Fox Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Fox Lake (NE) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Fox Lake covers 906 acres in Minnesota, across Martin County. It is a lake: 92.1% 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 Muskellunge
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Also recorded here: Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Gizzard Shad.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.1% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 121 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 9.6% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 13–14 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 14–15 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 15–16 ft: 8.8% of the water
- 16–17 ft: 9% of the water
- 17–18 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 8% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 1–3 feet on our readings, averaging 1.9 feet, from 39 readings. Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.8. These readings span 2017–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.
- Fox Lake (NE) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Fox Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Fox Lake Conservation League.
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
Clarity swings from 1 to 3 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.
