Panfish · sunfish family
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
- Size
- Nearly as large as a bluegill
- Spawns
- May into summer, in colonies, sometimes inside bluegill colonies
- Eats
- Aquatic insects and other invertebrates; special teeth let it crush snails
- Found in
- Clear, quiet, weedy water statewide
- Minnesota record
- 1 lb 5 oz, 10 in — Leech Lake, Cass County, 1999
Where pumpkinseed have been recorded
1341 of the 1,788 Minnesota lakes on this site with fish records list pumpkinseed, across 59 counties. Tap a dot to open that lake’s depth map.
Recorded here Other lakes with fish records
How we know
- 1341lakes where a DNR fisheries survey caught them
- 3lakes the DNR has stocked with this fish
A lake can appear in more than one line. A lake that isn’t listed may still have them: records exist only where someone caught, netted or stocked them.
Inland lakes on this list run from 7 to 128,184 acres (median 255) and from 4 to 500 ft deep (median 35 ft).
How many turn up in DNR surveys
Minnesota DNR lake surveys use standard gear: gill nets set offshore for 24 hours (the main gear for walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, cisco, whitefish and trout), trap nets set near shore (the main gear for bluegill, crappie and bullheads), and on some lakes electrofishing, most often for bass. The DNR reports each gear separately, as fish per net set. These rates come from the newest standard survey of each lake on this site, 1959–2025 — a measure of how many fish a lake holds, not how many an angler will catch.
- Found in
- 1233 of 1604 lakes surveyed this way
- Typical rate
- 1.8 per trap net where found
- Highest
- 649 per trap net
- Method
- fish per trap net set
“Typical” is the median across the lakes where the survey caught at least one. Each gear catches different fish, so the rates are not added together. In gill nets it turned up in 845 lakes at a typical 1.1 per gill net set. A single survey is a snapshot of one season.
Highest survey rates on this site
- Anna Lake, Crow Wing 1989 649
- Bear Lake, Otter Tail 1989 144
- Lake Independence, Jackson 2023 88
- Lake Windigo, Beltrami 1984 64
- Fawn Lake, Todd 2010 54
- Sunfish Lake, Le Sueur 2023 52
- McKenzie Lake, Clearwater 1991 52
- Iverson Lake, Otter Tail 1985 38
- Buck Lake, Becker 1987 33
- Chisago Lake (north portion), Chisago 2014 31
Fish per trap net set, with survey year. Survey effort and season differ between lakes.
Often found with
Share of these lakes that also list each fish.
How to recognize it
Speckled greenish with a yellow-orange belly and wavy blue lines on the cheek. The black ear flap ends in a bright orange or red spot, and there is no dark blotch on the soft dorsal fin.
Don’t confuse it with
Life in a Minnesota lake
Pumpkinseed share many Minnesota lakes and streams with bluegill. They build colonial nests and guard them the same way, and the two species often spawn side by side.
Pumpkinseed stay close to cover and weeds. Specially adapted teeth let them feed heavily on snails.
Source: the sources below.
Rules and eating
Check the rules before you keep fish. Each lake page shows the regulations that apply there, and the Minnesota DNR fishing regulations page is the official source. Before eating fish from a particular lake, check the Minnesota Department of Health’s fish consumption guidance.
