Bass Lake Fishing Guide, Itasca County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Within Itasca County, Minnesota, you have Bass Lake. The water sits 1,398 feet up. It measures about 64 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 1.1 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Coleraine lies 27 miles from the water. Keewatin is 27 miles away, with Cohasset at 29 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Bass Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Itasca County, recorded fish include yellow perch, largemouth bass and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Bass Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 4°F to 66°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That is the shape of the year on Bass Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Gale Lake, 0.6 miles out. Signs at Bass Lake carry more weight than any list.