---
type: lake
name: "Little Bass Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Cohasset"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 161
max_depth_ft: 62
latitude: 47.28604
longitude: -93.60035
lake_score: 63
dnr_lake_id: "31057500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-bass-lake
---

# Little Bass Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Cohasset

- **Surface Area**: 161 acres
- **Max Depth**: 62 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 15.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 63/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Little Bass Lake is a 161-acre lake near Cohasset in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 62 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 15.3 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 21, based on 57 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 21
- **Years of record**: 57
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-27
- **Latest**: 2013-05-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Shoal Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/shoal-lake) - 1.8 miles, 676 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bass-lake) - 3 miles, 2,715 acres
- [Little Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-jay-gould-lake) - 3.1 miles, 150 acres
- [Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/jay-gould-lake) - 3.2 miles, 552 acres
- [Hale Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/hale-lake) - 3.7 miles, 130 acres
- [Blackwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/blackwater-lake) - 3.7 miles, 601 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.28604,-93.60035)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31057500)
- [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/little-bass-lake)*