Fish Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Crappie
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Fish Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Fish Lake covers 476 acres in Minnesota, across Otter Tail County. It is a lake: 91.3% of it is 13 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
5 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.3% of the water is 13 feet or shallower. We hold 69 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 10.2% of the water
- 1–2 ft: 8% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 11.2% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 12.3% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 9.9% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 10.5% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 7–9 ft: 6.9% of the water
- 9–11 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 11–13 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 13–15 ft: 8.8% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Fish Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
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
Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2018. The latest reading is from 2018, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
With 91.3% of the water 13 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.
