Lake-specific eating advicePublic access
North Brown's Lake
Stearns County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Eden Lake
Lake-specific eating advicePublic accessStocked 2025
Eden Lake is a 278-acre lake in Stearns County, 77 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
- 73015000
- County
- Stearns
- Surface area
- 278 acres
- Maximum depth
- 77 feet
- Mean depth
- 19 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 124 acres, 45% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 2.5 miles
- Average water clarity
- 6.3 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2024, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 11, since 1980
- Game fish caught in the 2024 survey
- black crappie 302, yellow perch 111, northern pike 69, walleye 51, bluegill 19, pumpkinseed 14, largemouth bass 3, hybrid sunfish 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow perch, and 15 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fingerlings (2,610); walleye fingerlings (3,980); walleye yearlings (4); walleye yearlings (46)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye yearlings (364); walleye fingerlings (1,520); walleye fingerlings (110)
- Stocked in 2022
- walleye fingerlings (2,400)
- Stocking years on record
- 9 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Eden Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 8 trailer spaces, toilet, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Eating advice, general populations
- crappie: all sizes - 2 servings/week
- Size
- 100 to 499 acres
- Deepest point
- 60 feet or more
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
- Lake-specific eating advice
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota Department of Health fish consumption guidelines
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.