Big Pine Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Cutler, 0.7 mi away

Big Pine Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 91% of it is 45 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 70 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 620 acres1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 70 ftdeep
Fish species: 15
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Cutler0.7 mi

Water claritynow 19.7 ft

Big Pine 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 Big Pine Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Big Pine Lake covers 620 acres in Minnesota, across Aitkin County. It is a lake: 91% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 42 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 19.3% of the water
5–10 ft: 11.6% of the water
10–15 ft: 10.6% of the water
15–20 ft: 11.5% of the water
20–25 ft: 8.9% of the water
25–30 ft: 8.6% of the water
30–35 ft: 7.9% of the water
35–40 ft: 6.9% of the water
40–45 ft: 5.7% of the water
45–50 ft: 3.6% of the water
50–55 ft: 2.2% of the water
55–60 ft: 2% of the water
60–65 ft: 1.3% 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.
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, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 12.1–21.3 feet on our readings, averaging 16.4 feet, from 206 readings. Our water temperature readings average 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 49°F and the warmest is 83°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. These readings span 2017–2025.

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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Big Pine Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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.

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.