Callahan Lake Fishing in Cass County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Callahan Lake is one of the Cass County waters in Minnesota. The ground around here is lake country bush. Surface area is around 57 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The full circuit measures close to 1.3 miles on foot. Cohasset at 11 miles is the nearest place to stop. Fargo sits 144 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Callahan Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Cass County include largemouth bass, yellow perch and bluegill. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Callahan Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 5°F to 67°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about late November in an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Time your trip to Callahan Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Part of this sits inside or beside Willow Lake Deer Yard Wildlife Management Area, so read the notices. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Spring Lake, 0.7 miles out. Ask locally about Callahan Lake if anything is unclear.