Lindsey Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lindsey Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Lindsey Lake covers 399 acres in Minnesota, across Cass County. It is a lake: 93% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

Canadian geese near the shore of Lindsey Lake in David Crockett State Park.jpg
Wdwic Pictures · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Canadian geese swimming in Lindsey Lake in David Crockett State Park.jpg
Christopher Hollis · Public domain

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 20 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 29.7% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 5% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 7% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lindsey 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.