee Co., MI	B	27
29	Elk Lake	Antrim Co., MI	B	27
30	Elk Lake	Antrim Co., MI	A	27
31	Emily Lake	Pope Co., MN	F	26
32	Portage Lake South Basin; Dexter Township	Washtenaw Co., MI	B	26
33	Shavehead Lake	Cass Co., MI	C	26
34	Crooked Lake	Emmet Co., MI	A	26
35	Horseshoe Lake	Stearns Co., MN	D	25
36	Shavehead Lake East Basin; Porter Township	Cass Co., MI	C	25
37	Long Lake	Cass Co., MI	B	25
38	Long Lake South Central Basin	Cass Co., MI	B	25
39	Diamond Lake	Osceola Co., MI	A	25
40	Lower Herring Lake East Basin; Blaire Township	Benzie Co., MI	A	25
41	Baldwin Lake Northwest Basin	Cass Co., MI	C	25
42	Round Lake Central Basin	Lenawee Co., MI	A	25
43	Lower Herring Lake	Benzie Co., MI	B	25
44	Zumbro Lake	Olmsted Co., MN	D	24
45	Winona Lake	Winona Co., MN	D	24
46	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	23
47	Long Lake	Stearns Co., MN	F	23
48	Big Swan Lake	Meeker Co., MN	D	23
49	Barrett Lake	Grant Co., MN	D	23
50	Pokegama Lake	Pine Co., MN	F	23
51	Little Spirit Lake	Jackson Co., MN	D	23
52	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	B	23
53	Round Lake	Lenawee Co., MI	B	23
54	Cedar Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	22
55	Gull Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	22
56	Green Lake	Kandiyohi Co., MN	A	22
57	Koronis Lake	Stearns Co., MN	C	22
58	Big Sandy Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	C	22
59	Broadwater Bay Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	22
60	Pomme de Terre Lake	Grant Co., MN	D	22
61	Cedar Island Lake	Stearns Co., MN	D	22
62	Bertha Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	22
63	Cedar Lake	Alcona Co., MI	C	22
64	Duck Lake	Muskegon Co., MI	B	22
65	Eagle Lake	Cass Co., MI	D	22
66	Union Lake	Branch Co., MI	D	22
67	Duck Lake; Center of Deepest Basin; Fruitland Township	Muskegon Co., MI	A	22
68	Green Lake Southwest Basin; Leighton Township	Allegan Co., MI	C	22
69	Pickerel Lake	Emmet Co., MI	C	22
70	Lake Bellaire	Antrim Co., MI	C	22
71	Douglas Lake	Cheboygan Co., MI	B	22
72	Douglas Lake	Otsego Co., MI	A	22
73	Duck Lake	Muskegon Co., MI	C	22
74	Sand Point Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	C	21
75	Sand Point Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	D	21
76	Sand Point Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	D	21
77	Fish Lake	Kanabec Co., MN	F	21
78	Mille Lacs Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	B	21
79	Mille Lacs Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	C	21
80	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
81	Washburn Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	21
82	Andrusia Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	A	21
83	Lizzie Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	21
84	Rice Lake	Stearns Co., MN	D	21
85	Rush Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
86	Lower Twin Lake	Wadena Co., MN	C	21
87	Briggs Lake	Sherburne Co., MN	D	21
88	Little Rock Lake	Benton Co., MN	F	21
89	Minnewaska Lake	Pope Co., MN	B	21
90	Great Northern Lake	Stearns Co., MN	D	21
91	Spring Lake	Dakota Co., MN	F	21
92	Daggett Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	B	21
93	Carlos Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	21
94	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
95	Alvin Lake	Douglas Co., MN	B	21
96	Ml-Nw Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	B	21
97	Ml-Thains Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	B	21
98	Ml-Ce Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	B	21
99	Ml-Seventeen Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	C	21
100	Ml-Se Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	B	21
101	Drewery Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	B	21
102	Ml-Vineland Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	B	21
103	Ml-Peterson Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	B	21
104	Ml-Malone Lake	Mille Lacs Co., MN	B	21
105	Ml-Garrison Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	B	21
106	Ml-Nshore Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	B	21
107	Ml-Ne Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	B	21
108	Hen Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	21
109	Cass Lake Allens Bay	Beltrami Co., MN	A	21
110	Cass Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	A	21
111	Chippewa Lake	Mecosta Co., MI	B	21
112	Kimball Lake Central Basin; Garfield Township	Newaygo Co., MI	C	21
