Shell Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Pine Point, 3.8 mi away

Shell Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 94.1% of it is 11 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 15 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 3,109 acres4.9 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 15 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 13
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Pine Point3.8 mi

Shell Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Shell Lake covers 3,109 acres in Minnesota, across Becker County. It is a lake: 94.1% of it is 11 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 13 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.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.1% of the water is 11 feet or shallower. We hold 86 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 9.1% of the water
2–4 ft: 9.9% of the water
4–5 ft: 7.5% of the water
5–6 ft: 9.9% of the water
6–7 ft: 6.8% of the water
7–8 ft: 7% of the water
8–9 ft: 8.6% of the water
9–10 ft: 18.7% of the water
10–11 ft: 16.6% of the water
11–13 ft: 2.6% of the water
13–15 ft: 3.2% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Shell Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. 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

With 94.1% of the water 11 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.