Elbow Boat Ramps
3 boat launches are mapped on Elbow in Itasca County, Otter Tail County, Becker County, Minnesota.
3 of these launches include facility details from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Elbow facts
| Surface area | 1,309 acres |
|---|---|
| Type | Reservoir (mapped as Elbow Lake) |
| Average depth | about 10 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area) |
| Shoreline length | about 13.1 miles |
| Surface elevation | 1,499 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Little Bemidji Lake, completed 1938 |
| Dam size | 9 ft high, 50 ft long, gravity dam |
| Dam purposes | Recreation |
| Dam owner | MNDNR (State) |
| Normal storage | 12,480 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | Otter Tail River |
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID MN00025). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
Fish in Elbow
Found in state fisheries survey (2023): Black bullhead, Black crappie, Bluegill, Brown bullhead, Green sunfish, Hybrid sunfish, Largemouth bass, Northern pike, Pumpkinseed, Walleye, White sucker, Yellow perch.
Minnesota DNR lists maximum depth 46 ft, average water clarity 16.4 ft.
Source: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder lake survey. Species lists come from state survey and stocking records, not a guarantee of what you will catch; check current state fishing regulations.
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Counties
- Becker County (1)
- Itasca County (1)
- Otter Tail County (1)