Greenwood Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, White Sucker, Cisco
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Greenwood Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Greenwood Lake covers 2,026 acres in Minnesota, across Cook County. It is a lake: 92.2% of it is 65 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 100 feet (30.5 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 100 ft (30.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.2% of the water is 65 feet or shallower. We hold 108 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 11.4% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 2.2% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 80–85 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 85–90 ft: 0.3% of the water
  • 90–95 ft: 0.3% of the water
  • 95–100 ft: 0.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 11.2–20.2 feet on our readings, averaging 15.1 feet, from 44 readings. Our water temperature readings average 61°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 43°F and the warmest is 71°F; the warmest monthly average is 69°F. pH averages 7.5. These readings span 2017–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Greenwood Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service.

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.

What is hard here

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.