Bingham Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo

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

The lake

Bingham Lake covers 265 acres in Minnesota, across Cottonwood County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 12 feet (3.7 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Common Carp.

Reed Bingham Lake April 2023 boat ramp and fishing pier.jpg
Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 12 ft (3.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 27 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 1–3 ft: 1.3% of the water
  • 3–5 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 14.1% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 14.8% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 17.4% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 15.7% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 1–7 feet on our readings, averaging 3.8 feet, from 205 readings. Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 9.1. These readings span 2016–2025.

Reed Bingham Lake April 2023 boat ramp and floating pier.jpg
Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Bingham Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. 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.

Reed Bingham Lake April 2023 looking at bridge.jpg
Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0

What is hard here

Clarity swings from 1 to 7 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.