Chub Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

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

The lake

Chub Lake covers 303 acres in Minnesota, across Carlton County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

Chub Lake Oak Savanna.jpg
Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 28 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 14.8% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Oak Savanna.jpg
Joshua Mayer · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chub Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2025.

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.