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Pokegama Lake
Pokegama Lake at Grand Rapids is a deep, clear 6,600-acre lake with five distinct bays and a reputation for the largest muskies in the region.
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Pokegama Lake at Grand Rapids is a deep, clear 6,600-acre lake with five distinct bays and a reputation for the largest muskies in the region.
Pokegama Lake at Grand Rapids in Itasca County is a deep, clear lake with several distinct bays and a reputation for big muskies — and the Mississippi River runs straight through it. It pairs strong fishing with a setting right beside a full-service town.
The market is cabins and year-round homes; depth, clarity, and proximity to Grand Rapids drive value.
Summer is muskie and walleye fishing and boating across the bays. Fall brings color and quiet to the deep water.
Winter offers ice fishing and snowmobiling, with Grand Rapids' year-round services nearby and a spring opener.
Typical property types: Established year-round lake homes, subdivision lots, legacy cabins, and resort property. Because the shoreline is 72% developed, inventory turns over more predictably here than on lakes with fewer parcels.
What drives price here: Depth off the dock, exposure, and which basin or bay you're on. Proximity to Grand Rapids supports year-round demand, which tends to steady pricing relative to purely seasonal lakes.
Two things to disclose early. Both zebra mussels and starry stonewort are present — starry stonewort was confirmed by the DNR in June 2024. That's an ongoing maintenance and treatment reality for shoreline owners, and it should come up before an offer, not after an inspection.
About 6,612 acres with roughly 57 miles of shoreline and a littoral area near 1,978 acres.
Maximum depth is 112 feet — one of the deeper lakes in the region. Average depth isn't published.
A June 2010 reading recorded 15 feet of clarity, which is good for a lake this developed.
Muskie and walleye lead the reputation, with northern pike, largemouth and smallmouth bass, perch, bluegill, crappie, tullibee, whitefish and lake trout also present.
Very. A 2011 association plan counted 1,254 residential parcels across 72% of the shoreline plus 12 resorts. If you want remote, this isn't the lake — if you want a real lake with a city nearby, it's one of the best.
Yes — both zebra mussels and starry stonewort, the latter confirmed by the DNR in June 2024. Ask a local agent what that means for docks, lifts and treatment costs.
Yes, a small one — Jay Gould, Little Jay Gould, Blackwater and Cut-Off lakes connect via the Pokegama Dam.
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