---
type: lake
name: "Bass Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Merrifield"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 285
max_depth_ft: 24
latitude: 46.55717
longitude: -94.10778
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "18025600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bass-lake-merrifield
---

# Bass Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Merrifield

- **Surface Area**: 285 acres
- **Max Depth**: 24 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Bass Lake is a 285-acre lake near Merrifield in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 24 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2016.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 12, based on 13 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**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2016
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 12
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-26
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Upper Mission Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/upper-mission-lake) - 1.7 miles, 882 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/horseshoe-lake) - 1.7 miles, 922 acres
- [Lower Mission Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lower-mission-lake) - 1.9 miles, 732 acres
- [Lougee Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lougee-lake) - 2.1 miles, 212 acres
- [Markee Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/markee-lake) - 2.9 miles, 104 acres
- [Pelican Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/pelican-lake) - 3.4 miles, 8,367 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.55717,-94.10778)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18025600)
- [All lakes in Crow Wing County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bass-lake-merrifield)*