Blind Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo

Lake · Minnesota · Pine Knoll, 5.1 mi away

Blind Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 95.7% of it is 12 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 15 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 312 acres0.5 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 15 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 12
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Pine Knoll5.1 mi

Water claritynow 4.1 ft

Blind Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo

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

The lake

Blind Lake covers 312 acres in Minnesota, across Aitkin County. It is a lake: 95.7% of it is 12 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 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.
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, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 95.7% of the water is 12 feet or shallower. We hold 38 depth contour lines for this water.

0–1 ft: 6% of the water
1–2 ft: 6.3% of the water
2–3 ft: 7.8% of the water
3–4 ft: 7.4% of the water
4–5 ft: 7.6% of the water
5–6 ft: 7.9% of the water
6–7 ft: 8.8% of the water
7–8 ft: 11.3% of the water
8–9 ft: 12.8% of the water
9–10 ft: 11.7% of the water
10–12 ft: 8.1% of the water
12–14 ft: 4.2% of the water
14–15 ft: 0.1% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Blind 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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 54°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2024.

What is hard here

With 95.7% of the water 12 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.