Blackduck Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Freshwater Drum, Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Black Bullhead
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Blackduck Lake, Pine Tree Park Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Blackduck Lake covers 2,698 acres in Minnesota, across Beltrami County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 15 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.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
- Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Also recorded here: White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 108 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 6% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 45.3% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 64°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8. These readings span 2017–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.
- Blackduck Lake, Pine Tree Park Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Blackduck Lake, West Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
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.
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.
