Sand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Burbot

Lake · Minnesota · Winter, 9.3 mi away

Sand Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 1 trailer ramp. At least 10 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 484 acres0.8 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 10 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 8
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Winter9.3 mi

Water claritynow 4.1 ft

Sand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Burbot

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Burbot, White Sucker, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Sand Lake Carry Down.

The lake

Sand Lake covers 484 acres in Minnesota, across Lake County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Pumpkinseed.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 43 depth contour lines for this water.

0–1 ft: 17.7% of the water
1–2 ft: 6.6% of the water
2–3 ft: 7.1% of the water
3–4 ft: 6.8% of the water
4–5 ft: 6.5% of the water
5–6 ft: 6.1% of the water
6–7 ft: 6.5% of the water
7–8 ft: 6.8% of the water
8–9 ft: 6.9% of the water
9–10 ft: 28.9% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.

Sand Lake Carry Down — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/superior/recreation/recarea/?recid=37071 · hours: Open 24 hours/day

Shore access for bank fishing

Sand Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service.

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 66°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.1. 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.