Zebra musselsPublic access
Otter Tail River(Red Rive
Otter Tail County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Lake Jewett
Lake-specific eating adviceZebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2025
Lake Jewett is a 747-acre lake in Otter Tail County, 75 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
- 56087700
- County
- Otter Tail
- Surface area
- 747 acres
- Maximum depth
- 75 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 262 acres, 35% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 4.1 miles
- Average water clarity
- 12.0 feet (Secchi disk, 5 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- May 2025, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 12, since 1980
- Game fish caught in the 2025 survey
- hybrid sunfish 119, bluegill 95, pumpkinseed 56
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow perch, and 15 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- black crappie yearlings (1,455); walleye fingerlings (6,058)
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye fingerlings (5,363); walleye adults (244)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fingerlings (3,780)
- Stocking years on record
- 10 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Jewett Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 6 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Infested waters list
- zebra mussel
- Eating advice, general populations
- cisco: all sizes - 1 serving/week
- Size
- 500 to 1,999 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.