---
type: lake
name: "Jack the Horse Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Marcell"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 363
max_depth_ft: 45
latitude: 47.61617
longitude: -93.63688
lake_score: 31
dnr_lake_id: "31065700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/jack-the-horse-lake
---

# Jack the Horse Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Marcell

- **Surface Area**: 363 acres
- **Max Depth**: 45 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 8.3 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 31/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Jack the Horse Lake is a 363-acre lake near Marcell in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 45 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 8.3 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2004.

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.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 14
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2004
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Dick Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-dick-lake) - 0.9 miles, 101 acres
- [Johnson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/johnson-lake-marcell) - 1.1 miles, 304 acres
- [Big Dick Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/big-dick-lake) - 1.3 miles, 260 acres
- [Burns Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/burns-lake) - 1.5 miles, 181 acres
- [Batson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/batson-lake) - 2.2 miles, 114 acres
- [Clubhouse Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clubhouse-lake) - 3.2 miles, 265 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.61617,-93.63688)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31065700)
- [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/jack-the-horse-lake)*