---
type: lake
name: "Whitefish Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Garrison"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 709
max_depth_ft: 62
latitude: 46.20347
longitude: -93.81618
lake_score: 40
dnr_lake_id: "18000100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/whitefish-lake-garrison
---

# Whitefish Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Garrison

- **Surface Area**: 709 acres
- **Max Depth**: 62 ft
- **Shoreline**: 7.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 40/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Whitefish Lake is a 709-acre lake near Garrison in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 62 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 7.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

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 16, based on 14 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**: 17
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 14
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-22
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Camp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/camp-lake) - 3.4 miles, 534 acres
- [Erskine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/erskine-lake) - 3.7 miles, 182 acres
- [Holt Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/holt-lake) - 3.7 miles, 164 acres
- [Bulldog Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bulldog-lake) - 3.8 miles, 149 acres
- [Rock Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/rock-lake) - 4.3 miles, 203 acres
- [Smith Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/smith-lake) - 4.4 miles, 491 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.20347,-93.81618)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18000100)
- [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/whitefish-lake-garrison)*