Lake Crystal fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Black Bullhead

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Bigmouth Buffalo, White Sucker, Black Crappie, White Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Crystal Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Crystal covers 370 acres in Minnesota, across Blue Earth County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Yellow Perch, 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 25 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 8% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 15.3% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 34.6% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 1–4.8 feet on our readings, averaging 2.8 feet, from 64 readings. Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2016–2024.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Crystal Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms.

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

Clarity swings from 1 to 4.8 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.