Detroit Lakes Area, 200 Lakes | Water Quality & Fishing

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated Aug 2, 2026

200

Lakes

145

With Fish Data

Lake	County	Clarity	Depth	Fish
Crane Lake	Otter Tail	9 ft	43 ft	0
Bad Medicine Lake	Becker	25 ft	84 ft	13
Mud Lake	Becker	12.5 ft	34 ft	16
Big Sugar Bush Lake	Becker	16.5 ft	42 ft	13
Pelican Lake	Otter Tail	16.4 ft	55 ft	20
Round Lake	Otter Tail	11.2 ft	24 ft	0
Round Lake	Becker	10 ft	69 ft	18
Long Lake	Otter Tail	12.3 ft	128 ft	16
Long Lake	Becker	19.5 ft	61 ft	16
Long Lake	Otter Tail	12.1 ft	88 ft	1
Long Lake	Otter Tail	11.6 ft	73 ft	17
Dead Lake	Otter Tail	10.2 ft	65 ft	18
Detroit Lake	Becker	14 ft	89 ft	19
Sallie Lake	Becker	13 ft	50 ft	16
Deer Lake	Otter Tail	12.3 ft	26 ft	16
Lida Lake	Otter Tail	14 ft	58 ft	20
Eagle Lake	Otter Tail	22.6 ft	46 ft	10
Ida Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	20 ft	14
Star Lake	Otter Tail	17 ft	94 ft	17
Fish Lake	Otter Tail	18 ft	69 ft	17
Shell Lake	Becker	7.3 ft	16 ft	14
Little Toad Lake	Becker	15 ft	65 ft	15
Big Mcdonald Lake	Otter Tail	17.4 ft	46 ft	15
Bass Lake	Otter Tail	17.4 ft	-	0
Bass Lake	Becker	12.8 ft	48 ft	13
Island Lake	Becker	15 ft	38 ft	15
Lizzie Lake	Otter Tail	16.4 ft	66 ft	21
Turtle Lake	Becker	23 ft	73 ft	13
East Loon Lake	Otter Tail	13.5 ft	105 ft	17
Pickerel Lake	Becker	18 ft	74 ft	14
Pickerel Lake	Otter Tail	14.1 ft	78 ft	16
Strawberry Lake	Becker	17.5 ft	40 ft	16
Middle Cormorant Lake	Becker	15.1 ft	40 ft	13
Devil'S Lake	Otter Tail	14.5 ft	67 ft	11
Silver Lake	Otter Tail	12.1 ft	43 ft	13
West Battle Lake	Otter Tail	18 ft	108 ft	17
Clitherall Lake	Otter Tail	14.1 ft	69 ft	16
Two Inlets Lake	Becker	9 ft	60 ft	15
Swan Lake	Otter Tail	12.1 ft	44 ft	16
Mill Lake	Becker	8.5 ft	10 ft	14
Stuart Lake	Otter Tail	17.5 ft	49 ft	14
Blanche Lake	Otter Tail	12.5 ft	64 ft	4
Little Bass Lake	Becker	7.9 ft	-	0
Trowbridge Lake	Otter Tail	13.5 ft	76 ft	13
Little Mcdonald Lake	Otter Tail	26.5 ft	109 ft	14
Wall Lake	Otter Tail	8.7 ft	34 ft	19
Elbow Lake	Otter Tail	18 ft	46 ft	11
Elbow Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	76 ft	17
Floyd Lake	Becker	13.1 ft	34 ft	16
Glawe Lake	Becker	10.8 ft	24 ft	0
East Battle Lake	Otter Tail	13.1 ft	87 ft	16
Melissa Lake	Becker	13.1 ft	37 ft	16
Scalp Lake	Otter Tail	20 ft	90 ft	13
Pine Lake	Becker	8.9 ft	-	0
West Silent Lake	Otter Tail	18 ft	58 ft	9
Big Cormorant Lake	Becker	24.8 ft	75 ft	16
Ten Mile Lake	Otter Tail	13.6 ft	51 ft	19
Maud Lake	Becker	17 ft	32 ft	15
South Turtle Lake	Otter Tail	14.1 ft	35 ft	13
Sybil Lake	Otter Tail	20 ft	74 ft	16
Boot Lake	Becker	19.5 ft	109 ft	14
Little Pelican Lake	Otter Tail	11.5 ft	25 ft	2
Net Lake	Becker	6.4 ft	47 ft	10
Otter Tail Lake	Otter Tail	12.1 ft	120 ft	17
Fox Lake	Becker	14 ft	24 ft	13
Loon Lake	Becker	7.4 ft	-	0
West Leaf Lake	Otter Tail	7.5 ft	55 ft	18
Franklin Lake	Otter Tail	13.1 ft	48 ft	18
Kerbs Lake	Otter Tail	27.7 ft	-	0
Wimer Lake	Otter Tail	10.2 ft	58 ft	16
Juggler Lake	Becker	18 ft	78 ft	11
White Earth Lake	Becker	15 ft	120 ft	17
Johnson Lake	Becker	9.5 ft	-	0
Johnson Lake	Becker	9.3 ft	30 ft	0
Pebble Lake	Otter Tail	13 ft	62 ft	14
Little Floyd Lake	Becker	11 ft	34 ft	16
Eunice Lake	Becker	13.5 ft	30 ft	17
Six Lake	Otter Tail	21 ft	140 ft	11
Boedigheimer Lake	Otter Tail	10.2 ft	26 ft	5
Meadow Lake	Becker	14 ft	72 ft	11
Nelson Lake	Otter Tail	10 ft	-	0
Hungry Man Lake	Becker	14.4 ft	21 ft	0
East Silent Lake	Otter Tail	19.2 ft	48 ft	13
Fish Hook Lake	Becker	9.5 ft	47 ft	10
Jewett Lake	Otter Tail	17.7 ft	75 ft	13
Big Basswood Lake	Becker	3.1 ft	-	0
Leek Lake	Otter Tail	13.1 ft	-	0
Tamarac Lake	Becker	6.9 ft	34 ft	16
Paul Lake	Otter Tail	13.3 ft	81 ft	12
Cottage Lake	Becker	12 ft	-	0
Pearl Lake	Becker	10 ft	54 ft	11
Big Rush Lake	Becker	6 ft	-	0
Sands Lake	Becker	11.5 ft	-	0
Carman Lake	Becker	7.9 ft	-	0
Lind Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	-	0
Ice Cracking Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	73 ft	15
Little Bemidji Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	58 ft	16
South Tamarac Lake	Becker	6 ft	-	0
Many Point Lake	Becker	10.7 ft	92 ft	16
Abbey Lake	Becker	5.5 ft	-	0

