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St. Croix Lake
Lake-specific eating adviceInfested waters listPublic accessStocked 2025
St. Croix Lake is a 8,393-acre lake in Washington County, 78 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2024. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crappie and trout.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 82000100
- County
- Washington
- Surface area
- 8,393 acres
- Maximum depth
- 78 feet
- Shoreline
- 124.5 miles
- Average water clarity
- 5.7 feet (Secchi disk, 24 readings)
- Border water
- Shared with Wisconsin
- Nearest town (DNR)
- Stillwater
- Latest DNR fish survey
- October 2024, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 18, since 1992
- Game fish caught in the 2024 survey
- yellow perch 148, channel catfish 69, white bass 68, sauger 63, walleye 63, northern pike 31, bluegill 26, black crappie 16
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, brown trout, channel catfish, flathead catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, lake sturgeon, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, paddlefish, pumpkinseed, rock bass, sauger, smallmouth bass, trout-perch, walleye, walleye/sauger, white bass, white crappie, yellow perch, and 36 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- muskellunge fingerlings (2,414)
- Stocked in 2024
- muskellunge fingerlings (192)
- Stocked in 2021
- muskellunge fry (23,660)
- Stocking years on record
- 6 of the last 10 (2017 to 2025)
- Public accesses (DNR survey record)
- 1, owned by DNR
- Infested waters list
- Eurasian watermilfoil
- Eating advice, general populations
- buffalo: all sizes - 1 serving/month; channel catfish: all sizes - 1 serving/month
- Size
- 2,000 acres or more
- Deepest point
- 60 feet or more
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
- Lake-specific eating advice
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
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.