Red Sand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Bullhead, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Red Sand Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Red Sand Lake covers 525 acres in Minnesota, across Crow Wing County. It is a lake: 93.7% of it is 6 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 14 feet (4.3 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.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Bowfin, Brown Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 14 ft (4.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.7% of the water is 6 feet or shallower. We hold 28 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–1 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 16.2% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 26.4% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 25.4% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 0.6% of the water

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 41°F and the warmest is 83°F; the warmest monthly average is 78°F. pH averages 8.5. These readings span 2019–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Red Sand Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Crow Wing County.

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

With 93.7% of the water 6 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.