Minnesota · Wright County

Somers Lake Fishing guide

Somers Lake is a 151-acre lake in Wright County, Minnesota, reaching 21 ft at its deepest point. Secchi readings average around 2.3 ft of visibility. The Minnesota DNR has surveyed the lake 19 times, most recently in 2025, with walleye, largemouth bass, northern pike and bluegill in the nets.

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Depth to 21 ft · top 5 summer marks

Surface151 ac

Max depth21 ft

Mean10.2 ft

Clarity2.3 ft

Littoral85%

Surveyed2025

How to fish Somers Lake through the year

Walleye

Spring: Walleye are shallow, on and just off the spawning flats and the first green weeds. In 2.3 ft of visibility, they sit shallower than you think.
Early summer: Walleye are setting up on the outside weed edge, points and shallow structure.
Summer: Walleye are working the weed edge, points and any wind-blown structure. With 85% of this lake 15 ft or shallower, the weed edge is the main event.
Fall: Walleye are packing onto the sharpest breaks and points as the water cools, in big schools with short windows.

Largemouth bass

Spring: Largemouth are moving up into the warming bays and flats, staging around wood, docks and new weeds to spawn. In 2.3 ft of visibility, they sit shallower than you think.
Early summer: Largemouth are on the shallow spawning flats and protected bays, where beds go on firm bottom next to isolated cover.
Summer: Largemouth are in and along the weeds: cabbage and milfoil edges, matted cover and shade. With 85% of this lake 15 ft or shallower, the weed edge is the main event.
Fall: Largemouth are chasing bait back onto the flats and into the remaining green weeds, feeding hard and shallow before the freeze.

Season patterns for each species. Open the live map for today's wind, light and water temp.

Size history

Biggest fish by survey year

Survey year	Walleye	Largemouth bass	Northern pike
2021	27"	19"	36"
2016	27"	20"	33"
2011	25"	20"	30"
2006	25"	18"	35"
2005	19"	18"	34"
2004	22"	16"	30"
2003	21"	17"	27"
2002	19"	17"	19"

Longest fish measured by DNR survey crews in each year's nets. Survey gear samples the population, so the lake usually holds larger fish than any survey measured.

Suggested tackle

What to bring

Top presentations for this lake's structure and clarity:

Walleye · Live bait

Live-Bait (Lindy) Rig + Leech/Crawler

jumbo leech or half a nightcrawler

8–35 ftslow

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Walleye · Trolling

Snap Weights + Stickbaits

4–5" suspending or slow-floating stickbait

10–35 fttrolling

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Largemouth bass · Hardbaits

Hollow-Body Frog

3–3.5" hollow-body frog

0–6 ftslow

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Largemouth bass · Soft plastics

Texas-Rigged Worm

7" ribbon-tail or straight-tail plastic worm

1–25 ftdead slow

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Northern pike · Soft plastics

Paddletail Swimbait on Jighead

4–5" paddletail swimbait on a ball-head swimbait jighead

3–25 ftmoderate

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Northern pike · Muskie & pike

Soft Rubber (Bull Dawg / Medusa)

10" soft rubber body bait

3–25 ftslow

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DNR stocking records

Stocking history

Year	Species	Stocked
2024	Walleye	1,443 fingerlings · 156 yearlings
2022	Walleye	2,748 fingerlings · 164 yearlings · 34 adults
2020	Walleye	1,980 yearlings
2018	Walleye	140 adults
2016	Walleye	126 fingerlings · 51 yearlings

MN DNR · in their words

From the 2025 survey

A targeted survey of nearshore fish species in Somers Lake was conducted on August 6, 2025, by Area Fisheries staff. Sampling sites were evenly spaced around the lake, and each was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining with a 50-foot or 15-foot seine, where possible. Backpack electrofishing was completed at 10 sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample 6 stations, and a 15-foot seine was used at 3 stations. One station was not seined due to deep water and dense vegetation. Nearshore sampling captured 9 species of fish including no species that are intolerant of disturbance and 0 that are tolerant of disturbance, though 1 tolerant species was captured in gill nets (i.e., Common Carp).

The nearshore data were combined with trap net and gill net data from a September 2021 survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish-based IBI (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health, and the types of fish species present can help identify any stressors that may be negatively affecting the lake environment. In Minnesota lakes, certain fish species cannot survive without clean water and a healthy habitat (e.g., Blackchin Shiner, Iowa Darter, and Rock Bass), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Common Carp). The FIBI score, composed of several fish community diversity and composition metrics, indicates the overall health of a lake by comparing it to what is expected for a healthy lake. For additional information on the FIBI, search for "lake index of biological integrity" on the mndnr.gov website.

Read the full DNR narrative

Results from this survey provide evidence that the fish community in Somers Lake is healthy as indicated by an FIBI score above the general use impairment threshold for aquatic life use determined for similar lakes. These results are similar to previous findings which indicated that Somers Lake is fully supporting aquatic life. The survey results will be considered when the biological health of the lake is assessed during the Mississippi River - St. Cloud watershed assessment process, which will be completed in coordination with MN Pollution Control Agency. You can help protect the fish community in Somers Lake by reducing runoff, maintaining natural shorelines, and preventing the spread of invasive species.

Narrative text from the Minnesota DNR lake survey.

Recent reports

Somers Lake fishing reports

Recent reports on Somers Lake from guides, tournaments and regular anglers. Anything posted in the last two weeks also bumps the matching spots on the live map, so you'll see a "matches a recent report" tag on them.

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Wright County reports

DNR bathymetry

Somers Lake depth map

Somers Lake depth contour map, Wright County, Minnesota — Depth contours to 21 ft from Minnesota DNR bathymetry, free to save or print. The live map adds ranked spots and conditions on the same contours.

Within 30 miles

Nearby lakes

Mink Lake · 280 ac · 0.5 mi
Cedar Lake · 790 ac · 1.8 mi
Mary Lake · 196 ac · 1.9 mi
Millstone Lake · 200 ac · 2.3 mi
Indian Lake · 139 ac · 3 mi
Upper Maple Lake · 633 ac · 3.4 mi
Sugar Lake · 1,014 ac · 3.8 mi
Ramsey Lake · 317 ac · 3.9 mi

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How deep is Somers Lake?

Somers Lake reaches 21 ft at its deepest point with a mean depth of 10.2 ft; about 85% of the lake is littoral (15 ft or shallower).

How big is Somers Lake?

Somers Lake covers 151 acres with about 2.1 miles of shoreline.

How clear is the water in Somers Lake?

DNR Secchi readings on Somers Lake average 2.3 ft of visibility, on the stained end for a Minnesota lake.

What fish are in Somers Lake?

Minnesota DNR surveys (most recently 2025) record walleye, largemouth bass, northern pike, bluegill, crappie, yellow perch.

Is Somers Lake stocked?

Yes. The DNR stocked walleye in 2024; the stocking table on this page lists every year back to 2016.

How big do walleye get in Somers Lake?

The biggest walleye measured in recent DNR surveys taped 27"; the size-history table on this page tracks the biggest fish in each survey back to 2002.

When was Somers Lake last surveyed?

The Minnesota DNR last surveyed Somers Lake in 2025, the most recent of 19 surveys on record.

Page updated September 22, 2026.

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