Long Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Long Lake, Nelson Lakeside Park Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Long Lake covers 287 acres in Minnesota, across Hennepin County. It is a lake: 94.5% of it is 26 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 35 feet (10.7 m). Our records hold 13 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.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Long Lake, Long Lake, NY.jpg
Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.5% of the water is 26 feet or shallower. We hold 37 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 8% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 0.6% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 2.5–11 feet on our readings, averaging 5.3 feet, from 100 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 33°F and the warmest is 86°F; the warmest monthly average is 79°F. pH averages 8.5. These readings span 2016–2025.

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

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Long Lake, Nelson Lakeside Park Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms.

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.

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

Clarity swings from 2.5 to 11 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.