All 1341 lakes with pumpkinseed
Show every lake, by county
Aitkin County 39
Ball Bluff Lake, Bass Lake, Big Pine Lake, Big Sandy Lake, Blackface Lake, Blind Lake, Cedar Lake, Cedar Lake (Main Basin), Cedar Lake (N.E. Arm), Cedar Lake (West Bay), Cutaway Lake, Dam Lake, Elm Island Lake, Esquagamah Lake, Farm Island Lake, Fleming Lake, Gun Lake, Hill Lake (North Basin), Hill Lake (South Basin), Horseshoe Lake, Lake Minnewawa, Little Ball Bluff Lake, Lone Lake, Long Lake, Moulton Lake, Portage Lake, Ripple Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Section Ten Lake, Sheriff Lake, Shumway Lake, Sissabagamah Lake, Spirit Lake, Sugar Lake, Town Line Lake, Vanduse Lake, Waukenabo Lake
Anoka County 17
Boot Lake, Burns Lake, Centerville Lake, Club West Lake, Coon Lake, Crooked Lake, East Twin Lake, Fawn Lake, Golden Lake, Ham Lake, Island Lake, Laddie Lake, Lake George, Linwood Lake, Otter Lake, Peltier Lake, Spring Lake
Becker County 61
Acorn Lake, Bass Lake, Bass Lake, Big Cormorant Lake, Big Sugar Bush Lake, Bijou Lake, Blueberry Lake, Boot Lake, Boyer Lake, Buck Lake, Buffalo Lake, Cotton Lake, Detroit Lake, Dinner Lake, Eagle Lake, East LaBelle Lake, Elbow Lake, Floyd Lake, Fox Lake, Height of Land Lake, Hungry Lake, Hungry Man Lakes, Ice Cracking Lake, Island Lake, Johnson Lake, Lake Eunice, Lake Ida, Lake Maud, Lake Melissa, Lake Sallie, Leif Lake, Little Bemidji Lake, Little Cormorant Lake, Little Floyd Lake, Little Sugar Bush Lake, Little Toad Lake, Long Lake, Many Point Lake, Marshall Lake, Meadow Lake, Middle Cormorant Lake, Mill Pond, Munson Lake, Muskrat Lake, Pearl Lake, Pickerel Lake, Rice Lake, Rock Lake, Round Lake, Sauer Lake, Shell Lake, Shipman Lake, Straight Lake, Strawberry Lake, Toad Lake, Turtle Lake, Two Inlets Lake, Upper Cormorant Lake, Waboose Lake, White Earth Lake, Wolf Lake
Beltrami County 36
Andrusia Lake, Bass Lake, Beltrami Lake, Big Bass Lake (east basin), Big Lake, Blackduck Lake, Bullhead Lake, Buzzle Lake, Cass Lake, Clearwater Lake, Dellwater Lake, Gilstad Lake, Grant Lake, Gull Lake, Island Lake, Kitchi Lake, Lake Campbell, Lake Irving, Lake Julia, Lake Marquette, Lake Windigo, Little Buzzle Lake, Little Turtle Lake, Long Lake, Medicine Lake, Moose Lake, Moose Lake, Movil Lake, North Twin Lake, Pimushe Lake, South Twin Lake, Stump Lake, Three Island Lake, Turtle Lake, Turtle River Lake, Wolf Lake
Benton County 1
Blue Earth County 1
Carlton County 26
Bang Lake, Bear Lake, Big Lake, Blackhoof Lake, Bob Lake, Chub Lake, Coffee Lake, Cole Lake, Cross Lake, Eagle Lake, Echo Lake, Eddy Lake, Graham Lake, Hay Lake, Hizer Lake, Little Hanging Horn Lake, Lower (South) Island Lake, Moose Lake, Moosehead Lake, Park Lake, Scanlon Reservoir, Spring Lake, Tamarack Lake, Torchlight Lake, Upper (North) Island Lake, Venoah Lake
Carver County 22
Burandt Lake, Church Lake, Eagle Lake, East Auburn Lake, Goose Lake, Lake Ann, Lake Bavaria, Lake Grace, Lake Lucy, Lake Minnewashta, Lake Riley, Lake Virginia, Lake Waconia, Lotus Lake, Parley Lake, Piersons Lake, Schutz Lake, St. Joe Lake, Steiger Lake, Wassermann Lake, West Auburn Lake, Zumbra-Sunny Lake
