---
type: lake
name: "Vanduse Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Jacobson"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 240
max_depth_ft: 27
latitude: 46.97544
longitude: -93.24197
lake_score: 61
dnr_lake_id: "01005800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/vanduse-lake
---

# Vanduse Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Jacobson

- **Surface Area**: 240 acres
- **Max Depth**: 27 ft
- **Average Depth**: 8 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 13.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 61/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Vanduse Lake is a 240-acre lake near Jacobson in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 27 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 8 feet, and has roughly 5.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 13.5 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. 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 2024.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 22 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit 10.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 22
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-23
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Hay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hay-lake) - 2 miles, 129 acres
- [Blackface Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blackface-lake) - 3.2 miles, 192 acres
- [Ball Bluff Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/ball-bluff-lake) - 3.5 miles, 169 acres
- [Cutaway Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/cutaway-lake) - 8 miles, 113 acres
- [Wakefield Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/wakefield-lake) - 8.8 miles, 164 acres
- [Savanna Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/savanna-lake) - 9.2 miles, 101 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.97544,-93.24197)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01005800)
- [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/vanduse-lake)*