---
type: lake
name: "Pleasant Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Pleasant Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 218
max_depth_ft: 33
latitude: 45.49417
longitude: -94.28693
lake_score: 50
dnr_lake_id: "73005100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pleasant-lake
---

# Pleasant Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Pleasant Lake

- **Surface Area**: 218 acres
- **Max Depth**: 33 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 50/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pleasant Lake is a 218-acre lake near Pleasant Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 33 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 3.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.4 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth 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.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 11, based on 7 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit five.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 11
- **Years of record**: 7
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-03
- **Latest**: 2008-04-23

## Nearby Lakes

- [Grand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/grand-lake) - 4.6 miles, 651 acres
- [Kraemer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kraemer-lake) - 5.5 miles, 195 acres
- [Beaver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/beaver-lake) - 6 miles, 112 acres
- [Pearl Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pearl-lake) - 6.6 miles, 753 acres
- [Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/island-lake) - 6.8 miles, 116 acres
- [Sagatagan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/sagatagan-lake) - 7.4 miles, 227 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.49417,-94.28693)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73005100)
- [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/pleasant-lake)*