---
type: lake
name: "Sugar Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Cass Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1509
max_depth_ft: 22
latitude: 47.45164
longitude: -94.30934
lake_score: 45
dnr_lake_id: "31092600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/sugar-lake
---

# Sugar Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Cass Lake

- **Surface Area**: 1,509 acres
- **Max Depth**: 22 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.1 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 45/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sugar Lake is a 1,509-acre lake near Cass Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 22 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 6.1 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. Special fishing regulations apply to walleye, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1993.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. The lake is listed as infested with faucet snail and zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1993
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Walleye**: All from 18-23" must be immediately released. One over 23" allowed in possession.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Invasive Species

faucet snail, zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lake Winnibigoshish](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/lake-winnibigoshish) - 5.7 miles, 56,471 acres
- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/portage-lake) - 7.5 miles, 1,539 acres
- [Upper Sucker Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/upper-sucker-lake) - 8.1 miles, 113 acres
- [Middle Sucker Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/middle-sucker-lake) - 8.9 miles, 286 acres
- [Moose Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/moose-lake) - 9.7 miles, 601 acres
- [Lower Sucker Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/lower-sucker-lake) - 10 miles, 592 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.45164,-94.30934)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31092600)
- [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/sugar-lake)*