Lake Carlos fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 5 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Carlos, Lake Carlos SPK Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Lake Carlos covers 2,612 acres in Minnesota, across Douglas County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 120 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 150 feet (45.7 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 150 ft (45.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.3% of the water is 120 feet or shallower. We hold 59 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–10 ft: 24.9% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 12% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 9% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 8% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 6% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 4% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 110–120 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 120–130 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 130–140 ft: 3.8% of the water
- 140–150 ft: 2.6% of the 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.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Also recorded here: Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Cisco, Rock Bass, Green Sunfish, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 14.3–23 feet on our readings, averaging 18.8 feet, from 116 readings. Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 42°F and the warmest is 79°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. pH averages 8.5. These readings span 2016–2025.
5 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 5 trailer ramps.
- Lake Carlos, Lake Carlos SPK Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Le Homme Dieu Lake, Rotary Beach (NW) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lake Carlos (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Carlos Township.
- Lake Carlos (NE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Lake Carlos (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 5 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.
What is hard here
Only 5 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.
