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Walleye
Sander vitreus (formerly Stizostedion vitreum)
- State fish
- Named Minnesota's state fish in 1965
- Typical catch
- About 14 in and a little over 1 lb for a walleye caught and kept
- Eats
- Mostly fish; in summer also insects emerging from the lake bottom
- Lifespan
- Up to 29 years in some waters
- Minnesota record
- Walleye (before 1980, weight not certified): 17 lb 8 oz, 35¾ in — Seagull River at Saganaga Lake, Cook County, 1979
Where walleye have been recorded
1361 of the 1,788 Minnesota lakes on this site with fish records list walleye, across 73 counties. Tap a dot to open that lake’s depth map.
Recorded here Other lakes with fish records
How we know
- 1307lakes where a DNR fisheries survey caught them
- 970lakes the DNR has stocked since 2016; 54 of them are listed on that stocking alone
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 9 to 128,184 acres (median 336) and from 3 to 500 ft deep (median 30 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
- 1180 of 1579 lakes surveyed this way
- Typical rate
- 2.8 per gill net where found
- Highest
- 110 per gill net
- Method
- fish per gill 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 trap nets it turned up in 831 lakes at a typical 0.33 per trap net set. By electrofishing it turned up in 88 lakes at a typical 7.2 per hour of electrofishing. A single survey is a snapshot of one season.
Highest survey rates on this site
- Clear Lake, Sibley 1988 110
- Tilde Lake, Clay 2025 60
- Malmedal Lake, Pope 2010 50
- Lake Sarah, Murray 2024 47
- Eagle Lake, Otter Tail 2014 46
- Lake Marion, McLeod 2019 45
- Artichoke Lake, Big Stone 2021 44
- Lake Wakanda (Main Basin), Kandiyohi 2021 44
- Lake Traverse, Traverse 2019 43
- School Grove Lake, Lyon 2022 42
Fish per gill 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
Olive brown to gold, with a large, milky eye that reflects light and helps it feed at night or in murky water. The dorsal fin is in two parts with a dark spot at its rear base, and the lower lobe of the tail has a white tip.
Don’t confuse it with
Life in a Minnesota lake
Walleye are the most sought-after fish in Minnesota. In spring they gather near shore, especially on big sand flats, then move to deeper mid-lake structure as the water warms, and back toward the shoreline in late summer and fall. Dawn and dusk, when they come up onto shallow flats to feed, are traditional feeding times.
A female produces 40,000 to 250,000 eggs a season. Minnesota's walleye stocking program is the largest in North America, stocking where natural reproduction is limited, while regulations protect medium-sized fish on some lakes to raise the average size anglers catch.
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 1361 lakes with walleye
Show every lake, by county
Aitkin County 33
Ball Bluff Lake, Bass Lake, Big Pine Lake, Big Sandy Lake, Cedar Lake, Cedar Lake (Main Basin), Cedar Lake (N.E. Arm), Cedar Lake (West Bay), Dam Lake, Elm Island Lake, Esquagamah Lake, Farm Island Lake, Gun Lake, Hill Lake (North Basin), Hill Lake (South Basin), Holy Water Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Lake Minnewawa, Lone Lake, Long Lake, Moulton Lake, Pine Lake, Ripple Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Section Ten Lake, Sheriff Lake, Sissabagamah Lake, Spirit Lake, Sugar Lake, Vanduse Lake, Waukenabo Lake
Anoka County 10
