Three Island Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Turtle River, 3.2 mi away

Three Island Lake, Minnesota: Largemouth Bass. 92.4% of it is 14 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 25 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 734 acres1.1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 25 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 14
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Turtle River3.2 mi

Water claritynow 11.7 ft

Three Island Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Three Island Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Three Island Lake covers 734 acres in Minnesota, across Beltrami County. It is a lake: 92.4% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 14 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.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Shorthead Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Cisco, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.4% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 48 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 28.8% of the water
2–4 ft: 17.1% of the water
4–6 ft: 17.7% of the water
6–8 ft: 12.8% of the water
8–10 ft: 6.7% of the water
10–12 ft: 4.9% of the water
12–14 ft: 4.4% of the water
14–16 ft: 3.4% of the water
16–18 ft: 1.5% of the water
18–20 ft: 1.1% of the water
20–22 ft: 0.8% of the water
22–24 ft: 0.7% of the water
24–25 ft: 0.1% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Turtle River 3 Island.jpg — McGhiever · CC BY 4.0

Three Island 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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2019–2025.

What is hard here

With 92.4% of the water 14 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.