Lake Blanche fishing: Bluegill, Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed

Reservoir · Minnesota · Clitherall, 5.2 mi away

Lake Blanche, Minnesota: Bluegill. 92.3% of it is 24 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 60 ft deep.

Lake Blanche fishing: Bluegill, Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 1,293 acres2 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 60 ftdeep
Fish species: 4
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Clitherall5.2 mi

Water claritynow 14.4 ft

Lake Blanche fishing: Bluegill, Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed

Target species: Bluegill, Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Blanche Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Blanche covers 1,293 acres in Minnesota, across Otter Tail County. It is a lake: 92.3% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.3% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 48 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 14.6% of the water
3–6 ft: 22.6% of the water
6–9 ft: 23.3% of the water
9–12 ft: 11.7% of the water
12–15 ft: 8.3% of the water
15–18 ft: 5.7% of the water
18–21 ft: 3.3% of the water
21–24 ft: 2.8% of the water
24–27 ft: 2.3% of the water
27–30 ft: 1.5% of the water
30–33 ft: 1.2% of the water
33–36 ft: 1% of the water
36–39 ft: 0.8% of the water
39–42 ft: 0.5% of the water
42–45 ft: 0.4% of the water
45–48 ft: 0.1% of the water
48–51 ft: 0.1% of the water

3 target fish, led by Bluegill

Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Blanche Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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.