St. Louis County Minnesota Fishing

45 documented fish species across 131 St. Louis County lakes.

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St. Louis County Fishing Lakes

Lake	Grade	Clarity	Max Depth	Species
Big Lake	A	8.2 ft	22 ft	8
South Sturgeon Lake	A	2.5 ft	43 ft	10
Colby Lake	A	3 ft	30 ft	15
Island Lake	A	14.5 ft	65 ft	8
Silver Lake	A	19.3 ft	29 ft	10
Pleasant Lake	A	10 ft	33 ft	11
Perch Lake	A	13.5 ft	30 ft	10
Side Lake	A	11.5 ft	32 ft	15
Pine Lake	A	7.5 ft	14 ft	8
Sturgeon Lake	A	13.8 ft	79.8 ft	15
Burntside Lake	A	16 ft	126 ft	15
Dodo Lake	A	12.8 ft	53 ft	7
St. Marys Lake	A	13.1 ft	44 ft	14
Sabin Lake	A	2.1 ft	52 ft	10
Bear Island Lake	A	7 ft	62 ft	13
Nichols Lake	A	5.1 ft	31 ft	12
Ely Lake	A	17.1 ft	70 ft	14
Murphy Lake	A	6.4 ft	24 ft	10
Wynne Lake	A	7.3 ft	52 ft	10
Cadotte Lake	A	10.2 ft	18 ft	5
Fenske Lake	A	11.5 ft	43 ft	8
Whitewater Lake	A	14 ft	73 ft	15
Bear Head Lake	A	11 ft	46 ft	9
Ed Shave Lake	A	11.5 ft	17 ft	6
West Twin Lake	B	6.2 ft	18 ft	7
Peary Lake	B	6.7 ft	15 ft	8
Eagles Nest Lake	B	15.5 ft	49 ft	9
Mukooda Lake	B	16.6 ft	78 ft	14
Brown Lake	B	8.5 ft	27 ft	2
Little Trout Lake	B	20.3 ft	95 ft	8
Elliot Lake	B	6.2 ft	13 ft	11
Ryan Lake	B	9.2 ft	13 ft	4
Shoepack Lake	B	4.6 ft	24 ft	3
Cruiser Lake	B	25.4 ft	91 ft	2
Locator Lake	B	8.5 ft	52 ft	6
Birch Lake	C	3.9 ft	25 ft	10
One Pine Lake	C	4.5 ft	13 ft	13
East Twin Lake	C	4.9 ft	22 ft	7
Everett Lake	C	7 ft	15 ft	8
Blueberry Lake	C	2 ft	6 ft	8
Carey Lake	C	4.9 ft	13.5 ft	8
Johnson Lake	C	3 ft	18 ft	11
Little Sturgeon Lake	C	4.8 ft	22 ft	12
Joe Martin Lake	C	14.5 ft	77 ft	8
Heikkilla Lake	C	5 ft	7 ft	6
Leora Lake	C	7 ft	35 ft	8
Meander Lake	C	13 ft	25 ft	4
Ash Lake	C	5.5 ft	25 ft	9
Upper Estuary Lake	C	1.9 ft	55 ft	33
Strand Lake	D	3.5 ft	16 ft	12
Blackduck Lake	D	6.8 ft	30 ft	8
Mashkenode Lake	D	4.2 ft	14 ft	10
Elbow Lake	F	3.6 ft	22 ft	8
Kabetogama Lake	NR	4.4 ft	80 ft	16
Little Shoepack Lake	NR	6.2 ft	25 ft	3
Sand Point Lake	NR	6.6 ft	184 ft	21
Oslo Lake	NR	9.2 ft	36 ft	2
Jorgens Lake	NR	7.2 ft	21 ft	3
Agnes Lake	NR	5.2 ft	18 ft	4
Agnes Lake	NR	11 ft	30 ft	10
Quarter Line Lake	NR	4.6 ft	22 ft	3
Quill Lake	NR	10.7 ft	46 ft	4
Loiten Lake	NR	11.5 ft	49 ft	3
War Club Lake	NR	7.9 ft	40 ft	8
O'Leary Lake	NR	10.7 ft	52 ft	9
Crane Lake	NR	6.3 ft	80 ft	12
Beast Lake	NR	10.2 ft	66 ft	2
Pelican Lake	NR	7.5 ft	38 ft	11
Pike Lake	NR	18 ft	60 ft	9
Long Lake	NR	12.5 ft	33 ft	8
Unnamed Lake	NR	4.8 ft	7 ft	6
East Vermilion Lake	NR	6.5 ft	76 ft	17
Clear Lake	NR	11 ft	24 ft	9
Prairie Lake	NR	5 ft	47 ft	15
Sand Lake	NR	9 ft	15 ft	9
West Vermilion Lake	NR	8 ft	76 ft	17
Shell Lake	NR	9 ft	15 ft	8
Thompson Lake	NR	3 ft	9 ft	8
George Lake	NR	14.3 ft	18 ft	1
Caribou Lake	NR	10.5 ft	21 ft	11
Fourteen Lake	NR	10 ft	14.5 ft	7
Briar Lake	NR	6 ft	21 ft	3
Bassett Lake	NR	8 ft	21 ft	12
East Twin Lake	NR	13.1 ft	51 ft	8
Elbow Lake	NR	7 ft	60 ft	12
Wolf Lake	NR	9 ft	28 ft	8
Wolf Lake	NR	2 ft	12 ft	8
Wolf Lake	NR	6.6 ft	10 ft	7
Schultz Lake	NR	15.5 ft	48 ft	11
Perch Lake	NR	6.6 ft	13 ft	6
Smith Lake	NR	15 ft	51 ft	12
Little Armstrong Lake	NR	15.5 ft	26 ft	2
Little Long Lake	NR	21 ft	45 ft	11
Flowage Lake	NR	8.5 ft	15 ft	7
White Lake	NR	11.5 ft	29 ft	8
Schubert Lake	NR	6.5 ft	24 ft	9
Whiteface Reservoir	NR	3 ft	35 ft	11
Armstrong Lake	NR	16.2 ft	34 ft	10
