---
type: lake
name: "Movil Lake"
county: "Beltrami"
nearest_town: "Bemidji"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 855
max_depth_ft: 50
latitude: 47.58976
longitude: -94.85986
lake_score: 62
dnr_lake_id: "04015200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/movil-lake
---

# Movil Lake

Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, near Bemidji

- **Surface Area**: 855 acres
- **Max Depth**: 50 ft
- **Shoreline**: 9.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 62/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Movil Lake is an 855-acre lake near Bemidji in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It reaches 50 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 9.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 20 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 42 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 20
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Burbot, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 42
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-25
- **Latest**: 2013-05-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Fox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/fox-lake) - 1.6 miles, 165 acres
- [Turtle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/turtle-lake) - 2 miles, 1,607 acres
- [Beltrami Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/beltrami-lake) - 2.2 miles, 726 acres
- [Three Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/three-island-lake) - 3.4 miles, 729 acres
- [Black Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/black-lake) - 3.6 miles, 271 acres
- [Little Turtle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/little-turtle-lake) - 3.6 miles, 469 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.58976,-94.85986)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=04015200)
- [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/movil-lake)*