Lake Francis fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Greenland, 1.1 mi away

Lake Francis, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 92.7% of it is 27 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 60 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 875 acres1.4 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 60 ftdeep
Fish species: 15
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Greenland1.1 mi

Water claritynow 9.9 ft

Lake Francis fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Frances Lake (E) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Francis covers 875 acres in Minnesota, across Le Sueur County. It is a lake: 92.7% of it is 27 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 15 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. 92.7% of the water is 27 feet or shallower. We hold 40 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 17.6% of the water
3–6 ft: 17.1% of the water
6–9 ft: 10.3% of the water
9–12 ft: 10.2% of the water
12–15 ft: 10.3% of the water
15–18 ft: 9% of the water
18–21 ft: 8.5% of the water
21–24 ft: 5.2% of the water
24–27 ft: 4.5% of the water
27–30 ft: 4.4% of the water
30–33 ft: 1% of the water
33–36 ft: 0.5% of the water
36–39 ft: 0.4% of the water
39–42 ft: 0.3% of the water
42–45 ft: 0.3% of the water
45–48 ft: 0.2% of the water
48–51 ft: 0.2% of the water
51–54 ft: 0.1% 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.
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, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Frances Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Frances Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Le Sueur County.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2025.

What is hard here

Only 2 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.