Mille Lacs Area, 183 Lakes | Water Quality & Fishing

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated Aug 2, 2026

183

Lakes

146

With Fish Data

Lake	County	Clarity	Depth	Fish
East Fox Lake	Crow Wing	16.4 ft	65 ft	15
Clearwater Lake	Crow Wing	13 ft	54 ft	16
Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing	18.5 ft	100 ft	21
North Long Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	97 ft	18
Pelican Lake	Crow Wing	14.3 ft	104 ft	17
Round Lake	Aitkin	14.5 ft	125 ft	18
Round Lake	Crow Wing	13.5 ft	51 ft	20
Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	138 ft	23
Horseshoe Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	56 ft	11
Unnamed Lake	Crow Wing	6.6 ft	-	0
West Twin Lake	Crow Wing	13.3 ft	42 ft	12
Ossawinnamakee Lake	Crow Wing	20 ft	63 ft	18
Clear Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	63 ft	15
Clear Lake	Aitkin	15 ft	24 ft	14
West Fox Lake	Crow Wing	15 ft	55 ft	15
Star Lake	Crow Wing	19 ft	83 ft	12
Little Pine Lake	Crow Wing	10 ft	36 ft	18
Bass Lake	Crow Wing	13 ft	27 ft	14
Bass Lake	Crow Wing	16.1 ft	47 ft	14
Island Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	76 ft	19
Crooked Lake	Crow Wing	15 ft	54 ft	16
Portage Lake	Crow Wing	11.5 ft	37 ft	15
Cedar Lake	Aitkin	11.1 ft	105 ft	22
Big Pine Lake	Aitkin	17 ft	78 ft	15
Roy Lake	Crow Wing	11.7 ft	26 ft	16
Kimball Lake	Crow Wing	18.4 ft	77 ft	16
Velvet Lake	Crow Wing	10.5 ft	29 ft	0
Serpent Lake	Crow Wing	25 ft	65 ft	17
Upper Mission Lake	Crow Wing	11 ft	36 ft	13
Bay Lake	Crow Wing	18.5 ft	74 ft	13
Rabbit Lake	Crow Wing	12.1 ft	-	0
Little Hubert Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	41 ft	0
Big Trout Lake	Crow Wing	16.9 ft	128 ft	20
East Twin Lake	Crow Wing	15 ft	45 ft	10
Red Sand Lake	Crow Wing	9 ft	23 ft	10
Rush Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	105 ft	21
Gilbert Lake	Crow Wing	14.6 ft	45 ft	9
Perch Lake	Crow Wing	5.9 ft	-	0
Placid Lake	Crow Wing	17 ft	39 ft	0
Middle Whipple Lake	Crow Wing	10 ft	28.7 ft	11
Wood Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	-	0
Butterfield Lake	Crow Wing	12.9 ft	23 ft	0
Pine Lake	Crow Wing	10 ft	16.9 ft	14
Duck Lake	Crow Wing	9 ft	-	0
Lougee Lake	Crow Wing	16.1 ft	53 ft	11
Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	16.5 ft	-	0
Pig Lake	Crow Wing	17.2 ft	56 ft	20
Gladstone Lake	Crow Wing	10.5 ft	36 ft	15
Little Pelican Lake	Crow Wing	17.2 ft	34 ft	12
Upper Hay Lake	Crow Wing	10.9 ft	42 ft	13
O'Brien Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	-	0
Goodrich Lake	Crow Wing	13.7 ft	35 ft	15
Clamshell Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	44 ft	18
Farm Island Lake	Aitkin	11.3 ft	56 ft	17
Nisswa Lake	Crow Wing	11.5 ft	23 ft	17
Borden Lake	Crow Wing	10.5 ft	84 ft	16
Bertha Lake	Crow Wing	17.1 ft	64 ft	22
Edward Lake	Crow Wing	15.5 ft	75 ft	15
Middle Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	13.5 ft	48 ft	15
Upper Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	8.7 ft	40 ft	14
