Public accessStocked 2025
Lake Lillian
Kandiyohi County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Big Kandiyohi Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Big Kandiyohi Lake is a 2,730-acre lake in Kandiyohi County, 18 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2024. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 34008600
- County
- Kandiyohi
- Surface area
- 2,730 acres
- Maximum depth
- 18 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 1,445 acres, 53% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 14.3 miles
- Average water clarity
- 3.5 feet (Secchi disk, 5 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- September 2024, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 23, since 1984
- Game fish caught in the 2024 survey
- walleye 64
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, walleye, white crappie, yellow perch, and 12 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (666,800)
- Stocked in 2024
- northern pike adults (209); northern pike fingerlings (1,833); walleye fry (399,896)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (499,942)
- Stocking years on record
- 9 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Big Kandiyohi Lake (W) Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 12 trailer spaces, toilet, run by Kandiyohi County
- Big Kandiyohi Lake (E) Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 2 docks, 20 trailer spaces, toilet, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have been tested
- Size
- 2,000 acres or more
- 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.