Lake Plantagenet fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Burbot, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Plantagenet Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Plantagenet covers 2,511 acres in Minnesota, across 2 counties: Hubbard and Beltrami. It is a lake: 93.4% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 65 feet (19.8 m). Our records hold 17 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 65 ft (19.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.4% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 40 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 17.9% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 10% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 10% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 11.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2.2% of the water

7 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
  • Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 4.9–15.1 feet on our readings, averaging 9.3 feet, from 152 readings. 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 35°F and the warmest is 84°F; the warmest monthly average is 77°F. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2016–2025.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2021
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2021 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

  • Plantagenet Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Bemidji, Bemidji Township.
  • Plantagenet Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Bemidji, DNR Division of Parks and Trails. 21888 County Road 9, Bemidji 56601

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 15.1 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.