Bass Lakes Fishing in Hubbard County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Bass Lakes in Hubbard County, Minnesota. The land about it is rolling bush. The town to know is Park Rapids, 20 miles out. Bemidji lies 22 miles off, Menahga another 31 miles. Neighbouring water: Lake Twentyone the better part of 0.4 miles, Little Gulch Lakes within 1.5 miles, Camp Lake the better part of 2.7 miles, Coon Lake within 2.7 miles and Lester Lake the better part of 3 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Bass Lakes

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Hubbard County records list walleye, northern pike, black crappie and bluegill among the fish reported. The county list is broader than any single water. On Bass Lakes the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 67°F at the top of summer and 5°F at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Bass Lakes fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. You can launch: the ramp is half a mile away. Recorded parking is half a mile off, far enough to travel light. A picnic spot sits half a mile from the bank. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lake Twentyone is 0.4 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Bass Lakes for certain.