Lake Ripley fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Lake Ripley covers 595 acres in Minnesota, across Meeker County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 13 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.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°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, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Brightwood Beach Cottage, Lake Ripley, Litchfield, Minnesota.jpg
Robynrichardson · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 22 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 4% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 12–13 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 13–14 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 14–15 ft: 24.3% of the water

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Lake Ripley in Cambridge, WI.jpg
Axhi12 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Ripley Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms.
  • Ripley Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Meeker 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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 72°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.