Fox Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead, White Sucker
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Fox Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Fox Lake covers 307 acres in Minnesota, across Rice County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 16 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.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Also recorded here: White Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 21 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 6% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 4% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 3% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 3% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 3% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 3% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 36–38 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 38–40 ft: 17.3% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Fox Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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
Water clarity runs 2–9.8 feet on our readings, averaging 4.2 feet, from 41 readings. Our water temperature readings average 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.
What is hard here
Clarity swings from 2 to 9.8 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.
