Bushwah Lake Fishing in Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Bushwah Lake stands in Lake County, Minnesota. Everything around it is mixed forest. About 7 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lake County. For supplies, Ely is 37 miles out. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 88 miles away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Bushwah Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Lake County list white sucker, yellow perch and northern pike. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The near bank of Bushwah Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 64°F; the cold one sits at 4°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Bushwah Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. 4 covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Loki Lake is 0.7 miles off. Rules at Bushwah Lake are worth checking on the day.