Cass County 109
Agate Lake, Baby Lake, Barnum Lake, Bass Lake, Beuber Lake, Big Deep Lake, Big Portage Lake (East Bay), Big Portage Lake (West Bay), Big Sand Lake, Birch Lake, Black Water Lake, Bowen Lake, Boy Lake, Broadwater Bay, Cedar Lake, Child Lake, Cooper Lake, Crooked Lake, Crystal Lake, Deep Portage Lake, Five Point Lake, Girl Lake, Grave Lake, Gull Lake, Hand Lake, Hay Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Howard Lake, Hunter Lake, Inguadona Lake (N. Bay), Inguadona Lake (S. Bay), Island Lake, Island Lake, Jack Lake, Kego Lake, Kid Lake, Knight Lake, Lake Ada, Lake George, Lake Hattie, Lake Margaret, Lake May, Lake Thirteen, Lake Twentysix, Lake Winnibigoshish, Lawrence Lake, Leavitt Lake, Leech Lake (Kabekona Bay), Leech Lake (Main Basin), Lind Lake, Little Bass Lake, Little Boy Lake, Little Sand Lake, Little Webb Lake, Little Wolf Lake, Little Woman Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Lower Sucker Lake, Lower Trelipe Lake, Man Lake, McKeown Lake, Mitten Lake, Moccasin Lake, Morrison Lake, Mule Lake, Norway Lake, Ox Yoke Lake, Paquet Lake, Pike Bay, Pillager Lake, Pine Lake, Pine Mountain Lake, Pleasant Lake, Ponto Lake, Portage Lake, Portage Lake, Portage Lake, Ray Lake, Rice Lake, Rock Lake, Roosevelt Lake, Sanborn Lake, Sand Lake, Sixmile Lake, Spider Lake, Steamboat Lake, Stevens Lake, Stony Lake, Sugar Lake, Swift Lake, Sylvan Lake, Tenmile Lake, Three Island Lake, Thunder Lake, Trillium Lake, Upper Gull Lake, Upper Trelipe Lake, Variety Lake, Wabedo Lake (North East Bay), Wabedo Lake (South West Bay), Washburn Lake, Webb Lake, Welch Lake, Widow Lake, Woman Lake (main lake)
Chisago County 19
Chisago Lake (north portion), Chisago Lake (south portion), East Rush Lake, Fish Lake, Goose Lake (North Bay), Goose Lake (South Bay), Green Lake (Main Basin), Horseshoe Lake, Kroon Lake, Little Comfort Lake, Little Green Lake (Little Green), Mandall Lake, North Center Lake, North Lindstrom Lake, Rabour Lake, South Center Lake, South Lindstrom Lake, Sunrise Lake, West Rush Lake
Clay County 2
Clearwater County 14
Bagley Lake, Big LaSalle Lake, Elk Lake, Falk Lake, Lake Itasca, Lake Lomond, Lindberg Lake, Long Lost Lake, McKenzie Lake, Minerva Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Pine Lake, Rockstad Lake, Upper Rice Lake
Cook County 3
Cottonwood County 3
Crow Wing County 101
Adney Lake, Anna Lake, Arrowhead Lake, Bass Lake, Bass Lake, Bay Lake, Bertha Lake, Big Trout Lake, Blue Lake, Borden Lake, Butterfield Lake, Camp Lake, Clamshell Lake, Clark Lake, Clear Lake, Clearwater Lake, Crooked Lake (Main Bay), Crooked Lake (Sugar Bay), Cross Lake Reservoir, Crow Wing Lake, Daggett Lake, Dolney Lake, Eagle Lake, East Fox Lake, East Twin Lake, Fawn Lake, Gladstone Lake, Goodrich Lake, Greer Lake, Hanks Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Island Lake, Jail Lake, June Lake, Kego Lake, Kimball Lake, Lake Edna, Lake Edward, Lake Emily, Lake Hubert, Lake Mary, Little Hubert