Centerville Lake, Coon Lake, Crooked Lake, Golden Lake, Island Lake, Linwood Lake, Martin Lake, Otter Lake, Peltier Lake, Spring Lake
Becker County 63
Acorn Lake, Bad Medicine Lake, Bass Lake, Bass Lake, Big Cormorant Lake, Big Sugar Bush Lake, Bijou Lake, Boot Lake, Boyer Lake, Buck Lake, Buffalo Lake, Cotton Lake, Detroit Lake, Dinner Lake, Eagle Lake, East LaBelle Lake, Elbow Lake, Ellison Lake, Floyd Lake, Fox Lake, Height of Land Lake, Hungry Lake, Ice Cracking Lake, Island Lake, Johnson Lake, Juggler 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, Sand Lake, Sauer Lake, Shell Lake, Stakke Lake, Straight Lake, Strawberry Lake, Toad Lake, Turtle Lake, Two Inlets Lake, Upper Cormorant Lake, Waboose Lake, White Earth Lake, Wolf Lake
Beltrami County 30
Andrusia Lake, Beltrami Lake, Big Bass Lake (east basin), Big Lake, Blackduck Lake, Cass Lake, Clearwater Lake, Gilstad Lake, Gull Lake, Kitchi Lake, Lake Bemidji (main lake), Lake Campbell, Lake Irving, Lake Julia, Lake Marquette, Lake Windigo, 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 2
Big Stone County 4
Artichoke Lake, Big Stone Lake, East Toqua Lake, Long Tom Lake
Blue Earth County 9
Ballantyne Lake, Duck Lake, Eagle Lake (North), Ida Lake, Lake Crystal, Loon Lake, Lura Lake, Madison Lake, Mills Lake
Brown County 3
Carlton County 23
Bear Lake, Big Lake, Blackhoof Lake, Bob Lake, Chub Lake, Cole Lake, Cross Lake, Eagle Lake, Eddy Lake, Fond du Lac Reservoir, Hanging Horn Lake, Hay Lake, Knife Falls Reservoir, Little Hanging Horn Lake, Lower (South) Island Lake, Moose Lake, Moosehead Lake, Park Lake, Scanlon Reservoir, Tamarack Lake, Thomson Reservoir, Torchlight Lake, Upper (North) Island Lake
Carver County 11
Burandt Lake, Eagle Lake, Lake Riley, Lake Susan, Lake Virginia, Lake Waconia, Lotus Lake, Oak Lake, Parley Lake, Piersons Lake, Reitz Lake
Cass County 96
Agate Lake, Baby Lake, Bass 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, 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, Hovde Lake, Howard Lake, Hunter Lake, Inguadona Lake (N. Bay), Inguadona Lake (S. Bay), Island Lake, Island Lake, Jack Lake, Kid 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 Boy Lake, Little Webb Lake, Little Wolf Lake, Little Woman Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Lower Sucker Lake, Lower Trelipe Lake, Mabel Lake, Man Lake, McKeown Lake, Mitten Lake, Moccasin Lake, Mule Lake, Paquet Lake, Pike Bay, Pillager Lake, Pine Mountain Lake, Pleasant Lake, Ponto Lake, Portage Lake, Portage Lake, Portage Lake, Rice Lake, Rock Lake, Roosevelt Lake, Sanborn Lake, Sand Lake, Sixmile Lake, Spider Lake, Steamboat Lake, Stony Lake, Sugar Lake, Swift Lake, Sylvan Lake, Sylvan Lake, Tenmile Lake, Thunder Lake, Town Line Lake, Upper Gull Lake, Upper Trelipe 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 20
Chisago Lake (north portion), Chisago Lake (south portion), Comfort Lake, East Rush Lake, Fish Lake, Goose Lake (North Bay), Goose Lake (South Bay), Green Lake (Main Basin), Kroon Lake, Little Comfort Lake, Little Green Lake (Little Green), Little Lake, Mandall Lake, North Center Lake, North Lindstrom Lake, Rabour Lake, South Center Lake, South Lindstrom Lake, Spider Lake, West Rush Lake
Clay County 4
Clearwater County 12
Big LaSalle Lake, Elk Lake, Falk Lake, Lake Itasca, Lake Lomond, Lindberg Lake, Long Lost Lake, McKenzie Lake, Minerva Lake, Minnow Lake, Pine Lake, Walker Brook Lake
Cook County 28
