No direct sun expected today, with just enough ESE wind to ripple the surface with the glass slipping lower. The productive water at Benedict Lake will be around the first drop-off and weed lines. A tough forecast; the night offers the only real chance. One good spot fished well beats five fished quickly.
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Benedict Lake lies in Hubbard County, in Minnesota. The ground round it is lake country bush. It measures some 471 acres, and wind has room to build across it. The outline measures near 3.6 miles, so local knowledge counts. It ranks high for size among our Hubbard County listings. Park Rapids lies 23 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Fargo, 101 miles away. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.
The charted maximum sits at about 104 feet. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Hubbard County names walleye, northern pike and black crappie. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Benedict Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.
Averages move between 5°F in January and 67°F in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Benedict Lake regularly works to that calendar.
We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A pier half a mile from here gives a platform over deeper water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Oak Lake is 2.4 miles off. Rules at Benedict Lake are worth checking on the day.
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| 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 7.8 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 29.98 | 29.95 | 29.93 | 29.91 | 29.88 | 29.86 | 29.83 | 29.8 | 29.78 | 29.75 | 29.71 | 29.68 | 29.63 | 29.59 | 29.55 | 29.53 | 29.55 | 29.52 | 29.51 | 29.51 | 29.5 | 29.51 | 29.52 | 29.52 |
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