Fishing at Mink Lake, Gogebic County, Michigan

• Overview

  Mink Lake is a Gogebic County water, in Michigan. The land about it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 72 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 1.3 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Michigan listings. Start from Wakefield, 13 miles down the road. It is 145 miles to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Mink Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Gogebic County names bluegill, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Mink Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 65°F in July and bottoms out near 10°F in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Mink Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Thrush Lake Boat Launch is the mapped launch, some half a mile from here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Glen Lake at 0.5 miles is the sensible second choice. Rules at Mink Lake are worth checking on the day.