Christmas Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Christmas Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Christmas Lake covers 266 acres in Minnesota, across Hennepin County. It is a lake: 92.6% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 90 feet (27.4 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 90 ft (27.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.6% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 37 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 70–75 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 75–80 ft: 1.7% 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.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Also recorded here: Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 33°F and the warmest is 83°F; the warmest monthly average is 78°F. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2016–2019. The latest reading is from 2019, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Christmas Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms.
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.
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.
