Oak Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Duquette, 2.3 mi away

Oak Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 96.1% of it is 14 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 15 ft deep.

Oak Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye 1

Lake

Surface area: 462 acres0.7 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 15 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 11
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Duquette2.3 mi

Water claritynow 6 ft

Oak Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Oak Lake covers 462 acres in Minnesota, across Pine County. It is a lake: 96.1% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 11 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.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Oak Lake, Manitoba.jpg — Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 96.1% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 39 depth contour lines for this water.

0–1 ft: 6.9% of the water
1–2 ft: 6.8% of the water
2–3 ft: 6.3% of the water
3–4 ft: 6.2% of the water
4–5 ft: 7% of the water
5–6 ft: 8.3% of the water
6–7 ft: 6.9% of the water
7–8 ft: 6.9% of the water
8–9 ft: 6.9% of the water
9–10 ft: 8.4% of the water
10–11 ft: 10.2% of the water
11–12 ft: 7.3% of the water
12–14 ft: 8% of the water
14–15 ft: 3.9% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Branched Oak Lake marina breakwall 1.JPG — Ammodramus · CC0

Oak Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

Branched Oak Lake marina 2.JPG — Ammodramus · CC0

What is hard here

With 96.1% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.