Bad Medicine is the state’s best known Rainbow Trout lake. Each year hundreds of fishermen make the trek in quest of the rainbow. The clear, cool, well-oxygenated waters make good Trout habitat. Bad Medicine Resort is located on the East Side of beautiful Bad Medicine Lake. The Lake is ten miles West of Itasca State Park along State Highway 113. 17 miles North of Park Rapids on Hwy. 71-turn onto Hwy. 113 for 10 miles, and take East Bad Medicine Road for 2 miles. It is nestled among the many Birch and Pine trees. It is just below the South boundary of Itasca State Park. People who would like to attend church services on Sunday morning may seek out The Chapel of the Good Creation on our grounds, with services from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend for all denominations at 11 am.
The lake is approximately five miles long, a half mile wide, and reaches depths of up to 90 feet. It is known for its clear, cold waters and rainbow trout fishing. It has experienced dramatic changes in its fish habitat and fish community in the last 35 years. Regarded as a bass/panfish lake in the 1950s and 1960s, the lake is now managed primarily for rainbow trout and walleye. The DNR turned Bad Medicine Lake into a trout lake in 1977, following an explosion of native crayfish that eliminated the vegetation used by bass and panfish. Roughly 16,000 rainbow trout are stocked annually, including Kamloops and Madison strains. There are three active resorts located on the lake. Bad Medicine Resort and Campground is owned by Don Tschudi.
The lake is approximately five miles long, a half mile wide, and reaches depths of up to 90 feet. It is known for its clear, cold waters and rainbow trout fishing. It has experienced dramatic changes in its fish habitat and fish community in the last 35 years. Regarded as a bass/panfish lake in the 1950s and 1960s, the lake is now managed primarily for rainbow trout and walleye. The DNR turned Bad Medicine Lake into a trout lake in 1977, following an explosion of native crayfish that eliminated the vegetation used by bass and panfish. Roughly 16,000 rainbow trout are stocked annually, including Kamloops and Madison strains. There are three active resorts located on the lake. Bad Medicine Resort and Campground is owned by Don Tschudi.