Wabana Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Reservoir · Minnesota · Grand Rapids, 13 mi away

Wabana Lake, Minnesota: Northern Pike. 92% of it is 60 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 110 ft deep.

Wabana Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 2,198 acres3.4 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 110 ftdeep
Fish species: 13
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Grand Rapids13 mi

Water claritynow 17.6 ft

Wabana Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

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

The lake

Wabana Lake covers 2,198 acres in Minnesota, across Itasca County. It is a lake: 92% of it is 60 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 110 feet (33.5 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 110 ft (33.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92% of the water is 60 feet or shallower. We hold 59 depth contour lines for this water.

0–10 ft: 27.7% of the water
10–20 ft: 23.9% of the water
20–30 ft: 15.3% of the water
30–40 ft: 10.9% of the water
40–50 ft: 8.8% of the water
50–60 ft: 5.4% of the water
60–70 ft: 3.6% of the water
70–80 ft: 1.6% of the water
80–90 ft: 1.1% of the water
90–100 ft: 0.9% of the water
100–110 ft: 0.8% 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.
Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 15–22.5 feet on our readings, averaging 18.4 feet, from 464 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.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

Wabana Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Forestry.
Wabana Lake (SE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Forestry.

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.

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.