---
type: lake
name: "Shible Lake"
county: "Swift"
nearest_town: "Appleton"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 340
max_depth_ft: 8.5
latitude: 45.25346
longitude: -96.05134
lake_score: 38
dnr_lake_id: "76014100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/swift-county/shible-lake
---

# Shible Lake

Lake in Swift County, Minnesota, near Appleton

- **Surface Area**: 340 acres
- **Max Depth**: 9 ft
- **Average Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 38/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Shible Lake is a 340-acre lake near Appleton in Swift County, Minnesota. It reaches 9 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 7 feet, and has roughly 2.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.7 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 7 fish species here, including walleye. 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 2018.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR.

## 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**: 7
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2018
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Oliver Lake (East Portion)](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/swift-county/oliver-lake-east-portion) - 5.8 miles, 467 acres
- [Oliver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/swift-county/oliver-lake) - 5.9 miles, 686 acres
- [Marsh](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/marsh) - 6.4 miles, 4,462 acres
- [Oliver Lake (West Portion)](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/swift-county/oliver-lake-west-portion) - 6.5 miles, 218 acres
- [Artichoke Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/artichoke-lake) - 8.2 miles, 1,971 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/long-lake) - 8.9 miles, 395 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.25346,-96.05134)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=76014100)
- [All lakes in Swift County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/swift-county)

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