---
type: lake
name: "Shirt Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Deerwood (Crow Wing)"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 231
max_depth_ft: 38
latitude: 46.43162
longitude: -93.82914
lake_score: 62
dnr_lake_id: "18007200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/shirt-lake
---

# Shirt Lake

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

- **Surface Area**: 231 acres
- **Max Depth**: 38 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 15.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 62/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Shirt Lake is a 231-acre lake near Deerwood (Crow Wing) in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 38 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 15.5 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the township. Ice typically goes out around April 16, based on 19 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: township
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **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, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Bowfin, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 19
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-24
- **Latest**: 2022-05-03

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sunset Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sunset-lake) - 1 miles, 221 acres
- [Townline Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/townline-lake) - 1.8 miles, 114 acres
- [Hamlet Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/hamlet-lake) - 1.9 miles, 307 acres
- [Long / Tame Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/long-tame-fish-lake) - 1.9 miles, 127 acres
- [Thornton Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/thornton-lake) - 2.2 miles, 161 acres
- [Placid Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/placid-lake) - 2.7 miles, 183 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.43162,-93.82914)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18007200)
- [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/shirt-lake)*