Fishing near Elk River, Minnesota

This is Elk River, a Minnesota town in Anoka County. There are about 23,963 people here. The run goes: Orono Lake near enough 1.9 miles to the west, Twin Lakes near enough 3.8 miles, Eagle Lake near enough 3.9 miles to the north-east, Eddy Lake near enough 4.9 miles and Bear Lake near enough 5.2 miles to the north-east. Bear Lake fishes short: get the depth right and the distance takes care of itself. Winter puts a hard lid on these. Once it clears, the fishing comes on quickly. Standing water makes up nearly all of it. The shady bank fishes long after the sunny one dies. Orono Lake sits nearest and covers some 290 acres. Orono Lake is the one with a mapped slipway. On climate averages, local water clears around early April. County records name bluegill, common carp, black crappie and largemouth bass among the fish present. Orono Lake is the one most people from Elk River fish first....