---
type: lake
name: "Portage Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 429
max_depth_ft: 17
latitude: 46.96584
longitude: -95.12368
lake_score: 54
dnr_lake_id: "29025000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/portage-lake
---

# Portage Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 429 acres
- **Max Depth**: 17 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 54/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Portage Lake is a 429-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 17 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 5.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.9 feet.

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 2022.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 18, based on 73 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **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, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 73
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-14
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Fish Hook Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/fish-hook-lake) - 2.9 miles, 1,643 acres
- [Potato Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/potato-lake) - 4.2 miles, 2,096 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/eagle-lake) - 4.5 miles, 424 acres
- [Sweitzer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/sweitzer-lake) - 5.6 miles, 114 acres
- [Two Inlets Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/two-inlets-lake) - 5.6 miles, 578 acres
- [Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/island-lake) - 5.7 miles, 541 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.96584,-95.12368)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29025000)
- [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/portage-lake)*