---
type: lake
name: "Little Turtle Lake"
county: "Beltrami"
nearest_town: "Puposky"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 469
max_depth_ft: 25
latitude: 47.63791
longitude: -94.88988
lake_score: 52
dnr_lake_id: "04015500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/little-turtle-lake
---

# Little Turtle Lake

Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, near Puposky

- **Surface Area**: 469 acres
- **Max Depth**: 25 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 52/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Little Turtle Lake is a 469-acre lake near Puposky in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It reaches 25 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.6 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. Special fishing regulations apply to northern pike and sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2021.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 26, based on 15 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**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2021
- **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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 26
- **Years of record**: 15
- **Earliest**: 2016-04-11
- **Latest**: 2013-05-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Larson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/larson-lake) - 1.7 miles, 203 acres
- [Turtle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/turtle-lake) - 1.7 miles, 1,607 acres
- [Lake Julia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/lake-julia) - 2.1 miles, 511 acres
- [Campbell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/campbell-lake) - 2.5 miles, 463 acres
- [Fox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/fox-lake) - 3 miles, 165 acres
- [Black Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/black-lake) - 3.3 miles, 271 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.63791,-94.88988)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=04015500)
- [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/little-turtle-lake)*