Namakan Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Black Bullhead, White Sucker
Target species: Northern Pike, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed
The lake
Namakan Lake covers 12,159 acres in Minnesota, across St. Louis County. It is a lake: 93.1% of it is 90 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 150 feet (45.7 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 150 ft (45.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.1% of the water is 90 feet or shallower. We hold 405 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–10 ft: 20.8% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 15.8% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 14.5% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 11.3% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 6% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 5% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 3% of the water
- 110–120 ft: 1.3% of the water
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
- Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.5. These readings span 2017–2023.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 12,159 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
Where this data comes from
- Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- 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.
