LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH – At about 67,000 acres, this wide spot in the Mississippi River is the fifth-largest lake in Minnesota. More than a century ago, loggers, fur traders and others downstream had argued for a more constant flow of the big river, and in 1881 and again a few years later, the government acquiesced and built the Winnibigoshish Lake Dam. Construction of the dam created a lake with a maximum depth of 70 feet and a mean depth of about 15 feet, ideal for the propagation of perch, walleyes and northern pike.

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