East Battle Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Vining, 2.4 mi away

East Battle Lake, Minnesota: Largemouth Bass. 92.4% of it is 55 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 80 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 1,963 acres3.1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 80 ftdeep
Fish species: 16
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Vining2.4 mi

Water claritynow 14.7 ft

East Battle Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at East Battle Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

East Battle Lake covers 1,963 acres in Minnesota, across Otter Tail County. It is a lake: 92.4% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.4% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 61 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 19.5% of the water
5–10 ft: 11.8% of the water
10–15 ft: 9% of the water
15–20 ft: 7.7% of the water
20–25 ft: 7.8% of the water
25–30 ft: 9.9% of the water
30–35 ft: 7.4% of the water
35–40 ft: 8.1% of the water
40–45 ft: 5% of the water
45–50 ft: 3.4% of the water
50–55 ft: 2.8% of the water
55–60 ft: 1.8% of the water
60–65 ft: 2.1% of the water
65–70 ft: 2.1% of the water
70–75 ft: 1.1% of the water
75–80 ft: 0.7% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

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

Also recorded here: Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 10.4–17.1 feet on our readings, averaging 13.6 feet, from 87 readings. Our water temperature readings average 63°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

East Battle Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Stuart Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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.