Bay Lake Fishing in Aitkin County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Aitkin County end of Minnesota holds Bay Lake. This is lake country bush country. At about 32 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. You are 27 miles from Grand Rapids. Coleraine is 28 miles and Cohasset 31 miles. Near neighbours include: Long Lake just 0.6 miles, Little Red Horse Lake a shade over 0.9 miles, Blackface Lake just 1.8 miles, Ball Bluff Lake a shade over 2.6 miles and Rat House Lake just 2.7 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Bay Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Aitkin County include northern pike, bluegill and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Bay Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 6°F in January and 67°F in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Bay Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Long Lake is 0.6 miles distant. Nothing on Bay Lake should be assumed from this page alone.