---
type: lake
name: "Trout Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Grand Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1743
max_depth_ft: 157
latitude: 47.462
longitude: -93.55452
lake_score: 70
dnr_lake_id: "31041000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/trout-lake-grand-rapids
---

# Trout Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Grand Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 1,743 acres
- **Max Depth**: 157 ft
- **Shoreline**: 13.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 12.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 70/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Trout Lake is a 1,743-acre lake near Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 157 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 13.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 12.3 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, and lake trout. 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 2022.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 26, based on 47 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 26
- **Years of record**: 47
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-08
- **Latest**: 1966-05-16

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-long-lake) - 2 miles, 305 acres
- [Spider Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/spider-lake) - 2.3 miles, 1,392 acres
- [Johnson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/johnson-lake) - 2.7 miles, 434 acres
- [Bluewater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bluewater-lake) - 2.9 miles, 364 acres
- [Wabana Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/wabana-lake) - 2.9 miles, 2,221 acres
- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/sand-lake-grand-rapids) - 3.2 miles, 195 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.462,-93.55452)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31041000)
- [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/trout-lake-grand-rapids)*