Minnesota · statewide
Fishing lakes by county
More than 3,700 surveyed fishing lakes in 80 Minnesota counties. 2,549 of them have a full guide page with a depth map, DNR survey data, top spots, stocking history and public accesses.
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- Aitkin County · 110 lakes
- Anoka County · 24 lakes
- Becker County · 86 lakes
- Beltrami County · 75 lakes
- Benton County · 2 lakes
- Big Stone County · 16 lakes
- Blue Earth County · 16 lakes
- Brown County · 5 lakes
- Carlton County · 37 lakes
- Carver County · 36 lakes
- Cass County · 216 lakes
- Chisago County · 29 lakes
- Clay County · 5 lakes
- Clearwater County · 38 lakes
- Cook County · 396 lakes
- Cottonwood County · 12 lakes
- Crow Wing County · 198 lakes
- Dakota County · 24 lakes
- Douglas County · 58 lakes
- Faribault County · 2 lakes
- Fillmore County · 1 lake
- Freeborn County · 10 lakes
- Goodhue County · 1 lake
- Grant County · 10 lakes
- Hennepin County · 84 lakes
- Houston County · 2 lakes
- Hubbard County · 103 lakes
- Isanti County · 19 lakes
- Itasca County · 364 lakes
- Jackson County · 12 lakes
- Kanabec County · 12 lakes
- Kandiyohi County · 31 lakes
- Kittson County · 1 lake
- Koochiching County · 13 lakes
- Lac qui Parle County · 1 lake
- Lake County · 366 lakes
- Lake of the Woods County · 1 lake
- Le Sueur County · 24 lakes
- Lincoln County · 12 lakes
- Lyon County · 15 lakes
- Mahnomen County · 13 lakes
- Martin County · 19 lakes
- McLeod County · 13 lakes
- Meeker County · 33 lakes
- Mille Lacs County · 5 lakes
- Morrison County · 24 lakes
- Mower County · 6 lakes
- Murray County · 14 lakes
- Nicollet County · 1 lake
- Nobles County · 7 lakes
- Olmsted County · 10 lakes
- Otter Tail County · 148 lakes
- Pennington County · 1 lake
- Pine County · 50 lakes
- Pipestone County · 2 lakes
- Polk County · 17 lakes
- Pope County · 19 lakes
- Ramsey County · 38 lakes
- Redwood County · 2 lakes
- Renville County · 2 lakes
- Rice County · 18 lakes
- Rock County · 3 lakes
- Roseau County · 1 lake
- Scott County · 23 lakes
- Sherburne County · 22 lakes
- Sibley County · 5 lakes
- St. Louis County · 446 lakes
- Stearns County · 79 lakes
- Steele County · 2 lakes
- Stevens County · 5 lakes
- Swift County · 7 lakes
- Todd County · 45 lakes
- Traverse County · 2 lakes
- Wadena County · 4 lakes
- Waseca County · 7 lakes
- Washington County · 40 lakes
- Watonwan County · 6 lakes
- Winona County · 2 lakes
- Wright County · 91 lakes
- Yellow Medicine County · 7 lakes