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Douglas County
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Lake Jessie
Zebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2025
Lake Jessie is a 110-acre lake in Douglas County, 26 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2021. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 21005500
- County
- Douglas
- Surface area
- 110 acres
- Maximum depth
- 26 feet
- Mean depth
- 11 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 69 acres, 63% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 3.3 miles
- Average water clarity
- 4.5 feet (Secchi disk, 2 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- August 2021, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 10, since 1977
- Game fish caught in the 2021 survey
- bluegill 233, black crappie 78, largemouth bass 66, yellow perch 50, pumpkinseed 41, northern pike 4, hybrid sunfish 2, walleye 2
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow perch, and 15 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (69,000)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (69,000)
- Stocked in 2016
- walleye yearlings (3,450)
- Public accesses (DNR survey record)
- 1, owned by
- Infested waters list
- zebra mussel
- 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.