---
type: lake
name: "Lobster Lake"
county: "Douglas"
nearest_town: "Holmes City"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1334
max_depth_ft: 65
latitude: 45.8783
longitude: -95.52709
lake_score: 71
dnr_lake_id: "21014400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/lobster-lake
---

# Lobster Lake

Lake in Douglas County, Minnesota, near Holmes City

- **Surface Area**: 1,334 acres
- **Max Depth**: 65 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 17.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 71/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lobster Lake is a 1,334-acre lake near Holmes City in Douglas County, Minnesota. It reaches 65 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 17.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.9 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 18 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and black crappie. 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. OpenStreetMap shows a swim beach on or beside the lake. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 21, based on 12 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**: 18
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling, Swimming

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Swim Beach

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 21
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-24
- **Latest**: 2018-05-03

## Nearby Lakes

- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/round-lake) - 1.5 miles, 81 acres
- [Mill Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/mill-lake) - 1.8 miles, 451 acres
- [Crooked Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/crooked-lake) - 2 miles, 284 acres
- [Cook Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/cook-lake) - 2.1 miles, 101 acres
- [Gilbert Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/gilbert-lake) - 2.1 miles, 202 acres
- [Mina Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/mina-lake) - 2.7 miles, 411 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.8783,-95.52709)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=21014400)
- [All lakes in Douglas County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county)

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