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Madison Lake, Blue Earth County

Madison is a highly monitored lake by the DNR, managed primarily for its panfish and walleyes. But its northern pike and largemouth bass are worth noting as well.

Lake Sarah, Hennepin County

While its proximity to the Twin Cities area keeps the lake busy with angling and recreational activity, Sarah can almost always be counted on for a batch of panfish. It has a long history of

Clearwater Lake, Beltrami/Clearwater counties

It’s a good-sized lake at nearly 1,000 acres that includes decent structure, plenty of deep water, and ample forage that allows its walleyes to maintain strong numbers.

Elbow Lake, Cook County

Those who visit Elbow come for the scenery, solitude, and its walleyes. In fact, it’s nearly a walleye-exclusive lake with a few northern pike mixed in.

Big Cormorant Lake, Becker County

The main attraction for most of those anglers is Big Cormorant’s walleye- and smallmouth bass-fishing opportunities. Both are naturally reproducing populations of fish that have maintained themselves over the years, despite somewhat heavy fishing pressure

Lake Ossawinnamakee, Crow Wing County

Largemouth bass have always been a primary focus of anglers who fish Ossawinnamakee, and the lake holds enough quality smallmouth bass to give them a fair look as well.

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