Lake, Little Ox Lake, Little Pelican Lake, Little Pine Lake, Lizzie Lake, Lougee Lake, Love Lake, Lower Cullen Lake, Lower Hay Lake, Lower Mission Lake, Lower Whitefish Lake, Lows Lake, Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Lake, Mayo Lake, Middle Cullen Lake, Middle Whipple Lake, Mitchell Lake, Nisswa Lake, Nokay Lake, North Long Lake, O'Brien Lake (Northeast Bay), O'Brien Lake (Southwest Bay), Ossawinnamakee Lake, Ox Lake, Pelican Lake, Pennington Mine, Perch Lake, Perry Lake, Pickerel Lake, Pig Lake, Pine Lake, Platte Lake, Portage Lake, Portsmouth Mine, Rabbit Lake (East Portion), Rabbit Lake (West Portion), Red Sand Lake, Rice Lake, Rogers Lake, Ross Lake, Round Lake, Roy Lake, Rush Lake, Ruth Lake, Serpent Lake, Sibley Lake, Smith Lake, Smokey Hollow Lake, South Long Lake, Trout Lake, Upper Cullen Lake, Upper Hay Lake, Upper Mission Lake, Upper South Long Lake, Velvet Lake, West Fox Lake, West Twin Lake, White Sand Lake, Whitefish Lake
Dakota County 8
Bur Oaks Pond, Crystal Lake, Fish Lake, Holland Lake, Marion Lake, Orchard Lake, Pickerel Lake, Rogers Lake
Douglas County 43
Blackwell Lake, Burgen Lake, Chippewa Lake, Cook Lake, Devils Lake, Freeborn Lake, Indian Lake, Lake Aaron, Lake Andrew, Lake Brophy, Lake Carlos, Lake Cowdrey, Lake Darling, Lake Geneva, Lake Henry, Lake Ida, Lake Ina, Lake Irene, Lake Jessie, Lake Latoka, Lake Le Homme Dieu, Lake Louise, Lake Mary, Lake Miltona, Lake Mina, Lake Moses, Lake Rachel, Lake Stony, Lake Victoria, Little Chippewa Lake, Lobster Lake (East Bay), Lobster Lake (West Bay), Lottie Lake, Maple Lake, Mill Lake, Nelson Lake, North Union Lake, Pocket Lake, Smith Lake, South Oscar Lake, Turtle Lake, Union Lake, Vermont Lake
Grant County 3
Hennepin County 44
Bass Lake, Bde Maka Ska, Brownie Lake, Bryant Lake, Bush Lake, Cedar Lake, Christmas Lake, Dutch Lake, Eagle Lake, East Sarah Lake, Fish Lake, Forest Lake, Gleason Lake (Main Lake), Hafften Lake, Lake Harriet, Lake Hiawatha, Lake Independence, Lake Minnetonka, Lake Nokomis, Lake Rebecca, Lake Smetana, Lake of the Isles, Langdon Lake, Long Lake, Lower Twin Lake, Medicine Lake, Middle Twin Lake, Mitchell Lake, North Little Long Lake, Parkers Lake, Peavey Lake, Pike Lake, Red Rock Lake, Rice Lake, Schmidt Lake, South Little Long Lake, Spurzem Lake, Staring Lake, Sweeney Lake, Upper Twin Lake, Weaver Lake, West Sarah Lake, Whaletail Lake, Wirth Lake
Hubbard County 85
Benedict Lake, Big Sand Lake, Big Stony Lake, Blue Lake, Boulder Lake, Brush Lake, Cedar Lake, Coon Lake, Dead Lake, Deer Lake, Duck Lake, Eagle Lake, East Crooked Lake, Eighth Crow Wing Lake, Eleventh Crow Wing Lake (East), Eleventh Crow Wing Lake (Main), Emma Lake, Evergreen Lake, Fifth Crow Wing Lake, First Crow Wing Lake, Fishhook Lake, Fourth Crow Wing Lake, Frontenac Lake, Garfield Lake, Gilmore Lake, Grace Lake, Ham Lake, Hart Lake, Hennepin Lake, Hinds Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Ida Lake, Indian Lake, Island Lake, Island Lake, Kabekona Lake, LaSalle Lake, Lake Belle Taine, Lake George, Lake Hattie, Lake