Shallow Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Shallow Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Shallow Lake covers 283 acres in Minnesota, across Hubbard County. It is a lake: 93.7% of it is 7 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 12 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.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.7% of the water is 7 feet or shallower. We hold 27 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–1 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 18% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 23.8% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 13.6% of the water
  • 7–9 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 0.5% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Shallow Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Hubbard County.

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.7. These readings span 2020. The latest reading is from 2020, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

With 93.7% of the water 7 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.