Waverly Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, White Sucker
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Little Waverly Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Waverly Lake covers 487 acres in Minnesota, across Wright County. It is a lake: 93.5% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.5% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 17 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 10.8% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 11.2% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 13% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 9.9% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 11.4% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 6% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 4% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 60–65 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.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 4.9–15.3 feet on our readings, averaging 9.4 feet, from 59 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 58°F and the warmest is 81°F; the warmest monthly average is 77°F. pH averages 8.8. These readings span 2017–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 shore access point.
- Little Waverly Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. Wright County.
- Waverly Lake, Waterfront Park Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Waverly Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms.
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.
What is hard here
Clarity swings from 4.9 to 15.3 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.
