---
type: lake
name: "Fifth Crow Wing Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Nevis"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 400
max_depth_ft: 35
latitude: 46.92009
longitude: -94.89202
lake_score: 57
dnr_lake_id: "29009200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/fifth-crow-wing-lake
---

# Fifth Crow Wing Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Nevis

- **Surface Area**: 400 acres
- **Max Depth**: 35 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 57/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Fifth Crow Wing Lake is a 400-acre lake near Nevis in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 35 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 4.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 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. Special fishing regulations apply to northern pike, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 15, based on 33 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**: 15
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Northern Pike**: All from 24-36" must be immediately released. Possession limit three, only one over 36".

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 33
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-15
- **Latest**: 2013-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sixth Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/sixth-crow-wing-lake) - 1.5 miles, 346 acres
- [Belle Taine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/belle-taine-lake) - 1.8 miles, 1,497 acres
- [Peysenske Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/peysenske-lake) - 3.2 miles, 220 acres
- [Big Stony Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-stony-lake) - 3.3 miles, 343 acres
- [Seventh Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/seventh-crow-wing-lake) - 3.4 miles, 262 acres
- [Shallow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/shallow-lake) - 3.4 miles, 284 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.92009,-94.89202)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29009200)
- [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/fifth-crow-wing-lake)*