Wells Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, River Carpsucker
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Cannon Lake Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Wells Lake covers 2,185 acres in Minnesota, across Rice County. It is a lake: 93.6% of it is 13 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 17 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- River Carpsucker — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Black Bullhead, White Sucker, White Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.6% of the water is 13 feet or shallower. We hold 112 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 5% of the water
- 5–7 ft: 10.3% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 7% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 14.8% of the water
- 10–11 ft: 16% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 13–15 ft: 6.3% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Cannon Lake Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes. 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 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2021–2025.
What is hard here
With 93.6% of the water 13 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.
- 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.
