Lawrence Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lawerence Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lawrence Lake covers 432 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 91.1% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 30 feet (9.1 m). Our records hold 14 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.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Silver Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

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

Lake - Flickr - wackybadger (11).jpg
Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.1% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 55 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 12.5% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 19.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 2% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 1.3% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 1% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 0.3% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Lawrence Lake, Minnesota in Winter (27010137228).jpg
Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY 2.0
  • Lawerence Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: 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 1 public ramp is 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.