Blue Snow Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Blue Snow Lake is a Lake County water, Minnesota side. The water sits 1,834 feet up. Roughly 49 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 1.7 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Compared with other Minnesota water on our list, it sits high. Some 33 miles away sits Grand Marais, the nearest settlement. For a city, Thunder Bay is 78 miles off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Blue Snow Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Lake County, recorded fish include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Blue Snow Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 4°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Blue Snow Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a campsite 0.9 miles from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Brant Lake, 0.6 miles away. None of that is settled for Blue Snow Lake in what we hold.