---
type: lake
name: "Pine Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Finlayson"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 378
max_depth_ft: 28
latitude: 46.18604
longitude: -93.07766
lake_score: 56
dnr_lake_id: "01000100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/pine-lake
---

# Pine Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Finlayson

- **Surface Area**: 378 acres
- **Max Depth**: 28 ft
- **Average Depth**: 20 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 56/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pine Lake is a 378-acre lake near Finlayson in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 28 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 20 feet, and has roughly 5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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 2025.

There are 2 public boat launches (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 15, based on 13 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-12
- **Latest**: 2018-05-01

## Nearby Lakes

- [Big Pine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/big-pine-lake) - 2.2 miles, 399 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/bass-lake) - 2.4 miles, 228 acres
- [Upper Pine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/upper-pine-lake) - 3.1 miles, 233 acres
- [Eleven Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/eleven-lake) - 3.3 miles, 315 acres
- [Five Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/five-lake) - 4.1 miles, 44 acres
- [Rhine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/rhine-lake) - 4.8 miles, 116 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.18604,-93.07766)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01000100)
- [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/pine-lake)*