Little Cormorant Lake

Little Cormorant Lake earns a C — middle-of-the-pack water quality, with one or two parameters dragging the average down from a stronger grade.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Little Cormorant Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. A maximum depth of 34 ft puts Little Cormorant Lake in the middle of Minnesota's depth distribution. At 1,067 acres, Little Cormorant Lake is one of the larger lakes in Becker County, with 24.1 miles of shoreline supporting multiple distinct use patterns. Little Cormorant Lake ranks 79 of 93 in Becker County — at the lower end of the locally monitored distribution.

Little Cormorant Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2024, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Walleye are documented at Little Cormorant Lake, one of 14 fish species on record for the lake. Public access is available — the lake is on the Minnesota PCA public-access list. The lake has a partial ice record — 17 observed ice-outs, centered near Apr 13. Monitoring depth is thin here: the LakeGrade rubric is applied to a small number of sample years, and the grade will be revised as more data accumulates.