---
type: lake
name: "Baby Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Hackensack"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 737
max_depth_ft: 69
latitude: 46.96354
longitude: -94.36401
lake_score: 67
dnr_lake_id: "11028300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/baby-lake
---

# Baby Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Hackensack

- **Surface Area**: 737 acres
- **Max Depth**: 69 ft
- **Average Depth**: 31 ft
- **Shoreline**: 11.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 13.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 67/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Baby Lake is a 737-acre lake near Hackensack in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 69 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 31 feet, and has roughly 11.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 13.4 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and black crappie. 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 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 26 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**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 26
- **Earliest**: 2000-04-07
- **Latest**: 2008-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Kid Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/kid-lake) - 1.2 miles, 168 acres
- [Man Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/man-lake) - 1.2 miles, 491 acres
- [Child Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/child-lake) - 1.6 miles, 285 acres
- [McKeown Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/mckeown-lake) - 1.6 miles, 168 acres
- [Moccasin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/moccasin-lake) - 2 miles, 272 acres
- [Barnum Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/barnum-lake) - 2.1 miles, 151 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.96354,-94.36401)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11028300)
- [All lakes in Cass County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county)

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