---
type: lake
name: "Portage Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Deerwood (Crow Wing)"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 130
max_depth_ft: 57
latitude: 46.44949
longitude: -93.88674
lake_score: 30
dnr_lake_id: "18006900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/portage-lake-deerwood-crow-wing
---

# Portage Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Deerwood (Crow Wing)

- **Surface Area**: 130 acres
- **Max Depth**: 57 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.8 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 30/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Portage Lake is a 130-acre lake near Deerwood (Crow Wing) in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 57 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.8 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1993.

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. Ice typically goes out around April 14, based on 16 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1993
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 14
- **Years of record**: 16
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-13
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Hamlet Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/hamlet-lake) - 1.2 miles, 307 acres
- [Lake Reno](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lake-reno) - 1.3 miles, 167 acres
- [Placid Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/placid-lake) - 1.5 miles, 183 acres
- [Black Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/black-lake) - 2.9 miles, 106 acres
- [Serpent Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/serpent-lake) - 2.9 miles, 1,116 acres
- [Shirt Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/shirt-lake) - 3 miles, 231 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.44949,-93.88674)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18006900)
- [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/portage-lake-deerwood-crow-wing)*