Trout Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Trout Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Trout Lake (N) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.

The lake

Trout Lake covers 1,816 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 92.2% of it is 100 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 130 feet (39.6 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 130 ft (39.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.2% of the water is 100 feet or shallower. We hold 47 depth contour lines for this water.

• 0–10 ft: 13.5% of the water
• 10–20 ft: 10.3% of the water
• 20–30 ft: 11.2% of the water
• 30–40 ft: 10.1% of the water
• 40–50 ft: 10.5% of the water
• 50–60 ft: 10.6% of the water
• 60–70 ft: 10.5% of the water
• 70–80 ft: 7.1% of the water
• 80–90 ft: 4.6% of the water
• 90–100 ft: 3.8% of the water
• 100–110 ft: 4.3% of the water
• 110–120 ft: 2.7% of the water
• 120–130 ft: 0.7% 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.
• Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°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, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps.

• Trout Lake (N) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms.
• Trout Lake, Kom-on-in Beach Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Greenway Lions Club, Greenway Township.
• Trout Lake, Longyear Park Public Water Access Site — 1 lane.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: 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

Water clarity runs 11.8–23 feet on our readings, averaging 17.3 feet, from 127 readings. Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2025.

What is hard here

Only 3 public ramps are 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.