PONTO LAKE N
CASS COUNTY
Area: 1309.06 acres
Area: 388.05 acres
Shore Length: 4.53 miles
Deepest Point: 60 feet
Water Quality: The water on Ponto Lake is suitable for swimming and wading with good clarity and low algae levels throughout open water season.
Fish Species: Black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, burbot, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), white sucker, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, mimic shiner, spottail shiner
Public Water Access: A public boat ramp is accessible off 10th Avenue Northwest east of the lake.
Historic Fact: According to “Ponto: A Place in our Hearts,” Ponto Lake residents were without electricity until 1948, when the Crow Wing Cooperative Power and Light Company of Brainerd began to expand its utility lines around the lake. According to the Cass County, Minnesota, centennial history book, the lake was without phone service until 1920, when the township borrowed money to purchase the first telephones and batteries, poles and wires for the township. The primary purpose behind installing phones was for fire protection.
Sources: DNR Lake Finder, “Ponto: A Place in our Hearts,” “Cass County, Minnesota Centennial History Book”
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