Little Pine Lake fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Reservoir · Minnesota · Grand View Heights, 2.1 mi away

Little Pine Lake, Minnesota: Walleye. 91.8% of it is 45 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps.

Little Pine Lake fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 2,066 acres3.2 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 70 ftdeep
Fish species: 19
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Grand View Heights2.1 mi

Water claritynow 13.1 ft

Little Pine Lake fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

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

The lake

Little Pine Lake covers 2,066 acres in Minnesota, across Otter Tail County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 19 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 28 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 14.1% of the water
5–10 ft: 13.3% of the water
10–15 ft: 8.2% of the water
15–20 ft: 7.7% of the water
20–25 ft: 7% of the water
25–30 ft: 5.8% of the water
30–35 ft: 8.2% of the water
35–40 ft: 14.8% of the water
40–45 ft: 12.7% of the water
45–50 ft: 5.4% of the water
50–55 ft: 1.3% of the water
55–60 ft: 0.7% of the water
60–65 ft: 0.5% of the water
65–70 ft: 0.5% of the water

7 target fish, led by Walleye

Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.

Also recorded here: Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Little Pine Lake WMA Wiki Version.jpg — Firry Floyd · CC BY-SA 3.0

Little Pine Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Little Pine Lake (SW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.

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

Water clarity runs 5.6–12.5 feet on our readings, averaging 8.9 feet, from 43 readings. Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 54°F and the warmest is 77°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. These readings span 2016–2024.

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.