Largemouth Bass Fishing in Minnesota
Top 25 lakes ranked by stocking volume
Minnesota stocks largemouth bass in 25 known waters, ranging from small impoundments to multi-thousand-acre reservoirs. The lakes below are sorted by recent stocking volume — quantity isn't everything, but it's a strong proxy for how much effort the state agency is putting into a given fishery.
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Top Largemouth Bass lakes in Minnesota
| Rank | Lake | County | Acres | Total stocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mooney | Hennepin | 124 | 3,000 |
| 2 | Orono | Sherburne | 300 | 2,730 |
| 3 | Rice | Hennepin | 365 | 2,000 |
| 4 | Knight | Cass | 131 | 960 |
| 5 | Town Line | Cass | 698 | 321 |
| 6 | Little Sauk | Todd | 277 | 282 |
| 7 | Rock | Cass | 261 | 145 |
| 8 | Hennepin | Hubbard | 418 | 140 |
| 9 | Point | Kandiyohi | 174 | 127 |
| 10 | Shakopee | Mille Lacs | 584 | 110 |
| 11 | Otter | Anoka | 302 | 100 |
| 12 | Lake Wakanda | Kandiyohi | 1,760 | 99 |
| 13 | Stocking | Wadena | 362 | 93 |
| 14 | Gilbert | Douglas | 202 | 83 |
| 15 | Lee | Clay | 158 | 65 |
| 16 | Guernsey | Todd | 121 | 63 |
| 17 | Ann | Wright | 375 | 60 |
| 18 | Nelson | Pope | 293 | 60 |
| 19 | Fish | Pine | 185 | 60 |
| 20 | Sunfish | Le Sueur | 121 | 50 |
| 21 | Little | Chisago | 168 | 49 |
| 22 | Middle Crooked | Hubbard | 289 | 48 |
| 23 | Bijou | Becker | 225 | 47 |
| 24 | First Fulda | Murray | 123 | 45 |
| 25 | Pomroy | Kanabec | 412 | 44 |
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