Long Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Long Lake covers 434 acres in Minnesota, across Aitkin County. It is a lake: 93.7% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 110 feet (33.5 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 110 ft (33.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.7% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 36 depth contour lines for this water.

Long Lake, Long Lake, NY.jpg
Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 0–10 ft: 20% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 15.7% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 15.3% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 14% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 13.4% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 1% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 1.3% of the 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.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Sunrise and ice on Long Lake at Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade, Minnesota (53569534183).jpg
Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States · CC BY 2.0
  • Long 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.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 9.5–14.8 feet on our readings, averaging 11.5 feet, from 54 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.2. These readings span 2016–2025.

Sunrise and cattails at Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade, Minnesota (53569534378).jpg
Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States · CC BY 2.0

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.