---
type: lake
name: "Nokay Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Brainerd"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 704
max_depth_ft: 42
latitude: 46.37837
longitude: -93.9632
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "18010400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/nokay-lake
---

# Nokay Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Brainerd

- **Surface Area**: 704 acres
- **Max Depth**: 42 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 13 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Nokay Lake is a 704-acre lake near Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 42 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 6.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 13 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 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 2020.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 16, 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**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2020
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-14
- **Latest**: 2023-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pointon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/pointon-lake) - 1.1 miles, 185 acres
- [Loon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/loon-lake) - 2.6 miles, 60 acres
- [Clearwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/clearwater-lake) - 2.6 miles, 905 acres
- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/portage-lake) - 2.9 miles, 287 acres
- [Grave Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/grave-lake) - 2.9 miles, 169 acres
- [Crooked Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/crooked-lake) - 3 miles, 463 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.37837,-93.9632)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18010400)
- [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/nokay-lake)*