---
type: lake
name: "Fleming Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Palisade"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 319
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 46.63022
longitude: -93.49913
lake_score: 48
dnr_lake_id: "01010500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/fleming-lake
---

# Fleming Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Palisade

- **Surface Area**: 319 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Average Depth**: 6 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 48/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Fleming Lake is a 319-acre lake near Palisade in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 6 feet, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.8 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2017.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 17, based on 14 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**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2017
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 14
- **Earliest**: 2016-04-01
- **Latest**: 1996-05-05

## Nearby Lakes

- [Wilkins Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/wilkins-lake) - 0.7 miles, 349 acres
- [Gun Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/gun-lake) - 1.6 miles, 712 acres
- [Jenkins Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/jenkins-lake) - 1.6 miles, 114 acres
- [French Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/french-lake) - 2.2 miles, 149 acres
- [Turner Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/turner-lake) - 4.7 miles, 63 acres
- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/portage-lake) - 4.9 miles, 372 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.63022,-93.49913)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01010500)
- [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/fleming-lake)*