Public accessStocked 2025
Cedar Lake
Stearns County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Sylvia Lake
Zebra musselsPublic accessStocked 2024
Sylvia Lake is a 85-acre lake in Stearns County, 56 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2018. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 73024900
- County
- Stearns
- Surface area
- 85 acres
- Maximum depth
- 56 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 22 acres, 26% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 2.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 8.0 feet (Secchi disk, 1 readings)
- Nearest town (DNR)
- Ward Springs
- Latest DNR fish survey
- July 2018, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 9, since 1979
- Game fish caught in the 2018 survey
- smallmouth bass 39, bluegill 31, northern pike 15, largemouth bass 14, black crappie 12, walleye 7, channel catfish 3, hybrid sunfish 3
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow perch, and 25 other species
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye fry (100,000)
- Sylvia Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 10 trailer spaces, run by Stearns County
- Infested waters list
- Eurasian watermilfoil, zebra mussel
- 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.