Minnie, Lake Plantagenet, Lake Twentyone, Little Mantrap Lake, Little Sand Lake, Long Lake, Lord Lake, Lower Bottle Lake, Mantrap Lake (East Basin), Mantrap Lake (Home Bay), Mantrap Lake (Middle Basin), Mantrap Lake (Mirror Bay), Mantrap Lake (West Arm), Mary Lake, Middle Crooked Lake, Midge Lake, Moran Lake, Mow Lake, Nagel Lake, Nelson Lake, Ninth Crow Wing Lake, Ojibway Lake, Palmer Lake, Pickerel Lake, Portage Lake, Potato Lake, Round Lake, Schoolcraft Lake, Second Crow Wing Lake, Seventh Crow Wing Lake, Shallow Lake, Shingobee Lake, Sixth Crow Wing Lake, Spearhead Lake, Spider Lake (East Bay), Spider Lake (NE/SW Bay), Stocking Lake, Sweitzer Lake, Tenth Crow Wing Lake, Third Crow Wing Lake, Tripp Lake, Upper Bottle Lake, Upper Twin Lake, Waboose Lake, West Crooked Lake
Isanti County 13
Baxter Lake, Blue Lake (North Bay), Blue Lake (South Bay), Elms Lake, Florence Lake, Green Lake, Lake Fannie, Lake Francis, Little Stanchfield Lake, Lory Lake, Skogman Lake, South Stanchfield Lake, Spectacle Lake
Itasca County 132
Alice Lake, Anderson Lake, Antler Lake, Balsam Lake, Bass Lake, Battle Lake, Bear Lake, Beauty Lake, Bello Lake, Big Dick Lake, Big Ole Lake, Big Too Much Lake, Birds Eye Lake, Blandin Lake, Bluewater Lake, Bowstring Lake, Brush Shanty Lake, Busties Lake, Cameron Lake, Cedar Lake, Chase Lake, Clear Lake, Clearwater Lake, Clubhouse Lake, Connors Lake, Coon Lake, Coon-Sandwick Lake (Coon), Coon-Sandwick Lake (Sand), Crooked Lake, Crooked Lake, Cut Foot Sioux Lake (East Bay), Cut Foot Sioux Lake (Main Bay), Dead Horse Lake, Decker Lake, Deer Lake, Deer Lake, Dinner Pail Lake, Dixon Lake, Dora Lake, Dunbar Lake, Eagle Lake, East Lake, Five Island Lake, Forest Lake, Fox Lake, Grass Lake, Grave Lake, Gunn Lake, Hale Lake, Hale Lake, Hartley Lake, Hatch Lake, Helen Lake, Highland Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Island Lake, Jack the Horse Lake (North), Jack the Horse Lake (South), Jay Gould Lake, Jessie Lake, Johnson Lake, Johnson Lake, LaCroix Lake, Lake Elizabeth, Larson Lake, Lawrence Lake, Little Bass Lake, Little Bass Lake, Little Bowstring Lake, Little Island Lake, Little Jay Gould Lake, Little Jessie Lake, Little North Star Lake, Little Spring Lake, Little Too Much Lake, Little Turtle Lake, Little Winnibigoshish Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Lost Lake, Lower Lawrence Lake, Lower Prairie Lake, Lundeen Lake, Maple Lake, Moose Lake, Moose Lake, Natures Lake, No-ta-she-bun Lake, North Star Lake, North Twin Lake, Nose Lake, Owen Lake, Pancake Lake, Peterson Lake, Pickerel Lake, Pokegama Lake (Main Bay), Pokegama Lake (Wendigo), Poplar Lake, Portage Lake, Prairie Lake, Rice Lake, Rice Lake, Round Lake, Ruby Lake, Sand Lake, Shallow Lake, Shallow Pond Lake, Siseebakwet Lake, Slauson Lake, Smith Lake, Snaptail Lake, South Sturgeon Lake, South Sugar Lake, South Twin Lake, Spider Lake, Split Hand Lake, Spring Lake, Stingy Lake, Swan Lake (Main Basin), Swan Lake (West Bay), Thistledew Lake, Trestle Lake, Trout Lake, Trout Lake, Turtle Lake, Wabana Lake, Wasson Lake, White Swan Lake, Whitefish Lake, Wilson Lake
