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Boat ramps near Mankato
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Boat ramps near Mankato

12 stops9 watersUpdated Nov 6

59 public boat ramps on published waters near Mankato.

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

Lake Washington

Recorded in Lake Washington: Common Carp, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, and Bigmouth Buffalo.

Surveyed depths in Lake Washington reach 40 ft.

Lake Washington19 min · 10.6 mi
Lake

Lake Washington

Le Sueur

17

max 40 ft · surveyed

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  1. 1Washington Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Lake Washington, ≈ 8.3 mi from downtown.
  2. 4Washington Lake (N) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Lake Washington, ≈ 9.4 mi from downtown.

Ballantyne Lake

Recorded in Ballantyne Lake: Common Carp, Bluegill, Bigmouth Buffalo, and Black Bullhead.

Surveyed depths in Ballantyne Lake reach 50 ft.

Ballantyne Lake23 min · 11.5 mi
Lake

Ballantyne Lake

Blue Earth

15

max 50 ft · surveyed

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  1. 2Ballantyne Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Ballantyne Lake, ≈ 9.2 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.

Madison Lake17 min · 12.6 mi
Lake

Madison Lake

Blue Earth

19

max 50 ft · surveyed

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  1. 3Madison Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Madison Lake, ≈ 9.4 mi from downtown.
  2. 6Madison Lake (E) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Madison Lake, ≈ 10.2 mi from downtown.
  3. 8Madison Lake, Bray Park Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Madison Lake, ≈ 10.4 mi from downtown.

Duck Lake

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

Surveyed depths in Duck Lake reach 20 ft.

Duck Lake18 min · 13.8 mi
Lake

Duck Lake

Blue Earth

15

max 20 ft · surveyed

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  1. 5Duck Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Duck Lake, ≈ 9.8 mi from downtown.

Loon Lake

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

Surveyed depths in Loon Lake reach 5 ft.

Loon Lake18 min · 13.1 mi
Lake

Loon Lake

Blue Earth

12

max 5 ft · surveyed

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  1. 7Loon Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Loon Lake, ≈ 10.2 mi from downtown.

Lake Emily

Recorded in Lake Emily: Common Carp, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Lake Emily reach 35 ft.

Lake Emily21 min · 12.8 mi
Lake

Lake Emily

Le Sueur

13

max 35 ft · surveyed

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  1. 9Emily Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Lake Emily, ≈ 10.5 mi from downtown.

Lake Crystal

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

Surveyed depths in Lake Crystal reach 10 ft.

Lake Crystal15 min · 12.6 mi
Lake

Lake Crystal

Blue Earth

11

max 10 ft · surveyed

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  1. 10Crystal Lake Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Lake Crystal, ≈ 11.1 mi from downtown.

Lake Francis

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

Surveyed depths in Lake Francis reach 60 ft.

Lake Francis24 min · 18.5 mi
Lake

Lake Francis

Le Sueur

15

max 60 ft · surveyed

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  1. 11Frances Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Lake Francis, ≈ 14.1 mi from downtown.

Elysian Lake

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

Surveyed depths in Elysian Lake reach 10 ft.

Elysian Lake27 min · 21.3 mi
Reservoir

Elysian Lake

Waseca

14

max 10 ft · surveyed

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  1. 12Elysian Lake (S) Public Water Access Site: boat ramp on Elysian Lake, ≈ 14.6 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

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

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Mankato 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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