---
type: lake
name: "Tulaby Lake"
county: "Mahnomen"
nearest_town: "Waubun"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 832
max_depth_ft: 43
latitude: 47.15072
longitude: -95.60608
lake_score: 59
dnr_lake_id: "44000300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mahnomen-county/tulaby-lake
---

# Tulaby Lake

Lake in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, near Waubun

- **Surface Area**: 832 acres
- **Max Depth**: 43 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 59/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Tulaby Lake is an 832-acre lake near Waubun in Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It reaches 43 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.8 miles of shoreline. By surface area it ranks No. 3 among the 13 Mahnomen County lakes in this directory. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 39 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 39
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-24
- **Latest**: 2013-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Elbow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mahnomen-county/little-elbow-lake) - 2.4 miles, 168 acres
- [Elbow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/elbow-lake) - 3.5 miles, 995 acres
- [Pike Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/pike-lake) - 4.1 miles, 124 acres
- [Little Bemidji Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/little-bemidji-lake) - 4.3 miles, 293 acres
- [Snider Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mahnomen-county/snider-lake) - 4.5 miles, 634 acres
- [McCraney Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mahnomen-county/mccraney-lake) - 4.8 miles, 270 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.15072,-95.60608)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=44000300)
- [All lakes in Mahnomen County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mahnomen-county)

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