---
type: lake
name: "Lower Balsam Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Taconite"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 259
max_depth_ft: 29
latitude: 47.50162
longitude: -93.35367
lake_score: 30
dnr_lake_id: "31024700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lower-balsam-lake
---

# Lower Balsam Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Taconite

- **Surface Area**: 259 acres
- **Max Depth**: 29 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 30/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lower Balsam Lake is a 259-acre lake near Taconite in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 29 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2011.

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**: 16
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2011
- **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, Burbot, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Northern Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Snaptail Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/snaptail-lake) - 2.5 miles, 175 acres
- [Thirty Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/thirty-lake) - 2.9 miles, 121 acres
- [Balsam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/balsam-lake) - 3.6 miles, 716 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bass-lake-marble) - 3.7 miles, 131 acres
- [Crooked Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/crooked-lake) - 3.8 miles, 465 acres
- [King Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/king-lake) - 4 miles, 311 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.50162,-93.35367)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31024700)
- [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/lower-balsam-lake)*