Middle Cormorant Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Cormorant, 3.3 mi away

Middle Cormorant Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 90.2% of it is 32 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 35 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 674 acres1.1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 35 ftdeep
Fish species: 13
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Cormorant3.3 mi

Water claritynow 13.5 ft

Middle Cormorant Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Middle Cormorant Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Middle Cormorant Lake covers 674 acres in Minnesota, across Becker County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 32 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.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Rock Bass, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.2% of the water is 32 feet or shallower. We hold 46 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 11.7% of the water
2–4 ft: 13.4% of the water
4–6 ft: 11.8% of the water
6–8 ft: 8.6% of the water
8–10 ft: 8.2% of the water
10–12 ft: 8.4% of the water
12–14 ft: 7.8% of the water
14–16 ft: 3.4% of the water
16–18 ft: 2.2% of the water
18–20 ft: 2.1% of the water
20–22 ft: 2.1% of the water
22–24 ft: 2.1% of the water
24–26 ft: 2.1% of the water
26–28 ft: 2% of the water
28–30 ft: 2% of the water
30–32 ft: 2.3% of the water
32–34 ft: 3% of the water
34–35 ft: 7.2% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Middle Cormorant Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2024.

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.