BAY LAKE
SOUTH OF DEERWOOD IN CROW WING COUNTY
Area: 2329.9 acres
Deepest Point: 74 feet
Shore Length: 24.1 miles
Defining
Characteristics: This lake is heavily populated with over 600 homes/ cabins, three resorts and a church camp. It supports a wide variety of waterrelated recreational activities in addition to angling. Public accesses are located on the east and west sides of the lake.
Number of aquatic plant species: 24 species of submerged vegetation and 39 emergent species present and is critical to maintaining healthy fish populations.
Fish to Catch: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, central mudminnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, logperch, mimic shiner, pugnose shiner, shiners, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom
Sources: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnesotalakes. net and Wikipedia