Clark Lake	Crow Wing	11 ft	31 ft	14
Lower Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	17.4 ft	39 ft	16
Edna Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	63 ft	10
Ruth Lake	Crow Wing	16 ft	39 ft	12
Hanks Lake	Crow Wing	12.5 ft	45 ft	14
White Sand Lake	Crow Wing	13 ft	27 ft	14
Hubert Lake	Crow Wing	17.1 ft	83 ft	16
Young Lake	Crow Wing	10.2 ft	21 ft	0
Ml-Nw Lake	Aitkin	9.4 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Seventeen Lake	Aitkin	6.2 ft	42 ft	21
Sorenson Lake	Crow Wing	16.1 ft	46 ft	0
Ml-Vineland Lake	Mille Lacs	7.8 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Malone Lake	Mille Lacs	5.7 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Ne Lake	Aitkin	8.6 ft	42 ft	21
Dahler Lake	Crow Wing	4.7 ft	-	0
Hen Lake	Crow Wing	17.1 ft	105 ft	21
Outlet of Onamia Lake on the Rum River	Mille Lacs	-	10 ft	0
Upper South Long Lake	Crow Wing	6 ft	47 ft	16
Eagle Lake	Crow Wing	9.5 ft	-	0
Mitchell Lake	Crow Wing	7 ft	78 ft	18
Arrowhead Lake	Crow Wing	6.9 ft	13 ft	16
Minnewawa Lake	Aitkin	5 ft	21 ft	15
Big Sandy Lake	Aitkin	4.5 ft	84 ft	22
Mary Lake	Crow Wing	4.9 ft	34 ft	13
Camp Lake	Crow Wing	8.3 ft	42 ft	12
Lower Mission Lake	Crow Wing	6.9 ft	27 ft	14
South Long Lake	Crow Wing	9 ft	47 ft	17
Pine Lake	Aitkin	6.5 ft	28 ft	13
Sibley Lake	Crow Wing	5.6 ft	40 ft	16
Kego Lake	Crow Wing	8 ft	20 ft	12
Ripple Lake	Aitkin	4.5 ft	39 ft	17
Mayo Lake	Crow Wing	4.8 ft	22 ft	12
Daggett Lake	Crow Wing	8.7 ft	23 ft	21
Ross Lake	Crow Wing	3.5 ft	30 ft	13
Smokey Hollow Lake	Crow Wing	6.6 ft	25 ft	9
Ml-Thains Lake	Mille Lacs	5.3 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Ce Lake	Aitkin	9 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Se Lake	Mille Lacs	7.4 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Peterson Lake	Mille Lacs	7.4 ft	42 ft	21
Ml-Garrison Lake	Aitkin	6.2 ft	42 ft	21

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Ways to pick a Mille Lacs Area lake

Cleanest water

East Fox Lake — 16.4 ft clarity
Clearwater Lake — 13 ft clarity
Lower Hay Lake — 18.5 ft clarity
North Long Lake — 15.1 ft clarity

Deepest lakes

Sagamore Mine Lake — 210 ft
Whitefish Lake — 138 ft
Big Trout Lake — 128 ft
Round Lake — 125 ft

Documented game fish

East Fox Lake — 15 species
Clearwater Lake — 16 species
Lower Hay Lake — 21 species
North Long Lake — 18 species

Cleanest Lakes in Mille Lacs Area

East Fox Lake

Crow Wing County · 16.4 ft clarity

Clearwater Lake

Crow Wing County · 13 ft clarity

Lower Hay Lake

Crow Wing County · 18.5 ft clarity

North Long Lake

Crow Wing County · 15.1 ft clarity

Pelican Lake

Crow Wing County · 14.3 ft clarity

Round Lake

Aitkin County · 14.5 ft clarity

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Mille Lacs Area area has 183 lakes with water-quality records from state and federal monitoring. 180 of them have a clarity reading and 146 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.