---
type: lake
name: "Bass Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Wirt"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 210
max_depth_ft: 40
latitude: 47.70819
longitude: -93.96044
lake_score: 12
dnr_lake_id: "31083900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bass-lake-wirt
---

# Bass Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Wirt

- **Surface Area**: 210 acres
- **Max Depth**: 40 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.6 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 12/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Bass Lake is a 210-acre lake near Wirt in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 40 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 4.6 miles of shoreline.

The DNR has no fish survey on file for this lake, so treat any fishing as exploratory.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 26, based on 11 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Activities

None on record

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 26
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-05
- **Latest**: 2022-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Whitefish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/whitefish-lake) - 1.7 miles, 564 acres
- [Little Whitefish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-whitefish-lake) - 3 miles, 160 acres
- [Noma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/noma-lake) - 3 miles, 60 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clear-lake) - 3.1 miles, 140 acres
- [Dora Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/dora-lake) - 4.6 miles, 423 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/cedar-lake) - 4.7 miles, 178 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.70819,-93.96044)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31083900)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bass-lake-wirt)*