Windy Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Lake Whitefish
Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Lake Whitefish, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Windy Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Windy Lake covers 447 acres in Minnesota, across Lake County. It is a lake: 92% of it is 28 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 30 feet (9.1 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92% of the water is 28 feet or shallower. We hold 41 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 7% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 7.3% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 4% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 8.3% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Windy Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. U.S. Forest Service. hours: Open 24 hours/day
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 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7. These readings span 2019–2025.
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.