Alder Lake, Alton Lake, Aspen Lake, Ball Club Lake, Brule Lake, Caribou Lake, Cascade Lake, Crescent Lake, Deer Yard Lake, Devil Track Lake, Devilfish Lake, East Bearskin Lake, East Twin Lake, Flour Lake, Fourmile Lake, Gaskin Lake, Hungry Jack Lake, Iron Lake, Little Iron Lake, Loon Lake, Magnetic Lake, McFarland Lake, Pike Lake, Poplar Lake, Tait Lake, Tom Lake, Toohey Lake, Two Island Lake
Cottonwood County 9
Bean Lake, Bingham Lake, Cottonwood Lake, Double Lake (North Portion), Eagle Lake, Mountain Lake, String Lakes, Summit Lake, Talcot Lake
Crow Wing County 77
Arrowhead Lake, Bay Lake, Bertha Lake, Big Trout Lake, Borden Lake, Clark Lake, Clear Lake, Clearwater Lake, Crooked Lake (Main Bay), Crooked Lake (Sugar Bay), Cross Lake Reservoir, Crow Wing Lake, Daggett Lake, Eagle Lake, East Fox Lake, East Twin Lake, Fawn Lake, Goodrich Lake, Hanks Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Island Lake, Kimball Lake, Lake Edna, Lake Edward, Lake Emily, Lake Hubert, Lake Mary, Little Hubert 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, Mahnomen, Alstead & Arco Lake, Middle Cullen 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, Perch Lake, Perry Lake, Pig Lake, Pine Lake, Platte Lake, Portage Lake, Rabbit Lake (East Portion), Rabbit Lake (West Portion), Red Sand Lake, Rice Lake, Ross Lake, Round Lake, Roy Lake, Rush Lake, Ruth Lake, Serpent Lake, Sibley Lake, South Long Lake, Star Lake, Trout Lake, Upper Cullen Lake, Upper Hay Lake, Upper Mission Lake, Upper South Long Lake, Velvet Lake, West Fox Lake, White Sand Lake, Whitefish Lake
Dakota County 8
Carlson Lake, Crystal Lake, Fish Lake, Lake Byllesby, Lake Rebecca, Marion Lake, Orchard Lake, Rogers Lake
Douglas County 47
Blackwell Lake, Burgen Lake, Chippewa Lake, Devils Lake, Freeborn Lake, Grants Lake, Indian Lake, Jennie Lake, Lake Aaron, Lake Agnes, 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, North Union Lake, Pocket Lake, Red Rock Lake, Smith Lake, South Oscar Lake, Stowe Lake, Turtle Lake, Union Lake, Vermont Lake, Whiskey Lake
Faribault County 1
Freeborn County 4
Albert Lea Lake, Fountain Lake (East Bay), Fountain Lake (West Bay), Morin Lake
Goodhue County 2
Grant County 6
Barrett Lake, Elk Lake, Lower Elk Lake, Pelican Lake, Pomme de Terre Lake, Thompson Lake
Hennepin County 30
Bass Lake, Bde Maka Ska, Bryant Lake, Dutch Lake, Eagle Lake, East Sarah Lake, Fish Lake, Gleason Lake (Main Lake), Halfmoon Lake, Highland Park Pond, Hyland Lake, Lake Harriet, Lake Hiawatha, Lake Independence, Lake Minnetonka, Lake Nokomis, Lake of the Isles, Long Lake, Lower Twin Lake, Medicine Lake, Middle Twin Lake, Mitchell Lake, Southeast Anderson Lake, Spurzem Lake, Staring Lake, Tanager Lake, Upper Twin Lake, Weaver Lake, West Sarah Lake, Wirth Lake
Hubbard County 65
Benedict Lake, Big Bass Lake, Big Sand Lake, Big Stony Lake, Blue Lake, Boulder Lake, Dead 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, 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, Little Mantrap Lake, Little Sand Lake, Long Lake, Lower Bottle Lake, Midge Lake, Mow Lake, Nagel Lake, Nelson Lake, Ninth Crow Wing Lake, Palmer Lake, Pickerel Lake, Portage Lake, Potato Lake, Schoolcraft Lake, Second Crow Wing Lake, Seventh Crow Wing Lake, Shallow Lake, Sixth Crow Wing Lake, Spearhead Lake, Spider Lake (East Bay), Spider Lake (NE/SW Bay), Tenth Crow Wing Lake, Third Crow Wing Lake, Upper Bottle Lake, Upper Twin Lake, Waboose Lake, West Crooked Lake
Isanti County 16
