---
type: lake
name: "Dam Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Aitkin"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 598
max_depth_ft: 48
latitude: 46.51039
longitude: -93.46441
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "01009600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/dam-lake
---

# Dam Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Aitkin

- **Surface Area**: 598 acres
- **Max Depth**: 48 ft
- **Average Depth**: 19 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Dam Lake is a 598-acre lake near Aitkin in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 48 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 19 feet, and has roughly 4.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 16, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 17
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit 10.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Burbot, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2016-04-01
- **Latest**: 2008-04-26

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/long-lake) - 2 miles, 435 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/rice-lake) - 4.4 miles, 3,684 acres
- [Rabbit Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/rabbit-lake) - 4.8 miles, 212 acres
- [Swamp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/swamp-lake) - 4.8 miles, 272 acres
- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/portage-lake) - 5.7 miles, 372 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/clear-lake) - 5.9 miles, 574 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.51039,-93.46441)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01009600)
- [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/dam-lake)*