---
type: lake
name: "Net Lake"
county: "Pine"
nearest_town: "Nickerson"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 138
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 46.41589
longitude: -92.44947
lake_score: 27
dnr_lake_id: "58003800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/net-lake
---

# Net Lake

Lake in Pine County, Minnesota, near Nickerson

- **Surface Area**: 138 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Average Depth**: 6 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.7 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 27/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Net Lake is a 138-acre lake near Nickerson in Pine County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 6 feet, and has roughly 2.7 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 8 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, 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 18, 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**: 8
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2005
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2015-04-05
- **Latest**: 2008-04-25

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/pickerel-lake) - 1 miles, 56 acres
- [Oak Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/oak-lake) - 7.2 miles, 459 acres
- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/sand-lake) - 9.6 miles, 128 acres
- [Little Hanging Horn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/little-hanging-horn-lake) - 11.8 miles, 114 acres
- [Bear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/bear-lake) - 12.2 miles, 100 acres
- [Eleven Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/eleven-lake) - 12.3 miles, 108 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.41589,-92.44947)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=58003800)
- [All lakes in Pine County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county)

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