Baxter Lake, Blue Lake (North Bay), Blue Lake (South Bay), Elms Lake, Florence Lake, Green Lake, Lake Fannie, Lake Francis, Little Stanchfield Lake, Long Lake, Lory Lake, North Stanchfield Lake, Skogman Lake, South Stanchfield Lake, Spectacle Lake, Typo Lake
Itasca County 110
Anderson Lake, Antler Lake, Ball Club Lake, Balsam Lake, Bass Lake, Battle Lake, Bear Lake, Beatrice Lake, Beauty Lake, Big Ole Lake, Big Too Much Lake, Birds Eye Lake, Blandin Lake, Bluewater Lake, Bowstring Lake, Boy Lake, Busties Lake, Cameron Lake, Cedar Lake, Chase Lake, Clear Lake, Clearwater Lake, Connors Lake, Coon-Sandwick Lake (Coon), Coon-Sandwick Lake (Sand), Crooked Lake, Cut Foot Sioux Lake (East Bay), Cut Foot Sioux Lake (Main Bay), Dead Horse Lake, Deer Lake, Deer Lake, Dixon Lake, Dora Lake, Dunbar Lake, Eagle Lake, Forest Lake, Grass Lake, Grave Lake, Gunn Lake, Hale Lake, Hale Lake, Hartley Lake, Hatch Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Jack the Horse Lake (North), Jack the Horse Lake (South), Jay Gould Lake, Jessie Lake, Johnson Lake, Johnson Lake, Lawrence Lake, Little Bass Lake, Little Bowstring Lake, Little Jay Gould Lake, Little Jessie Lake, Little North Star Lake, Little Sand Lake, Little Too Much Lake, Little Turtle Lake, Little Wabana Lake, Little Winnibigoshish Lake, Lost Lake, Lower Lawrence Lake, Lower Prairie Lake, Maple Lake, Mirror Lake, Moose Lake, Moose Lake, Natures Lake, No-ta-she-bun Lake, North Star Lake, North Twin Lake, Nose Lake, Owen Lake, Peterson Lake, Pickerel Lake, Pokegama Lake (Main Bay), Pokegama Lake (Wendigo), Portage Lake, Prairie Lake, Rice Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Ruby Lake, Sand Lake, Shallow Lake, Shallow Pond Lake, Siseebakwet 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, Three Island Lake, Trout Lake, Trout Lake, Turtle Lake, Wabana Lake, Wasson Lake, White Swan Lake, Whitefish Lake
Jackson County 8
Clear Lake, Fish Lake, Flahtery Lake, Lake Independence, Little Spirit Lake, Loon Lake, Round Lake, Timber Lake
Kanabec County 7
Ann Lake, Fish Lake, Knife Lake, Lake Eleven, Lewis Lake, Pomroy Lake, Quamba Lake
Kandiyohi County 27
Andrew Lake, Big Kandiyohi Lake, Carrie Lake, Diamond Lake, Eagle Lake, East Solomon Lake, Elkhorn Lake, Ella Lake, Foot Lake, Games Lake, George Lake, Green Lake, Henderson Lake, Lake Calhoun, Lake Elizabeth (Main Lake), Lake Florida, Lake Lillian, Lake Wakanda (Main Basin), Long Lake, Long Lake, Nest Lake, Norway Lake, Point Lake, Ringo Lake, Skataas Lake, Swenson Lake, Willmar Lake
Kittson County 1
Koochiching County 2
Lac qui Parle County 2
Lake County 35
Alice Lake, Amber Lake, August Lake, Cedar Lake, Christianson Lake, Cloquet Lake, Crooked Lake (East Bay), Crooked Lake (West Bay), Dumbbell Lake, Dunnigan Lake, Fall Lake, Farm Lake, Garden Lake, Greenwood Lake, Harriet Lake, Isabella Lake, Lake Gegoka, Lax Lake, Little Wilson Lake, Newton Lake, Ninemile Lake, North McDougal Lake, Ottertrack Lake, Perent Lake, Sand Lake, Section 29 Lake, Silver Island Lake, Snowbank Lake, South Farm Lake, Stewart Lake, Thomas Lake, Whitefish Lake, Wilson Lake, Wind Lake, Windy Lake
Le Sueur County 19
Clear Lake, East Jefferson Lake, Frances Lake, German Lake, Gorman Lake, Greenleaf Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Lake Emily, Lake Volney, Lake Washington, Middle Jefferson Lake, Rays Lake, Sabre Lake, Scotch Lake, Sunfish Lake, Swede's Bay, Tetonka Lake, Upper Sakatah Lake, West Jefferson Lake
Lincoln County 4
Lyon County 9
Clear Lake, Cottonwood Lake, East Twin Lake, Goose Lake, Island Lake, Lady Slipper Lake, Lake Yankton, Rock Lake, School Grove 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
