Lac Qui Parle fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum
Boat: 6 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lac Qui Parle Lake, Milan Bridge Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Lac Qui Parle covers 3,574 acres in Minnesota, across 2 counties: Chippewa and Lac qui Parle. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 24 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.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Also recorded here: Golden Redhorse, Shortnose Gar, Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, White Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Orangespotted Sunfish, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 94 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 8.6% of the water
- 1–3 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 3–5 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 5–7 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 53.6% of the water
6 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 6 trailer ramps and 2 shore access points.
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, Milan Bridge Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, Voldin's Pit Access Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lac qui Parle Lake, Boyd Landing Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, Englebretzen Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, SPK (NW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, Watson Sag Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, Dam Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Lac Qui Parle Lake, WMA (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 8 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 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2019–2026.
What is hard here
Only 6 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.
