---
type: lake
name: "Little Bemidji Lake"
county: "Becker"
nearest_town: "Ponsford"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 293
max_depth_ft: 58
latitude: 47.09392
longitude: -95.56962
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "03023400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/little-bemidji-lake
---

# Little Bemidji Lake

Lake in Becker County, Minnesota, near Ponsford

- **Surface Area**: 293 acres
- **Max Depth**: 58 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Little Bemidji Lake is a 293-acre lake near Ponsford in Becker County, Minnesota. It reaches 58 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 14, based on 12 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**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 14
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-04
- **Latest**: 2020-04-26

## Nearby Lakes

- [Many Point Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/many-point-lake) - 1.8 miles, 1,701 acres
- [Elbow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/elbow-lake) - 2.5 miles, 995 acres
- [Pike Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/pike-lake) - 2.9 miles, 124 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/round-lake) - 4.1 miles, 1,094 acres
- [Tulaby Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mahnomen-county/tulaby-lake) - 4.3 miles, 832 acres
- [Waboose Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/waboose-lake) - 4.6 miles, 232 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.09392,-95.56962)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=03023400)
- [All lakes in Becker County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/little-bemidji-lake)*