Bass Lake

Bass Lake sits at a C on the grading scale — not impaired, not pristine, with summer measurements that vary year to year.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Minnesota lakes fall. The lake bottoms out at 24 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. The lake's 228 acres and 3.2 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Bass Lake ranks 9 of 19 in Pine County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

Bass Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2021, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Walleye are documented at Bass Lake, one of 9 fish species on record for the lake. Public access is available — the lake is on the Minnesota PCA public-access list. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.