Inguadona Lake

Inguadona Lake comes in at a B on the grading rubric — a respectable showing for a Minnesota lake of its size and depth.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Minnesota lakes fall. At 79 ft of maximum depth, Inguadona Lake stratifies reliably through the summer — the hypolimnion stays cooler and clearer than the surface layer suggests. Inguadona Lake covers 1,133 acres alongside 11.0 miles of shoreline, large enough that conditions can vary meaningfully between bays. Within Cass County's 132 graded lakes, Inguadona Lake ranks 99 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

Zebra mussel presence at Inguadona Lake means the lake's clarity numbers carry an asterisk — filtered water is not the same as nutrient-poor water. Muskie are on the species list at Inguadona Lake, among the lake's 20 documented fish. A documented public access point at Inguadona Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. Ice-out has been recorded 12 times at Inguadona Lake, with a median around Apr 22. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.