---
type: lake
name: "Pickerel Lake"
county: "Sherburne"
nearest_town: "Cable"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 108
max_depth_ft: 21
latitude: 45.4694
longitude: -94.06379
lake_score: 33
dnr_lake_id: "71015800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/pickerel-lake
---

# Pickerel Lake

Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota, near Cable

- **Surface Area**: 108 acres
- **Max Depth**: 21 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 33/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pickerel Lake is a 108-acre lake near Cable in Sherburne County, Minnesota. It reaches 21 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11.8 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2007.

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.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2007
- **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, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/long-lake) - 0.6 miles, 174 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/clear-lake) - 1.8 miles, 113 acres
- [Camp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/camp-lake) - 5.4 miles, 82 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake-clearwater) - 5.4 miles, 69 acres
- [Elk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/elk-lake-clear-lake) - 5.7 miles, 357 acres
- [Briggs Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/briggs-lake) - 6.3 miles, 404 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.4694,-94.06379)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=71015800)
- [All lakes in Sherburne County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county)

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