Lake Marion fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Reservoir · Minnesota · Brownton, 4 mi away

Lake Marion, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 91.4% of it is 14 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 15 ft deep.

Lake Marion fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 434 acres0.7 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 15 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 11
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Brownton4 mi

Lake Marion fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Marion Lake (E) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Marion covers 434 acres in Minnesota, across McLeod County. It is a lake: 91.4% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 11 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.
Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.4% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 35 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 5.9% of the water
2–4 ft: 10% of the water
4–5 ft: 5.8% of the water
5–6 ft: 5.7% of the water
6–7 ft: 6.1% of the water
7–8 ft: 7.1% of the water
8–9 ft: 9.6% of the water
9–10 ft: 18.1% of the water
10–11 ft: 8.5% of the water
11–12 ft: 6.1% of the water
12–14 ft: 8.5% of the water
14–15 ft: 8.6% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

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

Marion Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes. McLeod County.

Shore access for bank fishing

Marion Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site — restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2021. The latest reading is from 2021, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

With 91.4% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.