---
type: lake
name: "Portage Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Cass Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 361
max_depth_ft: 65
latitude: 47.27848
longitude: -94.59993
lake_score: 35
dnr_lake_id: "11049000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/portage-lake-cass-lake
---

# Portage Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Cass Lake

- **Surface Area**: 361 acres
- **Max Depth**: 65 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 35/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Portage Lake is a 361-acre lake near Cass Lake in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 65 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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 1998.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 1998
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/little-twin-lake) - 2.4 miles, 112 acres
- [Welch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/welch-lake) - 2.4 miles, 196 acres
- [Thirteen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/thirteen-lake) - 2.5 miles, 555 acres
- [Crooked Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/crooked-lake) - 2.9 miles, 582 acres
- [Steamboat Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/steamboat-lake) - 3 miles, 1,756 acres
- [Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/twin-lake) - 3.2 miles, 169 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.27848,-94.59993)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11049000)
- [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/portage-lake-cass-lake)*