Perch Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Perch Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Perch Lake covers 269 acres in Minnesota, across Crow Wing County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m), in the measured part of the water. 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.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. The survey covers only part of the water, so the true maximum may be deeper. We hold 27 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 28.1% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 3.5% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 2.4% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 2.4% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 3% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 36–38 ft: 4% of the water
- 38–40 ft: 12.7% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Perch 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.
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.
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.
