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Winsted Lake
Lake-specific eating advicePublic accessStocked 2025
Winsted Lake is a 382-acre lake in McLeod County, 12 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2021. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 43001200
- County
- McLeod
- Surface area
- 382 acres
- Maximum depth
- 12 feet
- Mean depth
- 6 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 382 acres, 100% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 4.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 3.0 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- June 2021, standard survey
- Surveys on record
- 8, since 1974
- Game fish caught in the 2021 survey
- black crappie 710, yellow perch 104, green sunfish 12, largemouth bass 3, orangespotted sunfish 2, northern pike 1, bluegill 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, walleye, white crappie, yellow perch, and 10 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (192,267)
- Stocked in 2024
- northern pike adults (18)
- Stocked in 2023
- black crappie adults (84); bluegill sunfish adults (52); walleye fry (192,774)
- Stocking years on record
- 6 of the last 10 (2017 to 2025)
- Winsted Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, concrete slab ramp, 1 dock, 6 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Eating advice, general populations
- crappie: all sizes - 2 servings/week
- Size
- 100 to 499 acres
- Deepest point
- Under 15 feet
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
- Lake-specific eating advice
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites
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.