---
type: lake
name: "Lower Panasa Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Calumet"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 248
max_depth_ft: 25
latitude: 47.29831
longitude: -93.25179
lake_score: 46
dnr_lake_id: "31011200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lower-panasa-lake
---

# Lower Panasa Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Calumet

- **Surface Area**: 248 acres
- **Max Depth**: 25 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 46/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lower Panasa Lake is a 248-acre lake near Calumet in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 25 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Nearby Lakes

- [Upper Panasa Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/upper-panasa-lake) - 1 miles, 148 acres
- [Snowball Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/snowball-lake) - 2.6 miles, 145 acres
- [Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/swan-lake) - 3.2 miles, 2,456 acres
- [North Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/north-twin-lake) - 3.2 miles, 239 acres
- [Lammon Aid Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lammon-aid-lake) - 3.3 miles, 63 acres
- [South Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/south-twin-lake) - 3.3 miles, 141 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.29831,-93.25179)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31011200)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

---
*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lower-panasa-lake)*