---
type: lake
name: "Pickerel Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 310
max_depth_ft: 26
latitude: 47.03882
longitude: -94.9945
lake_score: 58
dnr_lake_id: "29017800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/pickerel-lake
---

# Pickerel Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 310 acres
- **Max Depth**: 26 ft
- **Average Depth**: 6 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 58/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pickerel Lake is a 310-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 26 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 6 feet, and has roughly 6.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.4 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 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 2021.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 18, based on 14 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2021
- **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, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 14
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-14
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/blue-lake) - 1.5 miles, 336 acres
- [Stocking Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/stocking-lake) - 2.1 miles, 102 acres
- [Lower Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/lower-bottle-lake) - 2.3 miles, 641 acres
- [Emma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/emma-lake) - 2.7 miles, 78 acres
- [Big Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-sand-lake) - 2.9 miles, 1,639 acres
- [Upper Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/upper-bottle-lake) - 3.2 miles, 459 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.03882,-94.9945)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29017800)
- [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/pickerel-lake)*