Lake Mary fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Holmes City, 3.1 mi away

Lake Mary, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 91.8% of it is 24 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 30 ft deep.

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

Lake

Surface area: 2,432 acres3.8 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 30 ftdeep
Fish species: 16
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Holmes City3.1 mi

Water claritynow 13.6 ft

Lake Mary fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Mary Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Mary covers 2,432 acres in Minnesota, across Douglas County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 30 feet (9.1 m). Our records hold 16 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.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Lake Mary From Dam (58481516).jpeg — Jake Kirk · CC BY 3.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 50 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 13.7% of the water
2–4 ft: 7.5% of the water
4–6 ft: 6.6% of the water
6–8 ft: 4.9% of the water
8–10 ft: 3.8% of the water
10–12 ft: 3.3% of the water
12–14 ft: 3.4% of the water
14–16 ft: 3.9% of the water
16–18 ft: 5% of the water
18–20 ft: 9% of the water
20–22 ft: 11.8% of the water
22–24 ft: 18.9% of the water
24–26 ft: 7.9% of the water
26–28 ft: 0.3% of the water
28–30 ft: 0.2% of the water

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 49°F and the warmest is 79°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2016–2025.

Lake Mary And The Sky (58481618).jpeg — Jake Kirk · CC BY 3.0

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Mary Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Mary Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. 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.

Shore Of Lake Mary (58481514).jpeg — Jake Kirk · CC BY 3.0

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.