---
type: lake
name: "Big Spunk Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Avon"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 415
max_depth_ft: 38
latitude: 45.59307
longitude: -94.4717
lake_score: 62
dnr_lake_id: "73011700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-spunk-lake
---

# Big Spunk Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Avon

- **Surface Area**: 415 acres
- **Max Depth**: 38 ft
- **Average Depth**: 16 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 62/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Big Spunk Lake is a 415-acre lake near Avon in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 38 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 16 feet, and has roughly 4.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.7 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 19 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 8, based on 12 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**: 19
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling, Picnicking

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Picnic Area

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-13
- **Latest**: 2018-05-03

## Nearby Lakes

- [Middle Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/middle-spunk-lake) - 1 miles, 236 acres
- [Kreigle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kreigle-lake) - 1 miles, 102 acres
- [Linneman Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/linneman-lake) - 1.3 miles, 110 acres
- [Lower Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/lower-spunk-lake) - 1.8 miles, 179 acres
- [Kalla Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kalla-lake) - 1.9 miles, 106 acres
- [Ochotto Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/ochotto-lake) - 2.2 miles, 40 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.59307,-94.4717)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73011700)
- [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/big-spunk-lake)*