Damp, showery conditions today, with a light SE breeze and pressure leaking away. Give the shaded margin through bright spells the first hour at Bass Lake. If you pick one session, make it the night. Work the productive water thoroughly. The autumn feed-up is on; baitfish areas are the key.
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Bass Lake lies in Itasca County, Minnesota. It lies 1,355 feet above sea level. It measures about 55 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. There is roughly 1.0 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Keewatin lies 19 miles from the water. Then Coleraine, 19 miles, and Cohasset, 23 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.
Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Itasca County cover yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike, bluegill and black crappie. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Bass Lake is often the one people ignore.
The seasonal spread runs 5°F to 66°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Bass Lake follows the weather closely.
Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Buckman Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. The position on Bass Lake is worth confirming on the day.
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The bites are poor now
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| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 54° | 53° | 53° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 53° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 55° | 55° | 55° | 55° | 55° | 56° | 57° | 57° | 58° | 59° | 58° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 30.04 | 30.01 | 29.98 | 29.96 | 29.94 | 29.92 | 29.89 | 29.88 | 29.86 | 29.84 | 29.8 | 29.78 | 29.73 | 29.67 | 29.67 | 29.65 | 29.62 | 29.6 | 29.58 | 29.57 | 29.56 | 29.55 | 29.54 | 29.53 |
| 92 | 93 | 93 | 90 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 91 |
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