What is the best fishing lake near Bemidji?

Newman Lake in Hubbard County is the top-ranked fishing lake near Bemidji, with a water quality grade of A (7 miles away).

How many lakes are near Bemidji for fishing?

30 lakes within driving distance of Bemidji match the fishing filters used on this page.

Best Lakes for Fishing Near Bemidji

Minnesota

30 fishing lakes within driving distance of Bemidji, Minnesota, ranked by water quality and fishing-specific filters. Filtered for documented fish species (3+) and public access. Ranked by water quality and species diversity.

Within reasonable driving distance of Bemidji sit 30 graded lakes — a lake-dense area that gives residents real choice on any given weekend. The average grade across the nearby set is A.

Filtered for fishing, the nearby-lake list narrows further. fishing-specific signals — fish species, public access, depth profile, motor-boat congestion — interact with the LakeGrade rubric in different ways depending on the use case.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Distance	Clarity	Depth
1	Newman Lake	Hubbard	A	7 mi	17.1 ft	63 ft
2	Swenson Lake	Beltrami	A	9.1 mi	20.7 ft	76 ft
3	Midge Lake	Hubbard	A	9.9 mi	18 ft	24 ft
4	Andrusia Lake	Beltrami	A	10.6 mi	15.1 ft	60 ft
5	Cass Lake Allens Bay	Beltrami	A	12.4 mi	16.6 ft	120 ft
6	South Twin Lake	Beltrami	A	15.7 mi	16.7 ft	45 ft
7	North Twin Lake	Beltrami	A	15.8 mi	17.4 ft	59 ft
8	Cass Lake	Beltrami	A	16.5 mi	18.5 ft	120 ft
9	Mary Lake	Hubbard	A	18.7 mi	18.8 ft	48 ft
10	Moose Lake	Beltrami	A	19.6 mi	15.1 ft	71 ft
11	Twenty-One Lake	Hubbard	A	21.7 mi	17 ft	51.5 ft
12	Long Lake	Clearwater	A	23.8 mi	20.5 ft	80 ft
13	Beauty Lake	Hubbard	A	24.2 mi	21 ft	53 ft
14	Ozawindib Lake	Clearwater	A	24.8 mi	19 ft	80 ft
15	Kabekona Bay Lake	Cass	A	25.7 mi	17.2 ft	150 ft
16	Lone Lake	Clearwater	A	26.6 mi	19.4 ft	70 ft
17	Skunk Lake	Hubbard	A	27.4 mi	16.5 ft	55 ft
18	Little Mantrap Lake	Hubbard	A	27.9 mi	17 ft	54 ft
19	Waboose Lake	Hubbard	A	28.9 mi	16.8 ft	32 ft
20	Upper Bottle Lake	Hubbard	A	30 mi	16 ft	55 ft
21	Dead Lake	Hubbard	A	30.8 mi	16 ft	34 ft
22	Ojibway Lake	Hubbard	A	31 mi	15.5 ft	22 ft
23	Big Bass Lake	Hubbard	A	31.5 mi	19.4 ft	60 ft
24	Emma Lake	Hubbard	A	31.6 mi	18.5 ft	50 ft
25	Long Lost Lake	Clearwater	A	31.8 mi	22 ft	63 ft
26	Blue Lake	Hubbard	A	32.1 mi	17.3 ft	84 ft
27	Spider (Ne Lake	Hubbard	A	32.4 mi	17.1 ft	96 ft
28	Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	A	33 mi	23 ft	135 ft
29	Boot Lake	Becker	A	33.2 mi	19.5 ft	109 ft
30	Little Sand Lake	Hubbard	A	33.6 mi	20 ft	80 ft

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