Stump Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass
The lake
Stump Lake covers 324 acres in Minnesota, across Beltrami County. It is a lake: 95.4% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°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.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Yellow Bullhead.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 95.4% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 102 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 1–2 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 6.9% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 8% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 8% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 8.4% of the water
- 10–11 ft: 8.5% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 0.9% of the water
Ramps and access
On this water we hold 1 shore access point.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Mississippi River, Co Rd 12 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.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 55°F and the warmest is 82°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. These readings span 2016–2025.
What is hard here
With 95.4% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards.
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.
