Potato Lake fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Lake · Minnesota · Park Rapids, 5.3 mi away

Potato Lake, Minnesota: Walleye. 90.3% of it is 60 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 80 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 2,079 acres3.2 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 80 ftdeep
Fish species: 14
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Park Rapids5.3 mi

Water claritynow 11.5 ft

Potato Lake fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Potato Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Potato Lake covers 2,079 acres in Minnesota, across Hubbard County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 60 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.3% of the water is 60 feet or shallower. We hold 82 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 15.3% of the water
5–10 ft: 9.6% of the water
10–15 ft: 8.9% of the water
15–20 ft: 8.8% of the water
20–25 ft: 9.8% of the water
25–30 ft: 9.5% of the water
30–35 ft: 7.2% of the water
35–40 ft: 5.3% of the water
40–45 ft: 3.9% of the water
45–50 ft: 3.8% of the water
50–55 ft: 4.1% of the water
55–60 ft: 4.1% of the water
60–65 ft: 3.3% of the water
65–70 ft: 2.9% of the water
70–75 ft: 2.1% of the water
75–80 ft: 1.4% of the water

7 target fish, led by Walleye

Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 9–15.1 feet on our readings, averaging 12.1 feet, from 357 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2025.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2021 — USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2021 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Potato Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Potato Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Hubbard County.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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 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.
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.