Boot Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Goldenrod, 2 mi away

Boot Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 90% of it is 80 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 100 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 380 acres0.6 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 100 ftdeep
Average depth: 43.1 ftpublished figure, LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0 (no bottom map)
Fish species: 13
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Goldenrod2 mi

Water claritynow 20.7 ft

Boot Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Boot Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Boot Lake covers 380 acres in Minnesota, across Becker County. It is a lake: 90% of it is 80 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 100 feet (30.5 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 100 ft (30.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90% of the water is 80 feet or shallower. We hold 77 depth contour lines for this water.

Boot Lake Sunset (66082034).jpg — Martin Male from Yellowknife, Canada · CC BY 2.0

0–5 ft: 4% of the water
5–10 ft: 8.2% of the water
10–15 ft: 8.4% of the water
15–20 ft: 8.1% of the water
20–25 ft: 8.1% of the water
25–30 ft: 8.7% of the water
30–35 ft: 6.7% of the water
35–40 ft: 5.2% of the water
40–45 ft: 5.1% of the water
45–50 ft: 5.2% of the water
50–55 ft: 5.8% of the water
55–60 ft: 5.6% of the water
60–65 ft: 4% of the water
65–70 ft: 2.4% of the water
70–75 ft: 2.4% of the water
75–80 ft: 2.1% of the water
80–85 ft: 2% of the water
85–90 ft: 2.4% of the water
90–95 ft: 3.7% of the water
95–100 ft: 1.8% 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.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Black Crappie, White Sucker, Cisco, Green Sunfish, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Boot 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

Water clarity runs 12.1–22 feet on our readings, averaging 17.6 feet, from 56 readings. Our water temperature readings average 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

Boot Lake (67715565).jpg — Martin Male from Yellowknife, Canada · CC BY 2.0

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.