Sand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Max, 2.9 mi away

Sand Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 90.3% of it is 30 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 70 ft deep.

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

Lake

Surface area: 4,203 acres6.6 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 70 ftdeep
Fish species: 19
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Max2.9 mi

Water claritynow 16.5 ft

Sand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Shorthead Redhorse, Burbot, Golden Redhorse
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Sand Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Sand Lake covers 4,203 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 19 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.3% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 66 depth contour lines for this water.

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0–5 ft: 14.1% of the water
5–10 ft: 16% of the water
10–15 ft: 15.6% of the water
15–20 ft: 16.9% of the water
20–25 ft: 19% of the water
25–30 ft: 8.7% of the water
30–35 ft: 3.5% of the water
35–40 ft: 2.2% of the water
40–45 ft: 1.5% of the water
45–50 ft: 1.9% of the water
50–55 ft: 0.6% of the water
55–60 ft: 0.1% 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.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
Golden Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

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

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 58°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 75°F. These readings span 2016–2025.

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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Sand 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.

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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.