---
type: lake
name: "Bassett Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Fairbanks"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 403
max_depth_ft: 21
latitude: 47.36952
longitude: -91.90498
lake_score: 56
dnr_lake_id: "69004100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/bassett-lake
---

# Bassett Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Fairbanks

- **Surface Area**: 403 acres
- **Max Depth**: 21 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 56/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Bassett Lake is a 403-acre lake near Fairbanks in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 21 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 5.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.9 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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) managed by the township. Ice typically goes out around April 27, based on 11 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: township
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **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, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 27
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2005-04-15
- **Latest**: 2022-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Cadotte Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/cadotte-lake) - 0.7 miles, 294 acres
- [Salo Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/salo-lake) - 4.5 miles, 141 acres
- [Otto Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/otto-lake) - 4.9 miles, 154 acres
- [Wolf Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/wolf-lake) - 6.7 miles, 456 acres
- [Murphy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/murphy-lake) - 6.7 miles, 113 acres
- [Indian Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/indian-lake) - 7.1 miles, 57 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.36952,-91.90498)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69004100)
- [All lakes in St. Louis County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county)

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