Welsh Lake State Forest

Welcome to Minnesota's beautiful Welsh Lake State Forest located on the shores of Leech Lake near Wilkinson Township.

Fishing: Leech Lake itself is over 103,000 acres in size and is a great place for boating and fishing. Some of the species of fish include: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, burbot, cisco species, hybrid sunfish, lake whitefish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), shorthead redhorse, white sucker, banded killifish, bigmouth shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, common shiner, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, logperch, longnose dace, mimic shiner, mottled sculpin, northern redbelly dace, sand shiner, shiners, spotfin shiner, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom, and trout-perch.