Lake Minnewashta fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Minnewashta, Regional Park (NE) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Minnewashta covers 662 acres in Minnesota, across Carver County. It is a lake: 95.4% of it is 40 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 95.4% of the water is 40 feet or shallower. We hold 49 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 24.9% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 14.4% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 11.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 0.4% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 0.3% 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.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

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

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 4.9–17 feet on our readings, averaging 10.5 feet, from 339 readings. Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 52°F and the warmest is 82°F; the warmest monthly average is 78°F. These readings span 2016–2025.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

  • Lake Minnewashta, Regional Park (NE) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. Carver County.
  • Lake Minnewashta, Regional Park (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Carver 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.

What is hard here

Clarity swings from 4.9 to 17 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.