Public accessStocked 2025
Wakefield Lake
Ramsey County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Lake Phalen
Lake-specific eating adviceZebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2025
Lake Phalen is a 198-acre lake in Ramsey County, 91 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2020. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 62001300
- County
- Ramsey
- Surface area
- 198 acres
- Maximum depth
- 91 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 80 acres, 40% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 3.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 10.4 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Nearest town (DNR)
- St. Paul
- Latest DNR fish survey
- August 2020, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 9, since 1979
- Game fish caught in the 2020 survey
- bluegill 72, black crappie 18, northern pike 15, largemouth bass 3, yellow perch 3, walleye 2, pumpkinseed 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, sauger, walleye, white bass, white crappie, yellow perch, and 12 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- tiger muskellunge fingerlings (120)
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye yearlings (600)
- Stocked in 2023
- tiger muskellunge fingerlings (120)
- Stocking years on record
- 8 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Public accesses (DNR survey record)
- 1, owned by city
- Infested waters list
- Eurasian watermilfoil, zebra mussel
- Special regulation
- Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge: Minimum size limit 40". Possession limit one.
- Eating advice, sensitive populations
- all species: all sizes - do not eat
- Eating advice, general populations
- all species: all sizes - 1 serving/month
- Size
- 100 to 499 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 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.