Serpent Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Serpent Lake Mobile Home Park, 0.4 mi away

Serpent Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 93.2% of it is 51 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 60 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 1,101 acres1.7 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 60 ftdeep
Fish species: 16
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Serpent Lake Mobile Home Park0.4 mi

Water claritynow 25.2 ft

Serpent Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Burbot, Black Bullhead
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Serpent Lake (W) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Serpent Lake covers 1,101 acres in Minnesota, across Crow Wing County. It is a lake: 93.2% of it is 51 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.2% of the water is 51 feet or shallower. We hold 74 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 4% of the water
3–6 ft: 4.9% of the water
6–9 ft: 6.2% of the water
9–12 ft: 6.4% of the water
12–15 ft: 6.3% of the water
15–18 ft: 5.5% of the water
18–21 ft: 5.3% of the water
21–24 ft: 5.5% of the water
24–27 ft: 5.7% of the water
27–30 ft: 5.9% of the water
30–33 ft: 5.3% of the water
33–36 ft: 5.5% of the water
36–39 ft: 6.3% of the water
39–42 ft: 6.9% of the water
42–45 ft: 4.6% of the water
45–48 ft: 4% of the water
48–51 ft: 4.9% of the water
51–54 ft: 2.5% of the water
54–57 ft: 1.9% of the water
57–60 ft: 2.3% 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.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.

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

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 8.1. These readings span 2017–2025.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Serpent Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. Crow Wing County.
Serpent Lake (E) 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.