Rock Lake
Pine County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Muskie lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Cross Lake
Lake-specific eating adviceInfested waters listPublic accessStocked 2025
Cross Lake is a 925-acre lake in Pine County, 30 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2025. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 58011900
- County
- Pine
- Surface area
- 925 acres
- Maximum depth
- 30 feet
- Mean depth
- 14 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 507 acres, 55% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 12.8 miles
- Average water clarity
- 4.9 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- May 2025, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 13, since 1981
- Game fish caught in the 2025 survey
- bluegill 314, black crappie 265, white crappie 22, pumpkinseed 16, walleye 4, hybrid sunfish 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, lake sturgeon, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, shovelnose sturgeon, smallmouth bass, trout-perch, walleye, white bass, white crappie, yellow perch, and 26 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- muskellunge yearlings (100); walleye adults (55); walleye adults (205); walleye fry (127,000); walleye yearlings (229); walleye fingerlings (4,460)
- Stocked in 2024
- muskellunge fingerlings (500); walleye fry (127,000)
- Stocked in 2023
- muskellunge fingerlings (37); walleye fingerlings (19,430); walleye fry (254,000)
- Stocking years on record
- 9 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Snake River, Cross Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 20 trailer spaces, toilet, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Infested waters list
- Eurasian watermilfoil
- Special regulation, Cross Lake and connected waters including the Snake River upstream to and including underneath Interstate 35 and downstream to County Road 9.
- Sunfish: Daily limit 10.
- Eating advice, general populations
- crappie: all sizes - 2 servings/week; yellow perch: 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.