Alden Lake	NR	5 ft	29 ft	11
Lost Lake	NR	23 ft	44 ft	8
St James Pit Lake	NR	47.6 ft	381 ft	5
Deep Lake	NR	17.2 ft	50 ft	10
Spring Lake	NR	9.5 ft	25 ft	8
Lower Comstock Lake	NR	4.5 ft	30 ft	13
Susan Lake	NR	3.6 ft	10 ft	7
St Mary'S Lake	NR	15 ft	44 ft	14
Shagawa Lake	NR	8.9 ft	48 ft	12
Clark Lake	NR	-	44 ft	7
Lac la Croix Lake	NR	8 ft	168 ft	12
Lac la Croix Lake	NR	2.5 ft	30 ft	10
Sprite Lake	NR	-	16 ft	1
Otto Lake	NR	6 ft	27 ft	5
Lower Pauness Lake	NR	5.7 ft	36 ft	7
Little Vermilion Lake	NR	10 ft	17 ft	2
Anne Lake	NR	14.4 ft	27 ft	5
Nibin Lake	NR	5.6 ft	40 ft	5
Esquagama Lake	NR	3.5 ft	90 ft	12
Eugene Lake	NR	11.5 ft	64 ft	8
Trease Lake	NR	4.7 ft	-	4
Low Lake	NR	8.7 ft	40 ft	11
Ban Lake	NR	6 ft	10 ft	9
Fourth Lake	NR	1.5 ft	20 ft	13
Dark Lake	NR	3.8 ft	31 ft	10
Iron Chief Complex Lake	NR	24.5 ft	262.1 ft	3
Gilbert Pit Lake	NR	11.5 ft	443 ft	10
North Hegman Lake	NR	6.5 ft	30 ft	5
Foss Lake	NR	4 ft	6 ft	3
Iron Lake	NR	5 ft	64 ft	9
Miner'S Pit West Lake	NR	23.1 ft	140 ft	9
Ge-Be-on-Equat Lake	NR	10 ft	55 ft	5
Mudro Lake	NR	-	76 ft	7

St. Louis County water quality

St. Louis County Lake Water Quality

Water-quality grades for every graded lake in St. Louis County

DNR Survey Reports

These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).

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Fisheries Lake Survey — Wolf
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Wolf
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Wolf
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Whitewater
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Whiteface Reservoir
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — White
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — West Twin
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — War Club
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Bullet
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — West Two Rivers Reservoir
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Unnamed
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Erickson
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Toe
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Thompson
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Thirteen
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Susan
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Sunshine
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Sturgeon
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — Strand
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
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Fisheries Lake Survey — St. Mary's
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder

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Frequently Asked Questions

What fish are in St. Louis County lakes?

St. Louis County, Minnesota has 45 documented fish species across 131 lakes, including Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, White Sucker, Bluegill, Walleye.

What is the best-graded fishing lake in St. Louis County?

Big Lake holds the highest water-quality grade (A) among St. Louis County lakes with a documented fishery.

St. Louis County Minnesota Fishing

Game Fish

Panfish

Trout, Salmon & Coldwater

Catfish & Bullhead

Other Species