---
type: lake
name: "Becker Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Richmond"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 221
max_depth_ft: 20
latitude: 45.44344
longitude: -94.53826
lake_score: 49
dnr_lake_id: "73015600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/becker-lake
---

# Becker Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Richmond

- **Surface Area**: 221 acres
- **Max Depth**: 20 ft
- **Average Depth**: 2 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 49/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Becker Lake is a 221-acre lake near Richmond in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 20 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 2 feet, and has roughly 5.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.4 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## 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**: 17
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit 10.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2005-04-04
- **Latest**: 2007-04-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/horseshoe-lake) - 1.2 miles, 629 acres
- [Cedar Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/cedar-island-lake) - 2 miles, 986 acres
- [Big Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-lake) - 2.3 miles, 458 acres
- [Zumwalde Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/zumwalde-lake) - 2.6 miles, 128 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake) - 3.1 miles, 487 acres
- [Great Northern Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/great-northern-lake) - 3.4 miles, 196 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.44344,-94.53826)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73015600)
- [All lakes in Stearns County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county)

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