---
type: lake
name: "Waukenabo Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Palisade"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 668
max_depth_ft: 38
latitude: 46.73486
longitude: -93.62127
lake_score: 56
dnr_lake_id: "01013600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/waukenabo-lake
---

# Waukenabo Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Palisade

- **Surface Area**: 668 acres
- **Max Depth**: 38 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 56/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Waukenabo Lake is a 668-acre lake near Palisade in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 38 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.4 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. 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 17, based on 24 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**: 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, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 24
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-13
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/round-lake-aitkin) - 1.6 miles, 634 acres
- [Esquagamah Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/esquagamah-lake) - 3.4 miles, 842 acres
- [Moulton Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/moulton-lake) - 7.2 miles, 258 acres
- [Gun Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/gun-lake) - 7.7 miles, 712 acres
- [Blind Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blind-lake) - 8.3 miles, 304 acres
- [French Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/french-lake) - 8.5 miles, 149 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.73486,-93.62127)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01013600)
- [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/waukenabo-lake)*