Public accessStocked 2025
Long Lake
Big Stone County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Artichoke Lake
Public accessStocked 2024
Artichoke Lake is a 1,971-acre lake in Big Stone County, 16 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2025. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 06000200
- County
- Big Stone
- Surface area
- 1,971 acres
- Maximum depth
- 16 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 1,970 acres, 100% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 20.7 miles
- Average water clarity
- 2.8 feet (Secchi disk, 46 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- August 2025, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 29, since 1983
- Game fish caught in the 2025 survey
- orangespotted sunfish 2,217, walleye 411, largemouth bass 373, bluegill 68, black crappie 32, northern pike 15, channel catfish 2, sunfish 2
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, sunfish, walleye, white bass, yellow perch, and 15 other species
- Stocked in 2024
- black crappie adults (95); largemouth bass adults (32); walleye fry (1,000,000)
- Stocked in 2023
- spo adults (15,500); black crappie adults (124); walleye fry (1,002,310)
- Stocked in 2022
- walleye fry (1,000,418)
- Stocking years on record
- 7 of the last 10 (2016 to 2024)
- Artichoke Lake (E) Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 6 trailer spaces, run by Artichoke Township
- Artichoke Lake (N) Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 20 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Artichoke Lake (S) Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 2 docks, 30 trailer spaces, toilet, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have been tested
- Size
- 500 to 1,999 acres
- Deepest point
- 15 to 29 feet
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites
Checked September 24, 2026
Survey catches show what DNR nets and electrofishing found on the survey date, not how the fishing is today. Check the current regulations and the Department of Health advice before you keep fish, and confirm access conditions before you tow a boat.