Perch Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
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 340 acres in Minnesota, across St. Louis County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 9 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.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°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.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 41 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 8% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 8.9% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 7% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 10.4% of the water
- 18–19 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 19–20 ft: 21.4% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 40°F and the warmest is 78°F; the warmest monthly average is 74°F. pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2017–2025.
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.
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.
