---
type: lake
name: "Bass Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Swatara"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 120
max_depth_ft: 42
latitude: 46.85145
longitude: -93.7126
lake_score: 29
dnr_lake_id: "01019500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/bass-lake
---

# Bass Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Swatara

- **Surface Area**: 120 acres
- **Max Depth**: 42 ft
- **Average Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 29/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Bass Lake is a 120-acre lake near Swatara in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 42 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 7 feet, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2004.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2004
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Bowfin, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Esquagamah Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/esquagamah-lake) - 7.9 miles, 842 acres
- [Morrison Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/morrison-lake) - 8.1 miles, 164 acres
- [Moulton Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/moulton-lake) - 9 miles, 258 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/round-lake-aitkin) - 9.1 miles, 634 acres
- [Waukenabo Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/waukenabo-lake) - 9.1 miles, 668 acres
- [Leavitt Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/leavitt-lake) - 9.2 miles, 122 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.85145,-93.7126)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01019500)
- [All lakes in Aitkin County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/bass-lake)*