Loon Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, White Sucker, Bluegill, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Loon Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Loon Lake covers 1,102 acres in Minnesota, across Cook County. It is a lake: 93.3% of it is 160 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 210 feet (64 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 210 ft (64 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.3% of the water is 160 feet or shallower. We hold 39 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–20 ft: 23.1% of the water
- 20–40 ft: 16.8% of the water
- 40–60 ft: 12% of the water
- 60–80 ft: 11.1% of the water
- 80–100 ft: 10.2% of the water
- 100–120 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 120–140 ft: 7% of the water
- 140–160 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 160–180 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 180–200 ft: 3.6% of the water
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Green Sunfish.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 14.6–19 feet on our readings, averaging 17.1 feet, from 46 readings. Our water temperature readings average 65°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.1. These readings span 2017–2025.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Loon Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails. hours: Open 24 hours/day
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.
