Straight Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Straight Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Straight Lake covers 475 acres in Minnesota, across Becker County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 14 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. 91.8% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 57 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–3 ft: 14.9% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 8.4% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 54–57 ft: 1.2% of the water
- 57–60 ft: 1.1% of the water
7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Straight 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.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2025.
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.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map, 2007.
- 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.
