---
type: lake
name: "Windigo Lake"
county: "Beltrami"
nearest_town: "Cass Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 195
max_depth_ft: 25
latitude: 47.41824
longitude: -94.56815
lake_score: 44
dnr_lake_id: "04004800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/windigo-lake
---

# Windigo Lake

Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, near Cass Lake

- **Surface Area**: 195 acres
- **Max Depth**: 25 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 44/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Windigo Lake is a 195-acre lake near Cass Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It reaches 25 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1984.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: US Forest Service
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1984
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit five.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Hybrid Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [Cass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/cass-lake) - 0.5 miles, 15,958 acres
- [Lost Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/lost-lake) - 2.6 miles, 130 acres
- [Buck Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/buck-lake) - 3.1 miles, 360 acres
- [Silver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/silver-lake) - 4.3 miles, 132 acres
- [Pike Bay](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/pike-bay) - 4.5 miles, 4,756 acres
- [Andrusia Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/andrusia-lake) - 4.8 miles, 1,596 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.41824,-94.56815)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=04004800)
- [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/windigo-lake)*