Martin County 12
Amber Lake, Big Twin Lake, Budd Lake, Cedar Lake, Clear Lake, Fish Lake, Fox Lake, George Lake, Hall Lake, Lake Imogene, Sisseton Lake, South Silver Lake
McLeod County 7
Cedar Lake, Lake Hook, Lake Marion, Otter Lake, Silver Lake, Stahl's Lake, Winsted Lake
Meeker County 22
Belle Lake, Betty Lake, Big Swan Lake, Clear Lake, Dunns Lake, Francis Lake, Goose Lake, Greenleaf Lake, Hoff Lake, Lake Arvilla, Lake Erie, Lake Jennie, Lake Minnie-Belle, Lake Ripley (west portion), Lake Stella, Lake Washington, Little Swan Lake, Long Lake, Manuella Lake, Richardson Lake, Star Lake, Willie Lake
Mille Lacs County 2
Morrison County 14
Cedar Lake, Crookneck Lake, Fish Trap Lake, Green Prairie Fish Lake, Lake Alexander, Lake Alott, Long Lake, Pierz Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Round Lake, Shamineau Lake, Sullivan Lake, Sylvan Lake
Mower County 1
Murray County 8
Bloody Lake, Buffalo Lake, Currant Lake, Fox Lake, Lake Sarah, Lake Shetek, Lime Lake, Summit Lake
Nobles County 4
Olmsted County 1
Otter Tail County 59
Annie Battle 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, Eagle Lake, East Battle Lake, East Leaf Lake, East Lost Lake, Elbow Lake, First Silver Lake, Fish 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 9
Bass Lake, Big Pine Lake, Cross Lake, Island Lake, Oak Lake, Pokegama Lake, Rock Lake, Sand Lake, Sturgeon Lake
Polk County 11
Badger Lake, Cameron Lake, Cross Lake (Main Basin), Cross Lake (North East Bay), Hill River Lake, Lake Sarah, Maple Lake, Store Lake, Turtle Lake, Union Lake, Whitefish Lake
Pope County 14
Amelia Lake, Ann Lake, Gilchrist Lake, Grove Lake, Lake Emily, Lake Linka, Lake Minnewaska, Lake Reno, Leven Lake, Malmedal Lake, Pelican Lake, Scandinavian Lake, Villard Lake, Westport Lake
Ramsey County 21
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), Kohlman Lake, Lake Como, Lake Johanna, Lake Josephine, Lake Owasso, Lake Phalen, Long Lake, McCarron Lake, Pleasant Lake, Silver Lake (East), Silver Lake (West), Snail Lake, Sucker Lake, Turtle Lake
Redwood County 1
Renville County 2
Rice County 12
Cannon Lake, Cedar Lake, Circle Lake, Fox Lake, French Lake, Hunt Lake, Mazaska Lake, Roberds Lake, Shields Lake, Sprague Lake, Union Lake, Wells Lake
Scott County 10
Cedar Lake, Cleary Lake, Fish Lake, Lower Prior Lake, McMahon Lake, Mill Pond, O'Dowd Lake, Spring Lake, Sweetbrier Lake, Upper Prior Lake
Sherburne County 13
Big Lake, Birch Lake, Briggs Lake, Clear Lake, Eagle Lake, Elk Lake, Elk Lake, Julia Lake, Lake Mitchell, Long Lake, Orono Lake, Pickerel Lake, Rush Lake
Sibley County 2
St. Louis County 111
Aerie Lake, Armstrong Lake, Ash Lake, Ban Lake, Bass Lake, Bassett Lake, Bear Head Lake, Bear Island Lake, Big Lake, Big Lake, Birch Lake, Black Duck Lake, Boulder Lake Reservoir, Burntside Lake, Cadotte Lake, Cameron Lake, Carey Lake, Caribou Lake, Coe Lake, Colby Lake, Crane Lake, Dark Lake, Dewey Lake, Dinham Lake, Eagles Nest #1 Lake, Eagles Nest #3 Lake, Eagles Nest Lake Number 2, East Twin Lake, East Vermilion Lake, Echo Lake, Elbow Lake, Elbow Lake, Elephant Lake, Ely Lake, Embarrass 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), Johnson Lake, Johnson Lake, Kabetogama Lake, Kjostad Lake, Lake Leander, Leora Lake, Little Grand Lake, Little Johnson Lake, Little Lake, Little Sand Lake, Little Stone Lake, Little Trout Lake, Little Vermilion Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Loon