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Fishing piers near Brainerd
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Fishing piers near Brainerd

3 stops3 watersUpdated Nov 6

3 piers and shore spots on public waters near Brainerd — no boat needed.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Brainerd; below are the 3 closest, grouped by water.

Gull Lake

Recorded in Gull Lake: Common Carp, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, and Rock Bass.

Surveyed depths in Gull Lake reach 80 ft.

Gull Lake16 min · 10.4 mi
Reservoir

Gull Lake

Cass

20

max 80 ft · surveyed

Water page
  1. 1Gull River Public Water Access Site: shore access on Gull Lake, ≈ 8.1 mi from downtown.

Pelican Lake

Recorded in Pelican Lake: Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, and Rock Bass.

Surveyed depths in Pelican Lake reach 100 ft.

Pelican Lake21 min · 13.8 mi
Lake

Pelican Lake

Crow Wing

16

max 100 ft · surveyed

Water page
  1. 2Pelican Lake, South, Public Water Access Site: shore access on Pelican Lake, ≈ 12.3 mi from downtown.

Cross Lake

Recorded in Cross Lake: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, and Black Bullhead.

Surveyed depths in Cross Lake reach 80 ft.

Cross Lake40 min · 25.9 mi
Reservoir

Cross Lake

Crow Wing

18

max 80 ft · surveyed

Water page
  1. 3Duck Lake, Cross/Duck Public Water Access Site: shore access on Cross Lake, ≈ 20.2 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

Rock Bass bites well.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Brainerd fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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