Rose Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Reservoir · Minnesota · Vergas, 3.5 mi away

Rose Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 91.7% of it is 100 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp.

Rose Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 1,198 acres1.9 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 130 ftdeep
Fish species: 16
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Vergas3.5 mi

Water claritynow 16.3 ft

Rose Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Rose Lake covers 1,198 acres in Minnesota, across Otter Tail County. It is a lake: 91.7% of it is 100 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 130 feet (39.6 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 130 ft (39.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.7% of the water is 100 feet or shallower. We hold 14 depth contour lines for this water.

0–10 ft: 31.1% of the water
10–20 ft: 13.7% of the water
20–30 ft: 9.6% of the water
30–40 ft: 6% of the water
40–50 ft: 6.1% of the water
50–60 ft: 5.3% of the water
60–70 ft: 5.6% of the water
70–80 ft: 6.2% of the water
80–90 ft: 4.4% of the water
90–100 ft: 3.7% of the water
100–110 ft: 4.4% of the water
110–120 ft: 3.1% of the water
120–130 ft: 1% of the 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.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

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

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Rose Lake, Minnesota.jpg — Norstrem · CC BY-SA 3.0

Rose Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 12–19.6 feet on our readings, averaging 15.4 feet, from 70 readings. Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

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.