Keller Lake in Dakota County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Keller Lake stands in Dakota County, Minnesota. The water sits 925 feet up. It measures about 55 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 1.1 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Minnesota listings. Apple Valley sits 1.7 miles from the bank. Burnsville is 3.1 miles and Lakeville 5.3 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Keller Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Dakota County records list bluegill, common carp and green sunfish among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Keller Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 72°F; by January the average is down near 12°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Keller Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is a car park half a mile from the bank. There are picnic tables recorded roughly half a mile off. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Lavon Lake is 0.5 miles distant. Nothing on Keller Lake should be assumed from this page alone.