Ingham Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Bluegill
The lake
Ingham Lake covers 368 acres in Iowa, across Emmet County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
5 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.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Stocking: 3,021,293 fish, 1999–2024
Iowa DNR records list 3,021,293 fish released into this water from 1999 to 2024.
- Walleye: 2,397,740 in 2000–2024
- Northern Pike: 505,752 in 2008–2019
- Bluegill: 76,933 in 2019
- Channel Catfish: 27,489 in 2001–2022
- Largemouth Bass: 13,379 in 1999–2003
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 32 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 8.1% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 10.5% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 10.7% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 8.9% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 11% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 14.1% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 25.5% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2017–2024.
Where this data comes from
- Iowa DNR — Iowa DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map, 2007.
- 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.
