---
type: lake
name: "Blackwater Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Cohasset"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 601
max_depth_ft: 72
latitude: 47.25852
longitude: -93.66833
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "31056100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/blackwater-lake
---

# Blackwater Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Cohasset

- **Surface Area**: 601 acres
- **Max Depth**: 72 ft
- **Shoreline**: 10.1 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Blackwater Lake is a 601-acre lake near Cohasset in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 72 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 10.1 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2019.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). The lake is listed as infested with faucet snail — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 14
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2019
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit five.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

faucet snail. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Nearby Lakes

- [Guile Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/guile-lake) - 1.3 miles, 88 acres
- [Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/jay-gould-lake) - 1.9 miles, 552 acres
- [Loon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/loon-lake) - 2.1 miles, 231 acres
- [Little Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-rice-lake) - 2.3 miles, 139 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/long-lake-grand-rapids) - 2.5 miles, 134 acres
- [Little Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-jay-gould-lake) - 2.9 miles, 150 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.25852,-93.66833)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31056100)
- [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/blackwater-lake)*