---
type: lake
name: "Connors Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Bigfork"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 142
max_depth_ft: 68
latitude: 47.77832
longitude: -93.63478
lake_score: 46
dnr_lake_id: "31071000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/connors-lake
---

# Connors Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Bigfork

- **Surface Area**: 142 acres
- **Max Depth**: 68 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 46/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Connors Lake is a 142-acre lake near Bigfork in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 68 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2007.

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. Rice Rapids is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 17 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2007
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Camping

## Amenities

Campground

### Campgrounds

- Rice Rapids

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-24
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Coon-Sandwick Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/coon-sandwick-lake) - 5.5 miles, 594 acres
- [Gunderson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/gunderson-lake) - 8.2 miles, 183 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/horseshoe-lake) - 8.4 miles, 260 acres
- [Busties Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/busties-lake) - 8.4 miles, 245 acres
- [Bello Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bello-lake) - 8.7 miles, 527 acres
- [Batson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/batson-lake) - 9.3 miles, 114 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.77832,-93.63478)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31071000)
- [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/connors-lake)*