Lake Reno fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Lake · Minnesota · Lowry, 5.3 mi away

Lake Reno, Minnesota: Walleye. 2 trailer ramps. At least 20 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 3,509 acres5.5 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 20 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 16
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Lowry5.3 mi

Water claritynow 12.3 ft

Lake Reno fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

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

The lake

Lake Reno covers 3,509 acres in Minnesota, across 2 counties: Pope and Douglas. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Walleye

Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

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

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 50 depth contour lines for this water.

0–1 ft: 11.4% of the water
1–2 ft: 5.7% of the water
2–4 ft: 7.7% of the water
4–6 ft: 6.4% of the water
6–8 ft: 3.8% of the water
8–10 ft: 3.3% of the water
10–12 ft: 3.8% of the water
12–14 ft: 5.3% of the water
14–16 ft: 8.7% of the water
16–18 ft: 9.6% of the water
18–19 ft: 5.4% of the water
19–20 ft: 29% of the water

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Reno Lake (NE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Reno Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, 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 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

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.