113	Whitefish Lake Southeast Basin; Pierson Township	Montcalm Co., MI	A	21
114	Whitefish Lake	Montcalm Co., MI	A	21
115	Lake Margrethe	Crawford Co., MI	A	21
116	Charley Lake	Ramsey Co., MN	C	20
117	Round Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	20
118	Cokato Lake	Wright Co., MN	D	20
119	Little Pine Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	20
120	Pelican Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	A	20
121	Big Pine Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	20
122	Little Birch Lake	Todd Co., MN	A	20
123	Lida Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	20
124	Irving Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	C	20
125	Upper Gull Lake	Cass Co., MN	B	20
126	Inguadona Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	20
127	Big Trout Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	20
128	Sisseton Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
129	Le Homme Dieu Lake	Douglas Co., MN	B	20
130	Plantagenet Lake	Hubbard Co., MN	B	20
131	Pig Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	20
132	Turtle River Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	B	20
133	Movil Lake	Beltrami Co., MN	A	20
134	Boy Lake	Cass Co., MN	B	20
135	Buffalo Lake	Wright Co., MN	D	20
136	Kabekona Lake	Hubbard Co., MN	A	20
137	Budd Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
138	Madison Lake	Blue Earth Co., MN	D	20
139	Inguadona Lake	Cass Co., MN	B	20
140	Little Tuttle Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
141	Lake Winnibigoshish	Cass Co., MN	B	20
142	Tamarack Bay Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	20
143	Third River Flowage Lake	Itasca Co., MN	B	20
144	Bright Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	20
145	Cass Lake Pike Bay	Cass Co., MN	A	20
146	Kimball Lake	Newaygo Co., MI	D	20
147	Middle Lake	Lapeer Co., MI	C	20
148	Clark Lake	Livingston Co., MI	B	20
149	Tamarack Lake North Basin; Hamburg Township	Livingston Co., MI	C	20
150	Green Lake	Allegan Co., MI	C	20
151	Walloon Lake	Emmet Co., MI	A	20
152	Detroit Lake	Becker Co., MN	A	19
153	Chippewa Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
154	Ida Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
155	Bass Lake	Itasca Co., MN	B	19
156	Alexander Lake	Morrison Co., MN	A	19
157	Tetonka Lake	Le Sueur Co., MN	F	19
158	Cowdry Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
159	Big Spunk Lake	Stearns Co., MN	A	19
160	Darling Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
161	Island Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	19
162	Pokegama Lake	Itasca Co., MN	A	19
163	Sylvia Lake	Stearns Co., MN	B	19
164	Hall Lake	Martin Co., MN	F	19
165	Miltona Lake	Douglas Co., MN	A	19
166	Knife Lake	Kanabec Co., MN	F	19
167	Wall Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	19
168	Rush Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	19
169	Victoria Lake	Douglas Co., MN	B	19
170	Ten Mile Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	19
171	Wabedo Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	19
172	Deep Lake	Ramsey Co., MN	D	19
173	Little Rabbit Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	B	19
174	East Leaf Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	19
175	German Lake	Le Sueur Co., MN	D	19
176	Nest Lake	Kandiyohi Co., MN	C	19
177	Pokegama Lake	Itasca Co., MN	A	19
178	Byllesby Lake	Dakota Co., MN	F	19
179	Willie Lake	Meeker Co., MN	D	19
180	Talcot Lake	Cottonwood Co., MN	F	19
181	Namakan Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	C	18
182	Namakan Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	C	18
183	Namakan Lake	St. Louis Co., MN	D	18
184	Lobster Lake	Douglas Co., MN	B	18
185	Big Birch Lake	Todd Co., MN	B	18
186	North Long Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	18
187	Round Lake	Aitkin Co., MN	A	18
188	Round Lake	Becker Co., MN	A	18
189	Minnetonka Lake	Hennepin Co., MN	B	18
190	Dead Lake	Otter Tail Co., MN	B	18
191	Ossawinnamakee Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	18
192	Florida Lake	Kandiyohi Co., MN	B	18
193	Sullivan Lake	Morrison Co., MN	A	18
194	Sauk Lake	Stearns Co., MN	C	18
195	Washington Lake	Le Sueur Co., MN	D	18
196	Washington Lake	Meeker Co., MN	C	18
197	Little Pine Lake	Crow Wing Co., MN	A	18
198	Girl Lake	Cass Co., MN	A	18
199	Roberds Lake	Rice Co., MN	F	18
200	Cedar Lake	Rice Co., MN	D	18

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