Woman Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass

Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Burbot, Black Bullhead
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Woman Lake (NE) Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.

The lake

Woman Lake covers 5,543 acres in Minnesota, across Cass County. It is a lake: 94.5% of it is 36 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • 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.
  • Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.

Also recorded here: Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.

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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. 94.5% of the water is 36 feet or shallower. We hold 177 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–3 ft: 11.8% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 7% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 8% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 6% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 12.2% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 0.4% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 0.3% of the water
  • 48–50 ft: 0.5% of the water

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2016–2025.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 shore access point.

  • Woman Lake (NE) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
  • Woman Lake (W) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Women Lake WMA Public Water Access Site — 1 lane. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.

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

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 5,543 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle. 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.