Public accessStocked 2024
Cameron Lake
Polk County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Badger Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Badger Lake is a 256-acre lake in Polk County, 19 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2016. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 60021400
- County
- Polk
- Surface area
- 256 acres
- Maximum depth
- 19 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 255 acres, 100% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 3.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 8.2 feet (Secchi disk, 2 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2016, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 5, since 1989
- Game fish caught in the 2016 survey
- bluegill 142, northern pike 33, pumpkinseed 9, yellow perch 7, largemouth bass 5, walleye 3
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow perch, and 7 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (260,000)
- Stocked in 2024
- bluegill sunfish adults (100); walleye fry (259,983)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (260,000)
- Stocking years on record
- 9 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Badger Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, natural ramp, 5 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
- 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.