Lake Irving fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Bemidji, 0.9 mi away

Lake Irving, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 1 trailer ramp. At least 15 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 669 acres1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 15 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 18
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Bemidji0.9 mi

Water claritynow 7.2 ft

Lake Irving fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Irving Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Irving covers 669 acres in Minnesota, across Beltrami County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 18 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.
Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Burbot, Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco, Green Sunfish, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 44 depth contour lines for this water.

0–1 ft: 13.7% of the water
1–2 ft: 7.5% of the water
2–3 ft: 6% of the water
3–4 ft: 5.5% of the water
4–5 ft: 5.2% of the water
5–7 ft: 9.4% of the water
7–9 ft: 10% of the water
9–10 ft: 6% of the water
10–11 ft: 6.5% of the water
11–12 ft: 7.9% of the water
12–13 ft: 5.3% of the water
13–15 ft: 16.9% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 shore access point.

Lake Irving Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes.

Shore access for bank fishing

Irving Lake South Public Water Access Site

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 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

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.