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Perkins Lake
Stevens County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Cottonwood Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Cottonwood Lake is a 255-acre lake in Grant County, 16 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2024. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 26018500
- County
- Grant
- Surface area
- 255 acres
- Maximum depth
- 16 feet
- Mean depth
- 10 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 243 acres, 95% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 2.3 miles
- Average water clarity
- 10.4 feet (Secchi disk, 9 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2024, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 15, since 1979
- Game fish caught in the 2024 survey
- walleye 143, northern pike 43, largemouth bass 26, black crappie 6, bluegill 4
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, rock bass, sunfish, walleye, white crappie, yellow perch, and 9 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye adults (16); walleye yearlings (395); walleye fingerlings (1,046)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fingerlings (3,692)
- Stocked in 2021
- walleye fingerlings (2,569)
- Stocking years on record
- 5 of the last 10 (2017 to 2025)
- Cottonwood Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 8 trailer spaces, toilet, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have not been tested
- Size
- 100 to 499 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.