---
type: lake
name: "Island Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Longville"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 358
max_depth_ft: 45
latitude: 46.92841
longitude: -94.04119
lake_score: 54
dnr_lake_id: "11010200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/island-lake
---

# Island Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Longville

- **Surface Area**: 358 acres
- **Max Depth**: 45 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 54/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Island Lake is a 358-acre lake near Longville in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 45 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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 2022.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 15, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2005-04-10
- **Latest**: 2022-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Mitten Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/mitten-lake) - 1 miles, 113 acres
- [Twenty-Six Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/twenty-six-lake) - 1.3 miles, 109 acres
- [Stevens Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/stevens-lake) - 1.8 miles, 100 acres
- [Little Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/little-bass-lake) - 2.6 miles, 136 acres
- [Upper Trelipe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/upper-trelipe-lake) - 3.3 miles, 421 acres
- [Thunder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/thunder-lake) - 3.4 miles, 1,347 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.92841,-94.04119)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11010200)
- [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/island-lake)*