Annie Lake in Lake County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Annie Lake is one of the Lake County listings for Minnesota. The water sits 1,483 feet up. This is a pocket water of some 20 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Head to Ely, 38 miles away, for anything you forgot. Grand Marais follows at 42 miles, then Babbitt at 47 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Annie 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. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Lake County records list white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Annie Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 64°F and January near 4°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Annie Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Tradition Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Annie Lake locally before you travel.