---
type: lake
name: "Esquagamah Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Palisade"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 842
max_depth_ft: 31
latitude: 46.73827
longitude: -93.69359
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "01014700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/esquagamah-lake
---

# Esquagamah Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Palisade

- **Surface Area**: 842 acres
- **Max Depth**: 31 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Esquagamah Lake is an 842-acre lake near Palisade in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 31 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 6.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.6 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 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. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 16, based on 43 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**: 14
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 43
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-15
- **Latest**: 1996-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/round-lake-aitkin) - 2.1 miles, 634 acres
- [Waukenabo Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/waukenabo-lake) - 3.4 miles, 668 acres
- [Moulton Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/moulton-lake) - 3.9 miles, 258 acres
- [Lows Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lows-lake) - 6.5 miles, 302 acres
- [Blind Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blind-lake) - 6.6 miles, 304 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/bass-lake) - 7.9 miles, 120 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.73827,-93.69359)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01014700)
- [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/esquagamah-lake)*