Crooked Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Bay Lake, 3 mi away

Crooked Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 94.8% of it is 40 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 70 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 357 acres0.6 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 70 ftdeep
Fish species: 15
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Bay Lake3 mi

Water claritynow 14.1 ft

Crooked Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Crooked Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Crooked Lake covers 357 acres in Minnesota, across Crow Wing County. It is a lake: 94.8% of it is 40 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.8% of the water is 40 feet or shallower. We hold 50 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 23.3% of the water
5–10 ft: 18.4% of the water
10–15 ft: 12.7% of the water
15–20 ft: 11.2% of the water
20–25 ft: 9.6% of the water
25–30 ft: 7.5% of the water
30–35 ft: 6% of the water
35–40 ft: 6.1% of the water
40–45 ft: 2.1% of the water
45–50 ft: 1.9% of the water
50–55 ft: 1.1% of the water
55–60 ft: 0.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2023.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Crooked Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: 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 1 public ramp is 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.