Cut Foot Sioux Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass
Boat: 6 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Mosomo Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Cut Foot Sioux Lake covers 2,759 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 90.7% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 17 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. 90.7% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 72 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 20.4% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 9% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 3.3% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Pumpkinseed, Burbot, Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Cisco, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 6.4–15.1 feet on our readings, averaging 10.8 feet, from 66 readings. Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 51°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2017–2025.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2021
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2021 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

6 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 6 trailer ramps.

  • Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Mosomo Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service.
  • Cut Foot Sioux Lake, #2 Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/chippewa/recarea/?recid=26768 · hours: Open 24 hours/day
  • Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Deer Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service.
  • Cut Foot Sioux Lake, S. McAvity Bay Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/chippewa/specialplaces/recarea/?recid=26764&actid=78 · hours: Open 24 hours/day
  • Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Williams Narrows Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service.
  • Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 6 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 6 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.