Turtle Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Marcell, 2.4 mi away

Turtle Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 93.1% of it is 70 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 130 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 2,077 acres3.2 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 130 ftdeep
Fish species: 14
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Marcell2.4 mi

Water claritynow 15.6 ft

Turtle Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Whitefish, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Maple Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Turtle Lake covers 2,077 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 93.1% of it is 70 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. 93.1% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 74 depth contour lines for this water.

0–10 ft: 17.5% of the water
10–20 ft: 18.5% of the water
20–30 ft: 17.3% of the water
30–40 ft: 15.9% of the water
40–50 ft: 9.1% of the water
50–60 ft: 9.4% of the water
60–70 ft: 5.4% of the water
70–80 ft: 2.5% of the water
80–90 ft: 1.9% of the water
90–100 ft: 1.7% of the water
100–110 ft: 0.8% of the water
110–120 ft: 0.1% 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.
Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Yellow Bullhead.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Turtle Lake Delavan Wisconsin lake view.jpg — Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0

Maple Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Turtle Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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 14.5–18.7 feet on our readings, averaging 16.6 feet, from 56 readings. Our water temperature readings average 67°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 2 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.