Stocked 2025
Ludlow Pit
Beltrami County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Upper Red Lake
Zebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2025
Upper Red Lake is a 119,294-acre lake in Beltrami County, 15 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2025. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 04003501
- County
- Beltrami
- Surface area
- 119,294 acres
- Maximum depth
- 15 feet
- Mean depth
- 12 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 47,681 acres, 40% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 59.2 miles
- Nearest town (DNR)
- Waskish
- Latest DNR fish survey
- July 2025, large lake survey
- Surveys on record
- 34, since 1986
- Game fish caught in the 2025 survey
- yellow perch 5,159, walleye 2,614, trout-perch 583, black crappie 43, northern pike 23
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, lake sturgeon, largemouth bass, northern pike, rock bass, trout-perch, walleye, yellow perch, and 29 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- lake sturgeon fingerlings (21,907)
- Stocked in 2024
- lake sturgeon fingerlings (24,262)
- Stocked in 2023
- lake sturgeon fingerlings (11,032)
- Stocking years on record
- 7 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Public accesses (DNR survey record)
- 2, owned by DNR
- Infested waters list
- zebra mussel
- Special regulation
- Northern Pike: All from 30-40" must be immediately released. Possession limit three, only one over 40".
- Special regulation
- Walleye: Beginning May 9, 2026 through November 14, 2026, the daily and possession limit is five; only one over 17" allowed in possession. Beginning November 15, 2026 through February 28, 2027, the daily and possession limit is four; only one over 17" allowed in possession.
- Special regulation
- : A person's statewide bag limit may not include more than current bag limit of Red Lake walleye
- Special regulation
- : <strong>State anglers:</strong> The actual boundary is not a true north-south line. To simplify, it's recommended that anglers stay east of the longitudinal coordinate of <b>94 deg. 43' 12.0"</b> to ensure they are on state waters.
- Special regulation
- : The fish carcass retention requirements are still in effect. See page 37 of the Minnesota Fishing Regulations booklet.
- Special regulation
- : Those portions of Red Lake located within the Red Lake Indian Reservation are closed to non-band members except by special authorization of the tribal council.
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have been tested
- Size
- 2,000 acres or more
- 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.