Height of Land Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Height of Land Lake (E) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Height of Land Lake covers 3,796 acres in Minnesota, across Becker County. It is a lake: 92.6% of it is 15 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 12 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.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.6% of the water is 15 feet or shallower. We hold 98 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–1 ft: 8% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 11–13 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 13–15 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 15–17 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 17–18 ft: 0.3% of the water

4 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 4 trailer ramps.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2021
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2021 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Height of Land Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Becker County.
  • Height of Land Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Height of Land Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Rice Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 4 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

Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2017–2025.

What is hard here

With 92.6% of the water 15 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards.

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.