Lake Washington fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Darwin, 2.5 mi away

Lake Washington, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 2 trailer ramps. At least 15 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 2,421 acres3.8 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 15 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 17
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Darwin2.5 mi

Water claritynow 4.9 ft

Lake Washington fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Lake Washington covers 2,421 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 17 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.
Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.

Also recorded here: White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

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 40 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 6.8% of the water
2–4 ft: 8.3% of the water
4–5 ft: 7.7% of the water
5–6 ft: 10.9% of the water
6–7 ft: 5.5% of the water
7–8 ft: 5% of the water
8–9 ft: 5.7% of the water
9–10 ft: 18.9% of the water
10–11 ft: 10.7% of the water
11–13 ft: 6.3% of the water
13–15 ft: 14.2% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 3.8–7 feet on our readings, averaging 5.3 feet, from 427 readings. Our water temperature readings average 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Washington Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Washington Lake (E) 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.

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.