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Weekend fishing itinerary near Mankato
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Weekend fishing itinerary near Mankato

4 stops4 watersUpdated Nov 6

Two days, 4 stops on 4 public waters, all within 75 minutes of Mankato. Each stop below has its drive time, its access point and the fish recorded there.

Day 1

Morning: Madison Lake

Start the day on Madison Lake, launching from the ramp below.

Madison Lake is a 17-minute drive from downtown Mankato. Launch at Madison Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site, the public ramp on Madison Lake closest to downtown (≈ 9.4 mi). Public access on Madison Lake: 3 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 50 ft. Recorded here: Common Carp, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, and Black Crappie.

Madison Lake117 min · 12.6 mi
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Madison Lake

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Madison Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site19

max 50 ft · surveyed

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From Madison Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site to German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: 18 min by road (9.2 mi).

Evening: German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site

End the day at German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — no boat needed.

German Lake is a 36-minute drive from downtown Mankato. German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site: shore access on German Lake, ≈ 15 mi from downtown. Public access on German Lake: 2 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 50 ft. Recorded here: Common Carp, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, and Black Crappie.

German Lake236 min · 19.1 mi
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German Lake

Le Sueur

German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site18

max 50 ft · surveyed

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Day 2

Morning: Lake Washington

Start the day on Lake Washington, launching from the ramp below.

Lake Washington is a 19-minute drive from downtown Mankato. Launch at Washington Lake (W) Public Water Access Site, the public ramp on Lake Washington closest to downtown (≈ 8.3 mi). Public access on Lake Washington: 2 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 40 ft. Recorded here: Common Carp, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, and Bigmouth Buffalo.

Lake Washington319 min · 10.6 mi
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Lake Washington

Le Sueur

Washington Lake (W) Public Water Access Site17

max 40 ft · surveyed

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From Washington Lake (W) Public Water Access Site to Crystal Lake Public Water Access Site: 34 min by road (23 mi).

Evening: Lake Crystal

End the day on Lake Crystal.

Lake Crystal is a 15-minute drive from downtown Mankato. Launch at Crystal Lake Public Water Access Site, the public ramp on Lake Crystal closest to downtown (≈ 11.1 mi). Public access on Lake Crystal: 1 boat ramp. Surveyed depths reach 10 ft. Recorded here: Common Carp, Black Bullhead, Bigmouth Buffalo, and Black Crappie.

Lake Crystal415 min · 12.6 mi
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Lake Crystal

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Crystal Lake Public Water Access Site11

max 10 ft · surveyed

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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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Depth surveys, stocking records and water samples, straight from the public registries that hold them — brought together for one question: is it worth the drive?

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