Lakes with the Most Fish Species: Top 50 (MN, WI & MI)

Rank	Lake	County	State	Species	Grade	Depth	Top Fish
1	Pepin Lake	Pepin	MN	47	NR	60 ft	American eel, bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie
2	Long Lake	Gogebic	MI	40	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow
3	Long Lake	Benzie	MI	40	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow
4	Long Lake	Grand Traverse	MI	40	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow
5	Long Lake	Cheboygan	MI	40	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow
6	Round Lake	Benzie	MI	37	A	-	Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner
7	Round Lake	Shiawassee	MI	37	D	-	Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner
8	Round Lake	Shiawassee	MI	37	NR	-	Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner
9	Round Lake	Oakland	MI	37	NR	-	Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner
10	Round Lake	Kent	MI	37	NR	-	Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner
11	Lake St Croix	Pierce	MN	36	B	78 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
12	Pool of Lake St Croix	Washington	MN	36	C	78 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
13	Pool	Washington	MN	36	B	78 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
14	Upper Estuary Lake	St. Louis	MN	33	C	55 ft	American eel, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
15	Burt Lake	Cheboygan	MI	33	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow, Bowfin
16	Baldwins Lake	Cass	MI	33	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow
17	Eagle Lake	Allegan	MI	30	NR	-	Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill
18	Otter Lake	Benzie	MI	30	A	-	Bigmouth shiner, Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blacknose shiner
19	Otter Lake	Oakland	MI	30	NR	-	Bigmouth shiner, Black bullhead, Black crappie, Blacknose shiner
20	Murray Lake East Basin; Grattan Township	Kent	MI	29	A	-	Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill
21	Pickerel Lake	Kalkaska	MI	29	NR	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow
22	Crooked Lake	Barry	MI	27	NR	-	Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow, Brown bullhead, Central mudminnow
23	Elk Lake	Antrim	MI	27	NR	-	Blacknose shiner, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow, Burbot
24	Emily Lake	Pope	MN	26	D	6 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
25	Shavehead Lake	Cass	MI	26	NR	-	Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill
26	Crooked Lake	Emmet	MI	26	B	-	Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow, Brown bullhead, Central mudminnow
27	Horseshoe Lake	Stearns	MN	25	F	57 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
28	Shavehead Lake East Basin; Porter Township	Cass	MI	25	NR	-	Black crappie, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill
29	Long Lake	Cass	MI	25	NR	-	Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow, Bluegill
30	Diamond Lake	Osceola	MI	25	NR	-	Black crappie, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow
31	Baldwin Lake Northwest Basin	Cass	MI	25	NR	-	Blacknose shiner, Blackside darter, Blackstripe topminnow, Bluegill
32	Round Lake Central Basin	Lenawee	MI	25	A	-	Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow
33	Lower Herring Lake	Benzie	MI	25	NR	-	Black crappie, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow, Brown bullhead
34	Zumbro Lake	Olmsted	MN	24	D	43 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish
35	Winona Lake	Winona	MN	24	F	38 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
36	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	MN	23	A	138 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
37	Long Lake	Stearns	MN	23	F	35 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
38	Big Swan Lake	Meeker	MN	23	F	32 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
39	Barrett Lake	Grant	MN	23	NR	28 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
40	Pokegama Lake	Pine	MN	23	F	25 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
41	Little Spirit Lake	Jackson	MN	23	D	8 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
42	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan	MI	23	NR	-	Alewife, Blackchin shiner, Blacknose shiner, Bluntnose minnow
43	Green Lake	Kandiyohi	MN	22	A	110 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
44	Cedar Lake	Aitkin	MN	22	A	105 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
45	Gull Lake	Cass	MN	22	A	80 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
46	Koronis Lake	Stearns	MN	22	C	132 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
47	Big Sandy Lake	Aitkin	MN	22	C	84 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
48	Broadwater Bay Lake	Cass	MN	22	A	54 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)
49	Pomme de Terre Lake	Grant	MN	22	NR	23 ft	bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill
50	Cedar Island Lake	Stearns	MN	22	F	75 ft	black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish)

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