White Iron Lake fishing: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Burbot, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at White Iron Lake, North Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
White Iron Lake covers 3,161 acres in Minnesota, across 2 counties: St. Louis and Lake. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Yellow Bullhead.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 227 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 8.8% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 13.7% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 2% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 36–38 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 38–40 ft: 15.4% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 3.5–5 feet on our readings, averaging 4.3 feet, from 156 readings. Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 48°F and the warmest is 81°F; the warmest monthly average is 73°F. pH averages 7. These readings span 2017–2025.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- White Iron Lake, North 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.
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.
