---
type: lake
name: "Maple Lake"
county: "Todd"
nearest_town: "Gutches Grove"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 388
max_depth_ft: 23
latitude: 45.90849
longitude: -95.00324
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "77018100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/maple-lake
---

# Maple Lake

Lake in Todd County, Minnesota, near Gutches Grove

- **Surface Area**: 388 acres
- **Max Depth**: 23 ft
- **Average Depth**: 17 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Maple Lake is a 388-acre lake near Gutches Grove in Todd County, Minnesota. It reaches 23 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 17 feet, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6.9 feet.

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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 17, based on 19 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**: 2025
- **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, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 19
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-19
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Sauk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/little-sauk-lake) - 3.7 miles, 277 acres
- [Little Osakis Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/little-osakis-lake) - 3.7 miles, 114 acres
- [Juergens Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/juergens-lake) - 4.5 miles, 117 acres
- [Lake Osakis](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/lake-osakis) - 5 miles, 6,389 acres
- [Guernsey Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/guernsey-lake) - 5.3 miles, 121 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/cedar-lake) - 5.7 miles, 139 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.90849,-95.00324)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=77018100)
- [All lakes in Todd County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county)

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