Public accessStocked 2025
Block Lake
Otter Tail County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Spitzer Lake
Public accessStocked 2025
Spitzer Lake is a 731-acre lake in Otter Tail County, 33 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2018. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 56016000
- County
- Otter Tail
- Surface area
- 731 acres
- Maximum depth
- 33 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 631 acres, 86% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 20.7 miles
- Average water clarity
- 9.3 feet (Secchi disk, 2 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2018, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 5, since 1982
- Game fish caught in the 2018 survey
- bluegill 808, northern pike 115, hybrid sunfish 67, pumpkinseed 56, black crappie 27, yellow perch 20, largemouth bass 10, walleye 4
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow perch, and 4 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fingerlings (3,000)
- Stocked in 2018
- walleye fry (631,000)
- Stocked in 2016
- walleye fry (631,000)
- Spitzer Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 3 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have been tested
- Size
- 500 to 1,999 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.