---
type: lake
name: "Tait Lake"
county: "Cook"
nearest_town: "Lutsen"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 355
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 47.81967
longitude: -90.69406
lake_score: 50
dnr_lake_id: "16038400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/tait-lake
---

# Tait Lake

Lake in Cook County, Minnesota, near Lutsen

- **Surface Area**: 355 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 50/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Tait Lake is a 355-acre lake near Lutsen in Cook County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 6.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 6 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the US Forest Service. Ice typically goes out around May 4, based on 17 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: US Forest Service
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 6
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: May 4
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-28
- **Latest**: 2013-05-17

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lichen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/lichen-lake) - 2.1 miles, 253 acres
- [Bouder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/bouder-lake) - 2.9 miles, 129 acres
- [Holly Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/holly-lake) - 2.9 miles, 76 acres
- [Gust Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/gust-lake) - 2.9 miles, 143 acres
- [Kinogami Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/kinogami-lake) - 3 miles, 111 acres
- [Crescent Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/crescent-lake) - 3 miles, 755 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.81967,-90.69406)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=16038400)
- [All lakes in Cook County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county)

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