Beebe Lake Fishing Guide, Grant County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Beebe Lake stands in Grant County, Minnesota. What surrounds it is lake country bush. At about 101 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 1.6 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Supplies mean a trip to Elbow Lake, 9.9 miles off. Fergus Falls is 14 miles and Parkers Prairie 27 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Beebe Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Grant County include common carp, largemouth bass and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Beebe Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 70°F in July and bottoms out near 7°F in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Beebe Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Morrison WPA runs up to the bank here, which usually means extra restrictions. 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. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Clear Lake, 1.6 miles out. Treat access at Beebe Lake as something to verify.