Elbow Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Wakemup, 6.5 mi away

Elbow Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 2 trailer ramps. At least 50 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 1,734 acres2.7 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 50 ftdeep
Fish species: 11
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Wakemup6.5 mi

Water claritynow 6.9 ft

Elbow Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Whitefish, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Elbow Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Elbow Lake covers 1,734 acres in Minnesota, across St. Louis County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 11 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.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 126 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 17.9% of the water
3–6 ft: 12.6% of the water
6–9 ft: 5.4% of the water
9–12 ft: 4.2% of the water
12–15 ft: 3.9% of the water
15–18 ft: 3.8% of the water
18–21 ft: 3.8% of the water
21–24 ft: 4.2% of the water
24–27 ft: 4.8% of the water
27–30 ft: 3.9% of the water
30–33 ft: 3.3% of the water
33–36 ft: 3.3% of the water
36–39 ft: 3.5% of the water
39–42 ft: 3.5% of the water
42–45 ft: 3.3% of the water
45–48 ft: 3.6% of the water
48–50 ft: 14.8% of the water

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Elbow Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Elbow Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. St. Louis County.

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.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 6.5–7.5 feet on our readings, averaging 6.9 feet, from 56 readings. Our water temperature readings average 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2019–2025.

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.