---
type: lake
name: "Skogman Lake"
county: "Isanti"
nearest_town: "Cambridge"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 228
max_depth_ft: 36
latitude: 45.57391
longitude: -93.15396
lake_score: 52
dnr_lake_id: "30002200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/skogman-lake
---

# Skogman Lake

Lake in Isanti County, Minnesota, near Cambridge

- **Surface Area**: 228 acres
- **Max Depth**: 36 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 52/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Skogman Lake is a 228-acre lake near Cambridge in Isanti County, Minnesota. It reaches 36 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 6.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5 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 (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with Eurasian watermilfoil — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 7, based on 19 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**: 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, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

Eurasian watermilfoil. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 7
- **Years of record**: 19
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-16
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Fannie Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/fannie-lake) - 2 miles, 360 acres
- [Rabour Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/chisago-county/rabour-lake) - 3.8 miles, 53 acres
- [Florence Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/florence-lake) - 4.1 miles, 135 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/chisago-county/horseshoe-lake) - 5 miles, 224 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/long-lake-grandy) - 5.1 miles, 133 acres
- [Goose Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/chisago-county/goose-lake) - 5.4 miles, 732 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.57391,-93.15396)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=30002200)
- [All lakes in Isanti County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county)

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