Shakopee Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Onamia, 3.7 mi away

Shakopee Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 1 trailer ramp.

Lake

Surface area: 625 acres1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 10 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 17
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Onamia3.7 mi

Shakopee Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Shakopee Lake covers 625 acres in Minnesota, across Mille Lacs County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 17 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.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

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

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 19 depth contour lines for this water.

0–1 ft: 16.2% of the water
1–2 ft: 10% of the water
2–3 ft: 7.9% of the water
3–4 ft: 6.8% of the water
4–5 ft: 6.6% of the water
5–6 ft: 6.7% of the water
6–8 ft: 9.1% of the water
8–10 ft: 36.8% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Shakopee Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. 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.

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.