Maple Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead, White Sucker
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Maple Lake East Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Maple Lake covers 1,594 acres in Minnesota, across Polk County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 12 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.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 97 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 6% of the water
- 1–3 ft: 7% of the water
- 3–5 ft: 9.1% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 5% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 6% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 53.1% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 2.6–5.9 feet on our readings, averaging 3.7 feet, from 136 readings. Our water temperature readings average 66°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 37°F and the warmest is 82°F; the warmest monthly average is 74°F. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2016–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.
- Maple Lake East Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. Polk County.
- Maple Lake West 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.
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.
