Pokegama Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 7 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pokegama Lake, Golf Course Rd Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Pokegama Lake covers 6,632 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 75 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 110 feet (33.5 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 110 ft (33.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.2% of the water is 75 feet or shallower. We hold 279 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 16.9% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 8% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 6% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 5% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 70–75 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 75–80 ft: 2.1% of the water
- 80–85 ft: 2% of the water
- 85–90 ft: 1.3% of the water
- 90–95 ft: 1.1% of the water
- 95–100 ft: 3.4% of the water
7 target fish, led by Muskellunge
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- 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.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Also recorded here: Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Cisco, Rock Bass, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Lake Trout, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 12–22 feet on our readings, averaging 16.3 feet, from 592 readings. Our water temperature readings average 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 46°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 73°F. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2017–2025.
7 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 7 trailer ramps.
- Pokegama Lake, Golf Course Rd Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes.
- Pokegama Lake, Casper Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Harris Township.
- Pokegama Lake, Laplant Rd Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Harris Township.
- Pokegama Lake, Mishawaka Landing Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Harris Township.
- Pokegama Lake, Sherry's Arm Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Itasca County.
- Pokegama Lake, Wood Tick Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Harris Township.
- Tioga Mine Pit Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 7 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.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 6,632 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
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.
