Ball Club Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Ball Club Lake (S) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Ball Club Lake covers 3,847 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 97.3% of it is 75 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 97.3% of the water is 75 feet or shallower. We hold 60 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 2.2% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 13.4% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 13.9% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 2.7% of the water

7 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.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.

Also recorded here: Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2021
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2021 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Ball Club Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Ball Club Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Itasca County.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 48°F and the warmest is 75°F; the warmest monthly average is 74°F. pH averages 8.2. These readings span 2022–2025.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: reported depths: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • 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.