Pomme de Terre Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Bigmouth Buffalo
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pomme De Terre Lake (E) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Pomme de Terre Lake covers 1,775 acres in Minnesota, across Grant County. It is a lake: 92.7% of it is 16 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 20 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.

Also recorded here: Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, White Crappie, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Orangespotted Sunfish, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.7% of the water is 16 feet or shallower. We hold 92 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–1 ft: 15% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 3–5 ft: 10.3% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 7% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 4.9% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 2.5–7 feet on our readings, averaging 4.4 feet, from 121 readings. Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2016–2025.

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps.

  • Pomme De Terre Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.
  • Pomme De Terre Lake (S), Tipsinah Mound Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Pomme De Terre Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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.

What is hard here

Only 3 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.
  • 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.