---
type: lake
name: "Pelican Lake"
county: "Grant"
nearest_town: "Ashby"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 3761
max_depth_ft: 21
latitude: 46.06005
longitude: -95.79862
lake_score: 61
dnr_lake_id: "26000200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/grant-county/pelican-lake
---

# Pelican Lake

Lake in Grant County, Minnesota, near Ashby

- **Surface Area**: 3,761 acres
- **Max Depth**: 21 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 27.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 61/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pelican Lake is a 3,761-acre lake near Ashby in Grant County, Minnesota. It reaches 21 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 27.8 miles of shoreline. It is the largest lake in Grant County in the Minnesota DNR's LakeFinder records. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.5 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and white 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. Prairie Cove Campground is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 17 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**: 17
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling, Camping

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Campground

### Campgrounds

- Prairie Cove Campground

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-14
- **Latest**: 2023-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Anka Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/anka-lake) - 3.5 miles, 130 acres
- [Ina Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/ina-lake) - 3.8 miles, 218 acres
- [Christina Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/christina-lake) - 3.9 miles, 3,971 acres
- [Pomme de Terre Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/grant-county/pomme-de-terre-lake) - 4.8 miles, 1,816 acres
- [Sewell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/sewell-lake) - 5.8 miles, 369 acres
- [Jolly Ann Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/jolly-ann-lake) - 6.6 miles, 326 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.06005,-95.79862)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=26000200)
- [All lakes in Grant County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/grant-county)

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