Crescent Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, White Sucker, Yellow Perch
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Crescent Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Crescent Lake covers 748 acres in Minnesota, across Cook County. It is a lake: 91.7% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Pumpkinseed.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.7% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 70 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 15.8% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 14% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 11.5% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 10% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 0.3% of the water

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp, 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.

  • Crescent Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service.
  • Crescent Lake Boat Access — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/superior/recreation/recarea/?recid=36917 · hours: Open 24 hours/day

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Crescent Lake Fishing Site — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/superior/recreation/recarea/?recid=36917

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: reported depths: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.