Round Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Squaw Lake / Gaa-waawiyegamaag, 1.6 mi away

Round Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 94.8% of it is 18 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 20 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 2,866 acres4.5 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 20 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 16
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Squaw Lake / Gaa-waawiyegamaag1.6 mi

Dissolved oxygennow 8.3 mg/L

Round Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Round Lake covers 2,866 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 94.8% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 16 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.
Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

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

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.8% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 63 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 2.9% of the water
2–4 ft: 3.8% of the water
4–6 ft: 4.2% of the water
6–8 ft: 6.8% of the water
8–10 ft: 11.6% of the water
10–11 ft: 6% of the water
11–12 ft: 5.9% of the water
12–13 ft: 5.3% of the water
13–14 ft: 5.9% of the water
14–15 ft: 18.5% of the water
15–16 ft: 18.1% of the water
16–18 ft: 5.8% of the water
18–20 ft: 5.2% 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. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2017–2025.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Round Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Round Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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.