Jackson County 2
Kanabec County 7
Ann Lake, Fish Lake, Knife Lake, Lake Eleven, Lewis Lake, Pomroy Lake, Quamba Lake
Kandiyohi County 17
Andrew Lake, Diamond Lake, East Solomon Lake, Elkhorn Lake, Foot Lake, Games Lake, George Lake, Green Lake, Henderson Lake, Lake Calhoun, Lake Elizabeth (Main Lake), Lake Florida, Long Lake, Long Lake, Nest Lake, Norway Lake, Ringo Lake
Kittson County 1
Lake County 14
Christianson Lake, East Chub Lake, Gander Lake, Greenwood Lake, Isabella Lake, Lake Gegoka, Lax Lake, Nicado Lake, Ninemile Lake, North McDougal Lake, Sand Lake, Section 29 Lake, Thomas Lake, Wind Lake
Le Sueur County 13
Clear Lake, East Jefferson Lake, Fish Lake, Frances Lake, German Lake, Gorman Lake, Middle Jefferson Lake, Rays Lake, Roemhildts Lake, Steele Lake, Sunfish Lake, Upper Sakatah Lake, West Jefferson Lake
Mahnomen County 9
Bass Lake, Island Lake, Little Vanose Lake, McCraney Lake, North Twin Lake, Roy Lake, Snider Lake, South Twin Lake, Tulaby Lake
Marshall County 1
McLeod County 3
Meeker County 16
Belle Lake, Big Swan Lake, Clear Lake, Francis Lake, Hoff Lake, Lake Erie, Lake Jennie, Lake Minnie-Belle, Lake Ripley (west portion), Lake Stella, Lake Washington, Little Mud Lake, Little Swan Lake, Long Lake, Manuella Lake, Spring Lake
Mille Lacs County 2
Morrison County 18
Cedar Lake, Crookneck Lake, Fish Trap Lake, Green Prairie Fish Lake, Ham Lake, Lagerquist Lake, Lake Alexander, Lake Alott, Lake Placid, Long Lake, Peavy Lake, Pine Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Shamineau Lake, Sullivan Lake, Sylvan Lake
Mower County 1
Nobles County 1
Otter Tail County 60
Annie Battle Lake, Bear Lake, Big McDonald #2 Lake, Big McDonald Lake, Big Pine Lake, Block Lake, Boedigheimer Lake, Clear Lake, Clitherall Lake, Crystal Lake, Dead Lake, Deer Lake, Donalds Lake, East Battle Lake, East Leaf Lake, East Lost Lake, Elbow Lake, First Silver Lake, Fish Lake, Fladmark Lake, Iverson Lake, Lake Adley, Lake Blanche, Lake Franklin, Lake Jewett, Lake Lizzie (north portion), Leek Lake (Trowbridge), Little McDonald Lake, Little Pine Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Marion Lake, Middle Lake, Middle Leaf Lake, North Lida Lake, North Turtle Lake, Otter Tail Lake, Pelican Lake, Pickerel Lake, Portage Lake (main bay), Prairie Lake, Rose Lake, Rush Lake, Scalp Lake, Sewell Lake, Six Lake, South Lida Lake, South Turtle Lake, Spitzer Lake, Stalker Lake, Star Lake, Swan Lake, Sybil Lake, Tenmile Lake, Walker Lake, West Battle Lake, West Leaf Lake, West McDonald Lake, West Olaf Lake, Wright Lake
Pennington County 1
Pine County 14
Bass Lake, Big Pine Lake, Cross Lake, Grindstone Lake, Island Lake, Lake Eleven, Lake Twelve, Net Lake, Oak Lake, Pickerel Lake, Pokegama Lake, Sand Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Tamarack Lake
Polk County 6
Badger Lake, Hill River Lake, Maple Lake, Turtle Lake, Union Lake, Whitefish Lake
Pope County 11
