---
type: lake
name: "Duck Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Hubbard"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 326
max_depth_ft: 23
latitude: 46.8085
longitude: -94.90607
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "29014200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/duck-lake
---

# Duck Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Hubbard

- **Surface Area**: 326 acres
- **Max Depth**: 23 ft
- **Average Depth**: 14 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Duck Lake is a 326-acre lake near Hubbard in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 23 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 14 feet, and has roughly 2.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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. The lake is listed as infested with faucet snail — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 17, based on 22 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**: 11
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Rock Bass, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

faucet snail. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 22
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-24
- **Latest**: 2013-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Palmer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/palmer-lake) - 1.5 miles, 146 acres
- [Second Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/second-crow-wing-lake) - 2.6 miles, 221 acres
- [First Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/first-crow-wing-lake) - 3.5 miles, 522 acres
- [Third Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/third-crow-wing-lake) - 4.4 miles, 643 acres
- [Big Stony Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-stony-lake) - 4.8 miles, 343 acres
- [Fourth Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/fourth-crow-wing-lake) - 5 miles, 434 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.8085,-94.90607)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29014200)
- [All lakes in Hubbard County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county)

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