---
type: lake
name: "Pickerel Lake"
county: "Dakota"
nearest_town: "Lilydale"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 114
max_depth_ft: 11
latitude: 44.91769
longitude: -93.12041
lake_score: 45
dnr_lake_id: "19007900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/dakota-county/pickerel-lake
---

# Pickerel Lake

Lake in Dakota County, Minnesota, near Lilydale

- **Surface Area**: 114 acres
- **Max Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 45/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pickerel Lake is an 114-acre lake near Lilydale in Dakota County, Minnesota. It reaches 11 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2015.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: city
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2015
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling, Picnicking

## Amenities

Picnic Area

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Bowfin, Common Carp, Freshwater Drum, Gizzard Shad, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Silver Redhorse

## Nearby Lakes

- [Rogers Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/dakota-county/rogers-lake) - 3.1 miles, 102 acres
- [Snelling Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/snelling-lake) - 4.1 miles, 103 acres
- [Pigs Eye Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/ramsey-county/pigs-eye-lake) - 4.6 miles, 674 acres
- [McCarron Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/ramsey-county/mccarron-lake) - 5.6 miles, 73 acres
- [Lake Phalen](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/ramsey-county/lake-phalen) - 5.9 miles, 198 acres
- [Lake Nokomis](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/lake-nokomis) - 6 miles, 201 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.91769,-93.12041)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=19007900)
- [All lakes in Dakota County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/dakota-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/dakota-county/pickerel-lake)*