Lake, Lower Comstock Lake, Maple Leaf Lake, Marion Lake, Mashkenode Lake, McQuade Lake, Mud Hen Lake, Mukooda Lake, Murphy Lake, Myrtle Lake, Namakan Lake, Nichols Lake, Oriniack Lake, Pelican Lake, Pequaywan Lake, Perch Lake, Pfeiffer Lake, Pike Lake, Pine Lake, Pleasant Lake, Prairie Lake, Rainy Lake, Sabin Lake, Sand Lake, Sand Point Lake, Schubert Lake, Section Fourteen Lake, Seven Beaver Lake, Shagawa Lake, Shannon Lake, Silver Lake, Silver Lake, South Twin Lake, St. Mary's Lake, Strand Lake, Stuart Lake, Sturgeon Lake, Trout Lake, Upper Comstock Lake, Virginia Lake, West Sturgeon Lake, West Twin Lake, West Vermilion Lake, White Iron Lake, White Lake, Whiteface Reservoir, Whitewater Lake, Wild Rice Lake Reservoir, Wynne Lake
Stearns County 50
Becker Lake, Big Fish Lake, Big Lake, Big Spunk Lake, Big Watab Lake, Black Oak Lake, Bolfing Lake, Carnelian 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, Eden Lake, Grand Lake, Great Northern Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Kings Lake, Knaus Lake, Kraemer Lake, Krays Lake, Lake George, Lake Koronis (main lake), Lake Marie, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Lower Spunk Lake, Middle Spunk Lake, North Brown's Lake, Otter Lake, Pearl Lake, Pelican Lake, Pine Lake, Pleasant Lake, Rice Lake, Rossier Lake, Sand Lake, Schneider Lake, St. Anna Lake, Sylvia Lake, Two Rivers Lake, Vails Lake, Warner Lake, Watab Lake, Zumwalde Lake
Steele County 3
Stevens County 4
Swift County 5
Camp Lake, Lake Hassel, Lake Oliver (east portion), Monson Lake, Oliver Lake (west portion)
Todd County 35
Bass Lake, Bass Lake, Beauty Lake, Big Birch Lake, Big Lake, Big Swan Lake, Cedar Lake, Charlotte Lake, Coal Lake, Dower Lake, Guernsey Lake, Hennessy Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Juergens Lake, Lady Lake, Lake Osakis, Lake Pepin, Latimer Lake, Little Birch Lake, Little Sauk Lake, Little Swan Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake (Main Basin), Maple Lake, Mary Lake, Mill Lake, Mons Lake, Moose Lake, Mound Lake, Pine Island Lake, Sauk Lake (North Bay), Sauk Lake (Southwest Bay), Thunder Lake, Turtle Lake
Traverse County 1
Wadena County 3
Waseca County 2
Washington County 13
Big Carnelian Lake, Big Marine Lake, Bone Lake, Carver Lake, Clear Lake, Forest Lake, Lake De Montreville, Lake Olson, Long Lake, Powers Lake, Sunset Lake, Tanners Lake, White Bear Lake
Watonwan County 3
Winona County 2
Wright County 52
Albert Lake, Ann Lake, Beebe Lake, Brooks Lake, Buffalo Lake, Camp Lake, Cedar Lake, Clearwater Lake (East), Clearwater Lake (West), Cokato Lake, Collinwood Lake, Crawford Lake, Dean Lake, Deer Lake, Eagle Lake, East Lake Sylvia, Emma Lake, Fish Lake, Foster Lake, French Lake, Goose Lake, Granite Lake, Grass Lake, Howard Lake, Lake Augusta, Lake Caroline, Lake John, Lake Martha, Lake Mary, Lake Mary, Lake Pulaski (main bay), Lake Union, Light Foot Lake, Limestone Lake, Locke Lake, Long Lake, Louisa Lake, Mink Lake, Moose Lake, Mud Lake, North Twin Lake, Pleasant Lake, Ramsey Lake, Rock Lake, Scott Lake, Sheldon Lake, Silver Lake, Somers Lake, Sugar Lake, Upper Maple Lake, Waverly Lake, West Lake Sylvia
Yellow Medicine County 5
Curtis Lake, Del Clark Lake, John Reservoir, Tyson Lake, Wood Lake
Sources
- Minnesota DNR: Walleye and sauger
- Minnesota DNR: How to catch a walleye
- Minnesota DNR MinnAqua: Fishes of Minnesota and fish family facts (PDF)
- 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)