Vermont Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Minnesota · Leaf Valley, 4.7 mi away

Vermont Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 91.4% of it is 30 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. At least 50 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 297 acres0.5 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 50 ftdeep
Fish species: 10
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Leaf Valley4.7 mi

Water claritynow 15 ft

Vermont Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Vermont Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Vermont Lake covers 297 acres in Minnesota, across Douglas County. It is a lake: 91.4% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 10 species for this 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 Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.4% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 37 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 20.6% of the water
3–6 ft: 17.6% of the water
6–9 ft: 12.7% of the water
9–12 ft: 9.2% of the water
12–15 ft: 7.7% of the water
15–18 ft: 5.7% of the water
18–21 ft: 4.7% of the water
21–24 ft: 4.2% of the water
24–27 ft: 4.4% of the water
27–30 ft: 4.6% of the water
30–33 ft: 3.4% of the water
33–36 ft: 1.8% of the water
36–39 ft: 1.4% of the water
39–42 ft: 1.2% of the water
42–45 ft: 0.6% of the water
45–48 ft: 0.4% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Vermont 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 71°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 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.