Shagawa Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Shagawa Lake, Sandy Point Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Shagawa Lake covers 2,322 acres in Minnesota, across St. Louis County. It is a lake: 90.1% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.1% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 195 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 3.8% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 8% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 8.7% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 8.1% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 8% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 8.7% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 1.6% of the water
- 36–38 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 38–40 ft: 1.8% of the water
4 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 4 trailer ramps.
- Shagawa Lake, Sandy Point Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Shagawa Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Shagawa Lake (S) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.
- Shagawa Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 4 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
Water clarity runs 6.5–12.4 feet on our readings, averaging 9.5 feet, from 133 readings. Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 50°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 75°F. pH averages 7.8. These readings span 2016–2025.
What is hard here
Only 4 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.
