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Ramsey County
Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Wakefield Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Wakefield Lake is a 22-acre lake in Ramsey County, 8 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2016. Recorded species include northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 62001100
- County
- Ramsey
- Surface area
- 22 acres
- Maximum depth
- 8 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 21 acres, 96% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 0.8 miles
- Average water clarity
- 4.4 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Nearest town (DNR)
- Gladstone
- Latest DNR fish survey
- July 2016, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 4, since 2001
- Game fish caught in the 2016 survey
- bluegill 271, yellow perch 36, pumpkinseed 19, northern pike 8
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, and 3 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- northern pike adults (112); yellow perch adults (1,425)
- Stocked in 2019
- bluegill sunfish adults (1,823)
- Public accesses (DNR survey record)
- 1, owned by city
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have been tested
- Size
- Under 100 acres
- Deepest point
- Under 15 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.