Shady Lake
Olmsted County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Muskie lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Zumbro Lake
Lake-specific eating adviceZebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2024
Zumbro Lake is a 715-acre lake in Olmsted County, 43 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2021. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 55000400
- County
- Olmsted
- Surface area
- 715 acres
- Maximum depth
- 43 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 263 acres, 37% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 22.8 miles
- Average water clarity
- 5.3 feet (Secchi disk, 2 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2021, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 13, since 1962
- Game fish caught in the 2021 survey
- black crappie 77, largemouth bass 38, yellow perch 32, northern pike 31, white bass 16, smallmouth bass 16, channel catfish 10, bluegill 4
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, white bass, white crappie, yellow perch, and 20 other species
- Stocked in 2024
- muskellunge fingerlings (304); walleye fingerlings (13,840)
- Stocked in 2022
- walleye fingerlings (17,395)
- Stocked in 2019
- muskellunge fingerlings (300)
- Stocking years on record
- 6 of the last 10 (2016 to 2024)
- Zumbro River, Lake Zumbro/Ponderosa Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 20 trailer spaces, toilet, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Zumbro Lake, Fisherman Drive
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 16 trailer spaces, toilet, run by Olmsted County, Parks Department
- Infested waters list
- zebra mussel
- Eating advice, general populations
- crappie: 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.