Public access
Sand Lake
Stearns County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Kings Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Kings Lake is a 204-acre lake in Stearns County, 44 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
- 73023300
- County
- Stearns
- Surface area
- 204 acres
- Maximum depth
- 44 feet
- Mean depth
- 23 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 46 acres, 23% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 3.1 miles
- Average water clarity
- 12.8 feet (Secchi disk, 2 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- August 2025, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 9, since 1978
- Game fish caught in the 2025 survey
- bluegill 718, yellow perch 110, black crappie 59, largemouth bass 22, hybrid sunfish 20, green sunfish 13, pumpkinseed 11, northern pike 4
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow perch, and 21 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye yearlings (300)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fingerlings (1,000)
- Stocked in 2020
- walleye fingerlings (1,000); walleye yearlings (1,000)
- Stocking years on record
- 5 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Kings Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 18 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
- 30 to 59 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.