Pelican Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Black Bullhead, White Sucker

Target species: Northern Pike, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pelican Lake (W) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Pelican Lake covers 3,257 acres in Minnesota, across Wright County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 137 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–1 ft: 18.4% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 7% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 7% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 25.8% of the water

4 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.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 shore access point.

  • Pelican Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Pelican Lake WMA (N) Holker's Landing Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Pelican Lake (SW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.9. These readings span 2017–2018. The latest reading is from 2018, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are 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.
  • 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.