Zebra musselsPublic access
Lake Jessie
Douglas County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Smith Lake
Lake-specific eating adviceZebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2025
Smith Lake is a 666-acre lake in Douglas County, 30 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2024. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 21001600
- County
- Douglas
- Surface area
- 666 acres
- Maximum depth
- 30 feet
- Mean depth
- 15 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 364 acres, 55% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 6.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 3.3 feet (Secchi disk, 4 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- August 2024, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 12, since 1979
- Game fish caught in the 2024 survey
- bluegill 231, yellow perch 55, pumpkinseed 42, largemouth bass 25, black crappie 6, northern pike 5, hybrid sunfish 2, green sunfish 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow perch, and 16 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (182,000)
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye fry (182,000)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (182,000)
- Stocking years on record
- 7 of the last 10 (2017 to 2025)
- Smith Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 15 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Infested waters list
- zebra mussel
- Eating advice, general populations
- bullhead: all sizes - 2 servings/week
- Size
- 500 to 1,999 acres
- Deepest point
- 30 to 59 feet
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
- Lake-specific eating advice
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites
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.