Mud Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Star Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Mud Lake covers 595 acres in Minnesota, across Meeker County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 9 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.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Also recorded here: Brown Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.2% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 52 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 19.9% of the water
- 1–3 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 6.9% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 7–9 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 9–11 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 6.9% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 7.3% of the water
- 13–14 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 14–15 ft: 9.8% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 0.7–3 feet on our readings, averaging 1.5 feet, from 311 readings. Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 46°F and the warmest is 92°F; the warmest monthly average is 81°F. These readings span 2016–2025.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Star 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
With 90.2% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. Clarity swings from 0.7 to 3 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.
