Wilson Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker, Yellow Perch
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Little Wilson Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Wilson Lake covers 666 acres in Minnesota, across Lake County. It is a lake: 92.9% of it is 36 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.9% of the water is 36 feet or shallower. We hold 44 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–3 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 0.4% of the water

4 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.

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Pete Markham from Loretto, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Little Wilson Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service.
  • Wilson Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. U.S. Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/superior/recreation/recarea/?recid=36965 · hours: Open 24 hours/day

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.7. These readings span 2019–2025.

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.