Mitchell Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Lake · Minnesota · Fifty Lakes, 3.5 mi away

Mitchell Lake, Minnesota: Muskellunge. 90.4% of it is 55 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp.

Lake

Surface area: 419 acres0.7 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 70 ftdeep
Fish species: 18
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Fifty Lakes3.5 mi

Water claritynow 9.6 ft

Mitchell Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Burbot, Shorthead Redhorse
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Mitchell Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Mitchell Lake covers 419 acres in Minnesota, across Crow Wing County. It is a lake: 90.4% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 18 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. 90.4% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 23 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 8.4% of the water
5–10 ft: 9.4% of the water
10–15 ft: 8.4% of the water
15–20 ft: 7.6% of the water
20–25 ft: 7.6% of the water
25–30 ft: 8.3% of the water
30–35 ft: 7.7% of the water
35–40 ft: 8% of the water
40–45 ft: 8.4% of the water
45–50 ft: 10.9% of the water
50–55 ft: 5.7% of the water
55–60 ft: 3% of the water
60–65 ft: 2.6% of the water
65–70 ft: 4.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Muskellunge

Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
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.
Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

Also recorded here: White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 6–12 feet on our readings, averaging 8.2 feet, from 195 readings. Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Mitchell Lake 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.

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.