Public accessStocked 2025
Whitefish Lake
Polk County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Cross Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Cross Lake is a 320-acre lake in Polk County, 19 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2022. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 60002700
- County
- Polk
- Surface area
- 320 acres
- Maximum depth
- 19 feet
- Mean depth
- 12 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 303 acres, 95% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 6.5 miles
- Average water clarity
- 6.8 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2022, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 7, since 1980
- Game fish caught in the 2022 survey
- northern pike 36, bluegill 36, black crappie 15, yellow perch 11, walleye 8
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow perch, and 5 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (303,000)
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye fry (313,069)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (303,000)
- Stocking years on record
- 7 of the last 10 (2017 to 2025)
- Public accesses (DNR survey record)
- 1, owned by county
- 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
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.