Showing 100 of 200 lakes.

Ways to pick a Detroit Lakes Area lake

Cleanest water

Crane Lake — 9 ft clarity
Bad Medicine Lake — 25 ft clarity
Mud Lake — 12.5 ft clarity
Big Sugar Bush Lake — 16.5 ft clarity

Deepest lakes

Six Lake — 140 ft
Rose Lake — 137 ft
Long Lake — 128 ft
Otter Tail Lake — 120 ft

Documented game fish

Bad Medicine Lake — 13 species
Mud Lake — 16 species
Big Sugar Bush Lake — 13 species
Pelican Lake — 20 species

Cleanest Lakes in Detroit Lakes Area

Crane Lake

Otter Tail County · 9 ft clarity

Bad Medicine Lake

Becker County · 25 ft clarity

Mud Lake

Becker County · 12.5 ft clarity

Big Sugar Bush Lake

Becker County · 16.5 ft clarity

Pelican Lake

Otter Tail County · 16.4 ft clarity

Round Lake

Otter Tail County · 11.2 ft clarity

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Detroit Lakes Area area has 200 lakes with water-quality records from state and federal monitoring. 196 of them have a clarity reading and 145 have documented fish species.

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The lakes with the lowest nutrient and algae readings lead the table above. Each lake page shows its own phosphorus, chlorophyll-a and clarity readings beside the EPA condition class; none of it is a same-day swim clearance.

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.