Bass Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Naytahwaush, 3.4 mi away

Bass Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 90.5% of it is 22 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 25 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 632 acres1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 25 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 12
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Naytahwaush3.4 mi

Water claritynow 11.5 ft

Bass Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Bass Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Bass Lake covers 632 acres in Minnesota, across Mahnomen County. It is a lake: 90.5% of it is 22 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 12 species for this 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.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.5% of the water is 22 feet or shallower. We hold 62 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 2% of the water
2–4 ft: 8.2% of the water
4–6 ft: 8.5% of the water
6–8 ft: 9.6% of the water
8–10 ft: 8.6% of the water
10–12 ft: 7.7% of the water
12–14 ft: 8.2% of the water
14–16 ft: 8.4% of the water
16–18 ft: 8.8% of the water
18–20 ft: 11.3% of the water
20–22 ft: 9.2% of the water
22–24 ft: 5.9% of the water
24–25 ft: 3.8% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Bass Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Mahnomen County.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: 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 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2017–2023.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is 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.