---
type: lake
name: "Sturgeon Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Chisholm"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1585
max_depth_ft: 79.8
latitude: 47.68184
longitude: -93.05159
lake_score: 69
dnr_lake_id: "69093901"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/sturgeon-lake
---

# Sturgeon Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Chisholm

- **Surface Area**: 1,585 acres
- **Max Depth**: 80 ft
- **Shoreline**: 10.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 12.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 69/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sturgeon Lake is a 1,585-acre lake near Chisholm in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 80 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 10.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 12.8 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 25, based on 39 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**: 15
- **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, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Lake Whitefish, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Golden Redhorse, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 25
- **Years of record**: 39
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-27
- **Latest**: 1996-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [West Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/west-sturgeon-lake) - 1.6 miles, 117 acres
- [Side Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/side-lake) - 1.6 miles, 368 acres
- [Little Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/little-sturgeon-lake) - 1.6 miles, 272 acres
- [Beatrice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/beatrice-lake) - 2 miles, 124 acres
- [Perch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/perch-lake) - 2.8 miles, 344 acres
- [South Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/south-sturgeon-lake) - 3.1 miles, 204 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.68184,-93.05159)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69093901)
- [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/sturgeon-lake)*