Moose Lake

Moose Lake carries a solid B grade — strong on most parameters, with measurements that hold up well across the summer season. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Moose Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. The lake's 65 ft maximum depth is in the upper tier for Minnesota — deep enough for cold-water fish to find refuge in summer. With 1,301 acres of surface and 21.5 miles of shoreline, Moose Lake is a large water by Minnesota standards — recreational pressure is spread across a long shoreline. Moose Lake ranks 38 of 142 in Lake County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

Moose Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2023, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Walleye are documented at Moose Lake, one of 10 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Moose Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. 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.