Pleasant Lake map - Cass County

PLEASANT LAKE

NEAR HACKENSACK IN CASS COUNTY

Area: 1099.18 acres

Deepest Point: 72 feet

Shore Length: 10.06 miles

Defining Characteristics: Pleasant Lake is one of several lakes connected by the Boy River, which originates in Ten Mile Lake and flows through Pleasant Lake and then continues north to Leach Lake.

Water Quality: A hardwater, mesotrophic, or moderately nutrient enriched lake, with relatively high water clarity.

Number of aquatic plant species: more than 37 different native aquatic plant species.

Fish to Catch: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), greater redhorse, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, common shiner, emerald shiner, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, logperch, mimic shiner, river shiner, spotfin shiner, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom

Historic Fact: There were several hotels, general stores, and even a hospital on Pleasant Lake. The Hidenwood Hospital, built by Dr. A.J. Button, was destroyed by fire in 1925.

Sources: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnesotalakes.net and Wikipedia

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Pleasant Lake map - Cass County

Published on Apr 25, 2023

Brainerd Dispatch and Echo Journal

Pleasant Lake Area: 1099.18 acres Deepest Point: 72 feet Shore Length: 10.06 miles Defining Characteristics: Pleasant Lake is one of several lakes connected by the Boy River, which originates in Ten Mile Lake and flows through Pleasant Lake and then continues north to Leech Lake. Fish to Catch: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), greater redhorse, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, common shiner, emerald shiner, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, logperch, mimic shiner, river shiner, spotfin shiner, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom Historic Fact: There were several hotels, general stores, and even a hospital on Pleasant Lake. The Hidenwood Hospital, built by Dr. A.J. Button, was destroyed by fire in 1925.