Amelia Lake, Gilchrist Lake, Grove Lake, Lake Minnewaska, Lake Reno, Leven Lake, Malmedal Lake, Pelican Lake, Scandinavian Lake, Villard Lake, Westport Lake
Ramsey County 22
Bald Eagle Lake, Beaver Lake, East Vadnais Lake, Gervais Lake, Island Lake (Basin N.of I-694), Island Lake (Basin S.of I-694), Keller Lake (main bay), Lake Como, Lake Johanna, Lake Josephine, Lake Owasso, Lake Phalen, Lake Wabasso, McCarron Lake, Pleasant Lake, Silver Lake (East), Snail Lake, Spoon Lake, Sucker Lake, Turtle Lake, Twin Lake, West Vadnais Lake
Redwood County 1
Rice County 7
Cannon Lake, Cedar Lake, Circle Lake, Dudley Lake, French Lake, Mazaska Lake, Shields Lake
Roseau County 1
Scott County 13
Cedar Lake, Cleary Lake, Cynthia Lake, Fish Lake, Lower Prior Lake, Mill Pond, Murphy Lake, O'Dowd Lake, Pleasant Lake, Schneider Lake, Spring Lake, Thole Lake, Upper Prior Lake
Sherburne County 19
Big Lake, Birch Lake, Briggs Lake, Camp Lake, Eagle Lake, East Hunter Lake, Elk Lake, Elk Lake, Julia Lake, Lake Ann, Lake Mitchell, Long Lake, Pickerel Lake, Round Lake, Rush Lake, Sandy Lake, Thompson Lake, Twin Lake, West Hunter Lake
Sibley County 1
St. Louis County 79
Aerie Lake, Armstrong Lake, Ash Lake, Bass Lake, Bassett Lake, Black Duck Lake, Boulder Lake Reservoir, Cameron Lake, Carey Lake, Caribou Lake, Dark Lake, Dewey Lake, Dinham Lake, East Vermilion Lake, Echo Lake, Elbow Lake, Elbow Lake, Elephant Lake, Elliot Lake, Esquagama Lake, Fish Lake Flowage (East Bay), Fish Lake Flowage (Main Basin), Fredenberg Lake, Grand Lake, Harris Lake, Island Lake, Island Lake Reservoir (E.Basin), Island Lake Reservoir (W.Basin), Kabetogama Lake, Lake Leander, Leora Lake, Little Grand Lake, Little Grand Lake, Little Sand Lake, Little Stone Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Lost Lake, Lower Comstock Lake, Maple Leaf Lake, Martin Lake, Mashkenode Lake, McQuade Lake, Mukooda Lake, Murphy Lake, Myrtle Lake, Namakan Lake, Nichols Lake, Pelican Lake, Pequaywan Lake, Perch Lake, Pike Lake, Pine Lake, Pleasant Lake, Prairie Lake, Rainy Lake, Ryan Lake, Sand Lake, Sand Point Lake, Schubert Lake, Section Fourteen Lake, Silver Lake, St. Mary's Lake, Strand Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Trout Lake, Upper Comstock Lake, Virginia Lake, West Sturgeon Lake, West Twin Lake, West Two Rivers Reservoir, West Vermilion Lake, White Lake, Whiteface Reservoir, Whitewater Lake, Wild Rice Lake Reservoir
Stearns County 69
Achman Lake, Beaver Lake, Becker Lake, Big Fish Lake, Big Lake, Big Spunk Lake, Big Watab Lake, Black Oak Lake, Bolfing Lake, Cedar Island Lake (East Lake), Cedar Island Lake (Koetter Lake), Cedar Island Lake (Main Bay), Cedar Island Lake (Mud Lake), Cedar Lake, Clear Lake, Crooked Lake, Dallas Lake, Deep Lake, Eden Lake, Feldges Lake, Fuller Lake, Goodners Lake, Grand Lake, Heratige Center Ponds, Hinz Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Hulbert Lake, Island Lake, Kalla Lake, Kings Lake, Koop Lake, Kraemer Lake, Kreigle Lake, Lake George, Lake Koronis (main lake), Lake Maria, Lake Marie, Linneman Lake, Little Rice Lake, Little Watab Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Lower Spunk Lake, Maria Lake, Middle Spunk Lake, Minnie Lake, North Brown's Lake, Ochotto Lake, Otter Lake, Pearl Lake, Pelican Lake, Pine Lake, Pitts Lake, Pleasant Lake, Quinn Lake, Rice Lake, Sagatagan Lake, Schmid Lake, Schneider Lake, School Section Lake, St. Anna Lake, Stump Lake, Sylvia Lake, Two Rivers Lake, Vails Lake, Watab Lake, Zumwalde Lake
