Duck Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Duck Lake covers 291 acres in Minnesota, across Blue Earth County. It is a lake: 92.9% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 15 species for this 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.
  • Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

Also recorded here: Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Duck Lake, Blue Earth County, MN, USA.jpg
Andrew J. Thom · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.9% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 22 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–1 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 5–7 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 7–9 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 12–13 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 13–14 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.1% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Duck Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Blue Earth County.

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.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 1.6–4.6 feet on our readings, averaging 3 feet, from 44 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.7. These readings span 2016–2024.

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Steven Pavlov · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.