---
type: lake
name: "Smith Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Marcell"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 209
max_depth_ft: 32
latitude: 47.54764
longitude: -93.62194
lake_score: 51
dnr_lake_id: "31065000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/smith-lake
---

# Smith Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Marcell

- **Surface Area**: 209 acres
- **Max Depth**: 32 ft
- **Average Depth**: 12 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.1 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 51/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Smith Lake is a 209-acre lake near Marcell in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 32 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 12 feet, and has roughly 5.1 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2003.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface). Ice typically goes out around April 25, based on 12 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2003
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 25
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-25
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [East Smith Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/east-smith-lake) - 0.7 miles, 152 acres
- [Big Ole Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/big-ole-lake) - 1.6 miles, 217 acres
- [Caribou Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/caribou-lake) - 1.7 miles, 247 acres
- [Big Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/big-island-lake) - 2 miles, 244 acres
- [North Star Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/north-star-lake) - 2.1 miles, 832 acres
- [Crooked Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/crooked-lake-marcell) - 2.6 miles, 134 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.54764,-93.62194)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31065000)
- [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/smith-lake)*