Camp Lake Fishing Guide, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Minnesota holds Camp Lake, in Saint Louis County. The setting is lake country bush. At about 76 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 1.4 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest place of any size is Ely, 8 miles away. