---
type: lake
name: "Beltrami Lake"
county: "Beltrami"
nearest_town: "Bemidji"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 726
max_depth_ft: 50
latitude: 47.594
longitude: -94.81323
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "04013500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/beltrami-lake
---

# Beltrami Lake

Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, near Bemidji

- **Surface Area**: 726 acres
- **Max Depth**: 50 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 7.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Beltrami Lake is a 726-acre lake near Bemidji in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It reaches 50 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 7.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.9 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 northern pike and sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with starry stonewort — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 19, based on 30 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**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Northern Pike**: All from 22-30" must be immediately released. Possession limit 10, only one over 30".
- **Sunfish**: Daily limit five.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

starry stonewort. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 19
- **Years of record**: 30
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-23
- **Latest**: 2014-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Fox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/fox-lake) - 1.7 miles, 165 acres
- [Three Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/three-island-lake) - 2 miles, 729 acres
- [Movil Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/movil-lake) - 2.2 miles, 855 acres
- [Black Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/black-lake) - 2.7 miles, 271 acres
- [Turtle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/turtle-lake) - 3 miles, 1,607 acres
- [Big Bass Lake (East Basin)](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/big-bass-lake-east-basin) - 4.4 miles, 337 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.594,-94.81323)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=04013500)
- [All lakes in Beltrami County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county)

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