Public accessStocked 2024
Roy Lake
Mahnomen County
Sunfish lake, Trout lake
Island Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Island Lake is a 44-acre lake in Clearwater County, 58 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2022. Recorded species include trout.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 15012700
- County
- Clearwater
- Surface area
- 44 acres
- Maximum depth
- 58 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 27 acres, 60% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 1.6 miles
- Average water clarity
- 10.8 feet (Secchi disk, 1 readings)
- Nearest town (DNR)
- Zerkel
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2022, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 7, since 1976
- Game fish caught in the 2022 survey
- green sunfish 814, rainbow trout 13
- Fish species recorded
- brown trout, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, rainbow trout, and 4 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- brown trout yearlings (300); rainbow trout yearlings (3,000)
- Stocked in 2024
- brown trout yearlings (300); rainbow trout yearlings (3,000)
- Stocked in 2023
- brown trout yearlings (300); rainbow trout yearlings (2,400)
- Stocking years on record
- 10 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Wapatus (Island) Lake Public Water Access Site
- carry-in, natural ramp, 2 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have not been tested
- Size
- Under 100 acres
- Deepest point
- 30 to 59 feet
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites
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.