---
type: lake
name: "Little Sturgeon Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Chisholm"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 272
max_depth_ft: 22
latitude: 47.65854
longitude: -93.05026
lake_score: 52
dnr_lake_id: "69129000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/little-sturgeon-lake
---

# Little Sturgeon Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Chisholm

- **Surface Area**: 272 acres
- **Max Depth**: 22 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 52/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Little Sturgeon Lake is a 272-acre lake near Chisholm in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 22 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 27 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Golden Redhorse, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 27
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-30
- **Latest**: 2022-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [West Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/west-sturgeon-lake) - 1.1 miles, 117 acres
- [South Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/south-sturgeon-lake) - 1.6 miles, 204 acres
- [Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/sturgeon-lake) - 1.6 miles, 1,585 acres
- [Side Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/side-lake) - 1.8 miles, 368 acres
- [Perch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/perch-lake) - 2.9 miles, 344 acres
- [Beatrice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/beatrice-lake) - 3.5 miles, 124 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.65854,-93.05026)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69129000)
- [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/little-sturgeon-lake)*