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

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

The lake

Big Sand Lake covers 730 acres in Minnesota, across Cass County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 16 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

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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.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 16 feet or shallower. We hold 51 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–1 ft: 30.6% of the water
  • 1–3 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 3–5 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 5–7 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 7–9 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 9–11 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 11–13 ft: 6% of the water
  • 13–15 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 15–16 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 4.1% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Big Sand Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.

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.