Lake Julia fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Julia Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Julia covers 506 acres in Minnesota, across Beltrami County. It is a lake: 91% of it is 28 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 10 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.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91% of the water is 28 feet or shallower. We hold 82 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 7% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 0.2% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lake Julia 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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. 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.
  • 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.