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Crane Lake

St. Louis County · Near Crane Lake

4.56 mi²
area
80 ft
max depth
34.0 mi
shoreline
5
campsites

Crane Lake is a large, deep 2,921-acre lake near Crane Lake town with fairly open conditions that can turn windy and choppy. Access requires a strenuous 383-rod portage from Little Vermilion. The lake offers five campsites and excellent fishing for walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, and panfish species. Sand Point connects by open water.

Invasive species reported: spiny waterflea

Fish species (12)

black crappiebluegillcisco speciesmuskellungenorthern pikeredhorserock basssaugersmallmouth basswalleyewhite suckeryellow perch

Portages (1)

Sources

DNR fisheries survey data available for Crane Lake. Bathymetric map available from the MN DNR.

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