Lake Shetek fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Bigmouth Buffalo, Channel Catfish
Boat: 6 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Shetek Lake (SW) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Shetek covers 3,485 acres in Minnesota, across Murray County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.

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Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Freshwater Drum, River Redhorse, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

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Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 104 depth contour lines for this water.

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Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • 0–1 ft: 16.2% of the water
  • 1–3 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 3–5 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 7% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 15.9% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 26.6% of the water

6 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 6 trailer ramps and 2 shore access points.

  • Shetek Lake (SW) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Shetek Lake Marsh's Landing Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. Murray County.
  • Shetek Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Murray County.
  • Shetek Lake, Inlet Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Shetek Lake, Keeley Island Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Murray County.
  • Shetek Lake, Lake Shetek SPK Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Shetek Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site — DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Shetek Lake, Armstrong Bay Public Water Access Site — DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 8 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 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 9. These readings span 2025.

What is hard here

Only 6 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.