Fish Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Fish Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Fish Lake covers 601 acres in Minnesota, across Kanabec County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 5 feet (1.5 m). Our records hold 20 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.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Freshwater Drum, Golden Redhorse, Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, White Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 5 ft (1.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 17 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 45.4% of the water
- 1–3 ft: 8.6% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 40.8% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2016–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.
- Fish Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Fish Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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.