Steele County 1
Swift County 1
Todd County 36
Bass Lake, Bass Lake, Beauty Lake, Big Birch Lake, Big Lake, Big Swan Lake, Cedar Lake, Charlotte Lake, Coal Lake, Dower Lake, Fawn Lake, Guernsey Lake, Hennessy Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Juergens Lake, Lady Lake, Lake Osakis, Latimer Lake, Little Birch Lake, Little Swan Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake (Main Basin), Maple Lake, Mary Lake, Mill Lake, Mons Lake, Mound Lake, Mountain Lake, Pine Island Lake, Sauk Lake (North Bay), Sauk Lake (Southwest Bay), Star Lake, Thunder Lake, Trace Lake, Turtle Lake
Wadena County 4
Waseca County 3
Washington County 26
Battle Creek Lake, Big Carnelian Lake, Big Marine Lake, Bone Lake, Carver Lake, Clear Lake, East Boot Lake, Forest Lake, Goose Lake, Halfbreed Lake, Lake De Montreville, Lake Elmo, Lake Jane, Lake Olson, Lily Lake, Little Carnelian Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Powers Lake, Shields Lake, South School Section Lake, Square Lake, Sunset Lake, Tanners Lake, West Boot Lake, White Bear Lake
Winona County 2
Wright County 76
Bass Lake, Beebe Lake, Bertram Lake, Birch Lake, Birch Lake, Black Lake, Buffalo Lake, Camp Lake, Cassidy Lake, Cedar Lake, Cedar Lake, Clearwater Lake (East), Clearwater Lake (West), Cokato Lake, Collinwood Lake, Constance Lake, Crawford Lake, Dans Lake, Dean Lake, Deer Lake, Dog Lake, Dutch Lake, Eagle Lake, East Lake Sylvia, Ember Lake, Emma Lake, Fadden Lake, Fish Lake, French Lake, Granite Lake, Grass Lake, Henshaw Lake, Howard Lake, Ida Lake, Indian Lake, Lake Augusta, Lake Caroline, Lake Charlotte, Lake Ida, Lake John, Lake Martha, Lake Mary, Lake Mary, Lake Pulaski (main bay), Lake Union, Light Foot Lake, Limestone Lake, Little Cedar Lake, Little Eagle Lake, Little Rock Lake, Little Waverly Lake, Locke Lake, Louisa Lake, Mink Lake, Mink Lake, Moose Lake, Mud Lake, Nixon Lake, North Berthiaume Lake, North Twin Lake, Pickeral Lake, Pleasant Lake, Ramsey Lake, Rock Lake, Round Lake, Sheldon Lake, Silver Lake, Somers Lake, South Berthiaume Lake, South Twin Lake, Sugar Lake, Sullivan Lake, Upper Maple Lake, Waverly Lake, West Lake Sylvia, Wiegand Lake
Yellow Medicine County 1
Sources
- Minnesota DNR: Sunfish biology and identification
- Minnesota DNR MinnAqua: Minnesota Fish Watch (PDF)
- Minnesota DNR: Fish species classification for the lake index of biological integrity (native and non-native species)
- Minnesota DNR lake surveys (LakeFinder) — lake records, stocking and survey catch rates. Minnesota DNR contributed to this work.
- Minnesota DNR state record fish (certified and non-certified weight lists; angler names are not reproduced here)