---
type: lake
name: "Lower Comstock Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Markham"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 160
max_depth_ft: 30
latitude: 47.20756
longitude: -92.2416
lake_score: 51
dnr_lake_id: "69041202"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/lower-comstock-lake
---

# Lower Comstock Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Markham

- **Surface Area**: 160 acres
- **Max Depth**: 30 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 51/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lower Comstock Lake is a 160-acre lake near Markham in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 30 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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 2018.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2018
- **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, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Upper Comstock Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/upper-comstock-lake) - 1.2 miles, 267 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/long-lake-cotton) - 4.4 miles, 199 acres
- [Schubert Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/schubert-lake) - 4.5 miles, 212 acres
- [Cameron Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/cameron-lake) - 5.4 miles, 168 acres
- [Morcom Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/morcom-lake) - 6.5 miles, 206 acres
- [Dinham Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/dinham-lake) - 7.5 miles, 202 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.20756,-92.2416)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69041202)
- [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/lower-comstock-lake)*