Long Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Long Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Long Lake covers 1,534 acres in Minnesota, across Kandiyohi County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 15 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.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Orangespotted Sunfish, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 118 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 10–11 ft: 12.5% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 11.3% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 9.4% of the water
- 13–14 ft: 11.9% of the water
- 14–15 ft: 11.9% of the water
Water and conditions
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 39°F and the warmest is 84°F; the warmest monthly average is 79°F. pH averages 8.8. These readings span 2016–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 shore access point.
- Long Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Long Lake, Berg Beach Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Shore access for bank fishing
- King Lake Public Water Access Site — DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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.
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.
