Lulu Lake Fishing near Boissevain, North Dakota

• Overview

  You will find Lulu Lake in Rolette County, North Dakota. Around the bank it is rolling bush. With some 239 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Some 6.3 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Size puts it in the front rank of our Rolette County list. The closest town, Boissevain, is 14 miles away. Further out sit Deloraine (18 miles) and Bottineau (20 miles). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lulu Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Rolette County include bluegill, northern pike, white bass, yellow perch and johnny darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lulu Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 1°F in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Lulu Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Overnight stays are possible about 140 yards out, where camping is mapped. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Gravel Lake at 1.2 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lulu Lake may have changed since it was mapped.