Brule Lake fishing: Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike
Target species: Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, White Sucker, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Brule Lake Boat Access.
The lake
Brule Lake covers 4,223 acres in Minnesota, across Cook County. It is a lake: 92% of it is 51 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92% of the water is 51 feet or shallower. We hold 311 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–3 ft: 7% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 5% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 1.7% of the water
- 54–57 ft: 1.3% of the water
- 57–60 ft: 4.9% of the water
5 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.
- Brule Lake Boat Access — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/superior/recarea/?recid=84168 · hours: Open 24 hours/day
Shore access for bank fishing
- Brule Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service.
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.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.5. These readings span 2018–2025.
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.
