Elk Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill
The lake
Elk Lake covers 260 acres in Iowa, across Clay County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 5 feet (1.5 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 5 ft (1.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 7 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 11.9% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 14.8% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 25.1% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 48.1% of the water
4 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Bighead Carp, Silver Carp, Common Carp.
Stocking: 2,536,012 fish, 2001–2022
Iowa DNR records list 2,536,012 fish released into this water from 2001 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.
- Walleye: 2,077,599 in 2001–2022
- Northern Pike: 332,775 in 2008–2022
- Bluegill: 124,308 in 2022
- Largemouth Bass: 1,330 in 2022
Where this data comes from
- Iowa DNR — Iowa DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
