Kansas Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo
Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Kansas Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Kansas Lake covers 396 acres in Minnesota, across Watonwan County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 6 feet (1.8 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°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.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 6 ft (1.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 10 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 10.6% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 11.5% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 22.7% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 45.9% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Kansas Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Watonwan County.
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
Our water temperature readings average 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2024–2025.
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.
