Pleasant Lake (Ramsey County)

Ramsey County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 62004600

Pleasant Lake (Ramsey County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.

• Pleasant Lake (Ramsey County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of September 2, 2026.
• Maximum depth 58 ft; surface area 607 acres, 273 littoral acres, 6.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 5.0 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, shorthead redhorse, walleye, white bass, yellow perch.
• 2 public accesses on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: September 22, 2020 (targeted survey).
• Ramsey County, nearest town North Oaks; DNR lake number (DOW) 62004600.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 5/25/1972 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2020

Catch per net (CPUE) is the DNR survey's count per gill net or trap net set; higher means more of that species were sampled, not a fishing forecast. Top species per gear shown; where we have no verified common name for a DNR code, the code itself is shown.

This lake is located within the City of North Oaks, a gated community. North Oaks was initially the summer retreat of railroad baron James J. Hill. Most of the land surrounding the lake was developed as upscale, single family housing by the North Oaks Association, which retains ownership of the land. The immediate shoreline of the lake is owned by the St. Paul Water Utility, which uses the lake as part of the water supply system for the City of St. Paul and suburbs. Large volumes of water are pumped from the Mississippi River and flow through Pleasant on the way to water utility treatment and distribution facilities. The source of zebra mussels was believed to be via the aquifer. The presence of Eurasian water milfoil was confirmed in 2010. The water utility currently operates two hypo-limnetic type helixor aeration units in the lake into which they inject ferric choride to remove phosphorus. Pleasant Lake is a legislative fish reserve set aside for the purpose of fish propagation purposes in 1941. The lake has been closed to angling since that time. The lake's use as a source of fish for distribution to other waters outside the watershed is prohibited by DNR rules to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species present in the lake. The lake has also been used as an egg source for Muskellunge propagation. The St. Paul Water Utility pumps water for household use from the Mississippi River through Pleasant Lake and then downstream to other lakes. This pumping has transported fish that are normally riverine species into Pleasant Lake. Several species of fish common in the Mississippi - Channel Catfish, White Bass, and Silver Redhorse were noted in this system of lakes in 1992. It was believed these fish entered the lake via the water utility aquifer. Zebra mussels were confirmed present in the lake in 2007. Pleasant is regularly used as a source of display fish for use in the Minnesota State Fair live fish exhibit.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, September 22, 2020.

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