Fishing piers near Faribault

4 piers and shore spots on public waters near Faribault — no boat needed.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Faribault; below are the 4 closest, grouped by water.

Lake Byllesby

Recorded in Lake Byllesby: Common Carp, Freshwater Drum, Smallmouth Bass, and White Bass.

Surveyed depths in Lake Byllesby reach 50 ft.

36 min · 25.4 mi

Reservoir

Lake Byllesby

Dakota

max 50 ft · surveyed

Water page

1Lake Byllesby, Regional Park Beach: shore access on Lake Byllesby, ≈ 21.8 mi from downtown.
2Cannon River, Lake Byllesby Regional Park, Dam Public Water Access: shore access on Lake Byllesby, ≈ 22.2 mi from downtown.

German Lake

Recorded in German Lake: Common Carp, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, and Black Crappie.

Surveyed depths in German Lake reach 50 ft.

35 min · 27.5 mi

Lake

German Lake

Le Sueur

max 50 ft · surveyed

Water page

3German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: shore access on German Lake, ≈ 23.5 mi from downtown.

Madison Lake

Recorded in Madison Lake: Common Carp, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, and Black Crappie.

Surveyed depths in Madison Lake reach 50 ft.

38 min · 29.9 mi

Lake

Madison Lake

Blue Earth

max 50 ft · surveyed

Water page

4Madison Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site: shore access on Madison Lake, ≈ 27.4 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Faribault for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.

Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Faribault 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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