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Boat ramps near Fergus Falls
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Boat ramps near Fergus Falls

12 stops11 watersUpdated Nov 6

102 public boat ramps on published waters near Fergus Falls.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Fergus Falls; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Swan Lake

Recorded in Swan Lake: Common Carp, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Swan Lake reach 40 ft.

  1. 1Swan Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Swan Lake, ≈ 5.7 mi from downtown.

Long Lake

Recorded in Long Lake: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Long Lake reach 70 ft.

  1. 2Long Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Long Lake, ≈ 9.9 mi from downtown.

Clear Lake

Recorded in Clear Lake: Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, and Brown Bullhead.

Surveyed depths in Clear Lake reach 25 ft.

  1. 3Clear Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Clear Lake, ≈ 12.6 mi from downtown.

Tenmile Lake

Recorded in Tenmile Lake: Common Carp, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Tenmile Lake reach 50 ft.

  1. 4Ten Mile Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Tenmile Lake, ≈ 12.7 mi from downtown.

Stalker Lake

Recorded in Stalker Lake: Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, and Bowfin.

Surveyed depths in Stalker Lake reach 90 ft.

  1. 5Stalker Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Stalker Lake, ≈ 14 mi from downtown.

Pickerel Lake

Recorded in Pickerel Lake: Common Carp, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Black Crappie.

Surveyed depths in Pickerel Lake reach 80 ft.

  1. 6Pickerel Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Pickerel Lake, ≈ 16.2 mi from downtown.

First Silver Lake

Recorded in First Silver Lake: Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, and Brown Bullhead.

Surveyed depths in First Silver Lake reach 40 ft.

  1. 7Silver Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on First Silver Lake, ≈ 16.5 mi from downtown.

Dead Lake

Recorded in Dead Lake: Common Carp, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Dead Lake reach 60 ft.

  1. 8Dead Lake (SW) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Dead Lake, ≈ 17 mi from downtown.

Otter Tail Lake

Recorded in Otter Tail Lake: Common Carp, Walleye, Black Bullhead, and Black Crappie.

Surveyed depths in Otter Tail Lake reach 120 ft.

  1. 9Otter Tail River, Hwy 72, Riverside Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Otter Tail Lake, ≈ 17.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 10Otter Tail Lake, Riverside Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Otter Tail Lake, ≈ 17.3 mi from downtown.

West Battle Lake

Recorded in West Battle Lake: Common Carp, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in West Battle Lake reach 100 ft.

  1. 11West Battle Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on West Battle Lake, ≈ 17.5 mi from downtown.

Pomme de Terre Lake

Recorded in Pomme de Terre Lake: Common Carp, Bluegill, Black Crappie, and Largemouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Pomme de Terre Lake reach 20 ft.

  1. 12Pomme De Terre Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Pomme de Terre Lake, ≈ 19.2 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

Northern Pike bites well.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Fergus Falls 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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