Wet weather working through today, with a stiffish breeze from the ESE with a softening glass. Most of the action on Benjamin Lake should come off the seam between weed and open water. A hard day on paper; the night edges the rest. Scale down and fish slowly. Autumn rewards covering water while the fish roam.
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Beltrami County, Minnesota, is where Benjamin Lake sits. Land around it is mixed forest. Roughly 32 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Nearest town is Bemidji, 19 miles off. For a city, Fargo is 117 miles off. Others within reach: Carls Lake 0.4 miles away, Little Rabideau Lake a touch under 0.4 miles, Rabideau Lake 1.2 miles away, Murk Lake a touch under 1.4 miles and Gilstad Lake 2.1 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.
No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Beltrami County cover walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, largemouth bass and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Benjamin Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.
July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 67°F, while January sits near 3°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Benjamin Lake rarely departs from it.
The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. You can launch: the ramp is half a mile away. A jetty or pier is mapped about half a mile from here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Carls Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. Rules at Benjamin Lake are worth checking on the day.
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| 5.5 | 6 | 5.2 | 6 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
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| 29.98 | 29.96 | 29.94 | 29.91 | 29.89 | 29.87 | 29.85 | 29.83 | 29.81 | 29.79 | 29.76 | 29.74 | 29.67 | 29.63 | 29.6 | 29.58 | 29.55 | 29.54 | 29.52 | 29.52 | 29.52 | 29.52 | 29.53 | 29.53 |
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Sam
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