---
type: lake
name: "Pine Island Lake"
county: "Todd"
nearest_town: "Cushing"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 238
max_depth_ft: 26
latitude: 46.11577
longitude: -94.71313
lake_score: 62
dnr_lake_id: "77006700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/pine-island-lake
---

# Pine Island Lake

Lake in Todd County, Minnesota, near Cushing

- **Surface Area**: 238 acres
- **Max Depth**: 26 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 62/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pine Island Lake is a 238-acre lake near Cushing in Todd County, Minnesota. It reaches 26 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14.5 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 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 2024.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the township. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 15 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: township
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **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, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 15
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-15
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Thunder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/thunder-lake) - 1.7 miles, 214 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/rice-lake) - 2.2 miles, 562 acres
- [Big Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/big-lake) - 2.3 miles, 297 acres
- [Coal Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/coal-lake) - 3.1 miles, 171 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/horseshoe-lake) - 5.6 miles, 121 acres
- [Mill Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/mill-lake) - 5.7 miles, 171 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.11577,-94.71313)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=77006700)
- [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/pine-island-lake)*