Maple Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Black Crappie, Rock Bass
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Maple Lake (E) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Maple Lake covers 816 acres in Minnesota, across Douglas County. It is a lake: 92.8% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.8% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 38 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 13.7% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 18.6% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 14.1% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 9.6% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 7% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 3% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 1.3% of the water
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 10.5–20 feet on our readings, averaging 15.2 feet, from 147 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.
3 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps.
- Maple Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Maple Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Reno Lake (NE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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 3 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.
