---
type: lake
name: "Pelican Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Saint Anna"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 291
max_depth_ft: 46
latitude: 45.65436
longitude: -94.48581
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "73011800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pelican-lake
---

# Pelican Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Saint Anna

- **Surface Area**: 291 acres
- **Max Depth**: 46 ft
- **Average Depth**: 17 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pelican Lake is a 291-acre lake near Saint Anna in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 46 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 17 feet, and has roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14.8 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 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 7, based on 54 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**: 14
- **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, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 7
- **Years of record**: 54
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-07
- **Latest**: 2018-05-03

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pine-lake) - 1.1 miles, 108 acres
- [Two Rivers Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/two-rivers-lake) - 2.5 miles, 583 acres
- [Lower Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/lower-spunk-lake) - 2.8 miles, 179 acres
- [Ochotto Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/ochotto-lake) - 3 miles, 40 acres
- [Middle Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/middle-spunk-lake) - 3.4 miles, 236 acres
- [Linneman Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/linneman-lake) - 4.2 miles, 110 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.65436,-94.48581)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73011800)
- [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/pelican-lake)*