Sybil 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 Sybil Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Sybil Lake covers 651 acres in Minnesota, across Otter Tail County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 51 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 23.2% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 7% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 5% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.3% of the 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: Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 15.2–24.6 feet on our readings, averaging 19.4 feet, from 125 readings. Our water temperature readings average 68°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.5. These readings span 2017–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Sybil 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

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.