---
type: lake
name: "Gander Lake"
county: "Lake"
nearest_town: "Isabella"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 117
max_depth_ft: 7
latitude: 47.68798
longitude: -91.50789
lake_score: 17
dnr_lake_id: "38055400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/gander-lake
---

# Gander Lake

Lake in Lake County, Minnesota, near Isabella

- **Surface Area**: 117 acres
- **Max Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.5 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 17/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Gander Lake is an 117-acre lake near Isabella in Lake County, Minnesota. It reaches 7 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.5 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 4 fish species here, including northern pike, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2005.

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. Ice typically goes out around April 27, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 4
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2005
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 27
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2017-04-10
- **Latest**: 2022-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Dragon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/dragon-lake) - 0.7 miles, 79 acres
- [Pike Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/pike-lake) - 2.2 miles, 77 acres
- [Grouse Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/grouse-lake) - 2.6 miles, 119 acres
- [Gegoka Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/gegoka-lake) - 2.8 miles, 145 acres
- [Flat Horn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/flat-horn-lake) - 3 miles, 52 acres
- [Two Deer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/two-deer-lake) - 3.1 miles, 45 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.68798,-91.50789)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=38055400)
- [All lakes in Lake County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county)

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