What is the best fishing lake near Moorhead?

Turtle Lake in Becker County is the top-ranked fishing lake near Moorhead, with a water quality grade of A (28.8 miles away).

How many lakes are near Moorhead for fishing?

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

Best Lakes for Fishing Near Moorhead, MN

30 fishing lakes within driving distance of Moorhead, 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 Moorhead 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 letter grade in different ways depending on the use case.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Distance	Clarity	Depth
1	Turtle Lake	Becker	A	28.8 mi	23 ft	73 ft
2	Middle Cormorant Lake	Becker	A	32.1 mi	15.1 ft	40 ft
3	Ida Lake	Becker	A	33.3 mi	12.1 ft	20 ft
4	Big Cormorant Lake	Becker	A	34.6 mi	24.8 ft	75 ft
5	Pelican Lake	Otter Tail	A	37.2 mi	16.4 ft	55 ft
6	Maud Lake	Becker	A	38.1 mi	17 ft	32 ft
7	Lizzie Lake	Otter Tail	A	38.9 mi	16.4 ft	66 ft
8	Eunice Lake	Becker	A	39 mi	13.5 ft	30 ft
9	Pearl Lake	Becker	A	39.7 mi	10 ft	54 ft
10	Franklin Lake	Otter Tail	A	40.5 mi	13.1 ft	48 ft
11	Long Lake	Becker	A	41.6 mi	19.5 ft	61 ft
12	Sallie Lake	Becker	A	42 mi	13 ft	50 ft
13	Mill Lake	Becker	A	42.1 mi	8.5 ft	10 ft
14	Melissa Lake	Becker	A	42.2 mi	13.1 ft	37 ft
15	Tamarac Lake	Becker	A	42.2 mi	6.9 ft	34 ft
16	Mud Lake	Becker	A	42.9 mi	12.5 ft	34 ft
17	Meadow Lake	Becker	A	43.2 mi	14 ft	72 ft
18	Floyd Lake	Becker	A	43.5 mi	13.1 ft	34 ft
19	Lida Lake	Otter Tail	A	43.6 mi	14 ft	58 ft
20	Detroit Lake	Becker	A	44.2 mi	14 ft	89 ft
21	Little Floyd Lake	Becker	A	44.2 mi	11 ft	34 ft
22	Trowbridge Lake	Otter Tail	A	45.3 mi	13.5 ft	76 ft
23	Long Lake	Otter Tail	A	45.7 mi	11.6 ft	73 ft
24	Jewett Lake	Otter Tail	A	46.7 mi	17.7 ft	75 ft
25	West Silent Lake	Otter Tail	A	47.5 mi	18 ft	58 ft
26	East Loon Lake	Otter Tail	A	47.7 mi	13.5 ft	105 ft
27	Six Lake	Otter Tail	A	48.1 mi	21 ft	140 ft
28	Big Sugar Bush Lake	Becker	A	48.3 mi	16.5 ft	42 ft
29	Scalp Lake	Otter Tail	A	48.5 mi	20 ft	90 ft
30	Pickerel Lake	Becker	A	49.1 mi	18 ft	74 ft

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