German Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Greenland, 4.7 mi away

German Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 90.2% of it is 27 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps.

Lake

Surface area: 784 acres1.2 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 50 ftdeep
Fish species: 18
Access points: 3
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Greenland4.7 mi

Water claritynow 6.2 ft

German Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Freshwater Drum, Shortnose Gar, Black Bullhead
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at German Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

German Lake covers 784 acres in Minnesota, across Le Sueur County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 27 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 18 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.
Shortnose Gar — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.

Also recorded here: White Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Longnose Gar, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.2% of the water is 27 feet or shallower. We hold 24 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 8.3% of the water
3–6 ft: 10.6% of the water
6–9 ft: 13.5% of the water
9–12 ft: 21.2% of the water
12–15 ft: 11.7% of the water
15–18 ft: 11% of the water
18–21 ft: 6.2% of the water
21–24 ft: 4.2% of the water
24–27 ft: 3.5% of the water
27–30 ft: 3.1% of the water
30–33 ft: 2.4% of the water
33–36 ft: 2.4% of the water
36–39 ft: 1% of the water
39–42 ft: 0.6% of the water
42–45 ft: 0.3% of the water

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 shore access point.

German Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Jefferson Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Shore access for bank fishing

German Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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 2.5–10.8 feet on our readings, averaging 6.3 feet, from 43 readings. Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2019–2025.

What is hard here

Clarity swings from 2.5 to 10.8 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.