---
type: lake
name: "Pleasant Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Hackensack"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1099
max_depth_ft: 72
latitude: 46.91349
longitude: -94.47481
lake_score: 69
dnr_lake_id: "11038300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/pleasant-lake
---

# Pleasant Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Hackensack

- **Surface Area**: 1,099 acres
- **Max Depth**: 72 ft
- **Shoreline**: 10.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 69/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pleasant Lake is a 1,099-acre lake near Hackensack in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 72 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 10.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14.3 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 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. 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 22, based on 14 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**: 15
- **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, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 22
- **Years of record**: 14
- **Earliest**: 2016-04-04
- **Latest**: 2022-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Poquet Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/poquet-lake) - 1.5 miles, 145 acres
- [Five Point Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/five-point-lake) - 2.7 miles, 251 acres
- [Ox Yoke Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/ox-yoke-lake) - 3.1 miles, 185 acres
- [Larson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/larson-lake) - 3.2 miles, 194 acres
- [Beuber Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/beuber-lake) - 3.6 miles, 132 acres
- [Stony Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/stony-lake) - 3.8 miles, 563 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.91349,-94.47481)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11038300)
- [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/pleasant-lake)*