---
type: lake
name: "Tonseth Lake"
county: "Otter Tail"
nearest_town: "Erhard"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 149
max_depth_ft: 27
latitude: 46.44679
longitude: -95.97172
lake_score: 28
dnr_lake_id: "56069000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/tonseth-lake
---

# Tonseth Lake

Lake in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, near Erhard

- **Surface Area**: 149 acres
- **Max Depth**: 27 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.2 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 28/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Tonseth Lake is a 149-acre lake near Erhard in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It reaches 27 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1999.

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 15, based on 39 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**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1999
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 39
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-22
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Heilberger Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/heilberger-lake) - 1.2 miles, 221 acres
- [Anderson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/anderson-lake) - 1.6 miles, 89 acres
- [Eddy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/eddy-lake) - 2.9 miles, 141 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/long-lake-edwards) - 2.9 miles, 288 acres
- [Twenty-one Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/twenty-one-lake) - 3.5 miles, 142 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/long-lake-fergus-falls) - 4.1 miles, 767 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.44679,-95.97172)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=56069000)
- [All lakes in Otter Tail County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county)

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