Roosevelt Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Roosevelt Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Roosevelt Lake covers 1,506 acres in Minnesota, across 2 counties: Cass and Crow Wing. It is a lake: 92.5% of it is 100 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 120 feet (36.6 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 120 ft (36.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.5% of the water is 100 feet or shallower. We hold 92 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–10 ft: 11% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 15.1% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 12.9% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 11.9% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 3.5% 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.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

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

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 7.9–14.5 feet on our readings, averaging 10.9 feet, from 326 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.7. These readings span 2016–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Roosevelt Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails. website dnr.state.mn.us/water_access/site.html?id=WAS00862

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.