Ninemile Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker
Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Ninemile Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Ninemile Lake covers 294 acres in Minnesota, across Lake County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.
6 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 18 depth contour lines for this water.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 shore access point.
- Ninemile Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/superior/recreation/recarea/?recid=36939 · hours: Open 24 hours/day
Shore access for bank fishing
- Thunderbird Public Water Access Site — DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.7. These readings span 2019–2025.
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.
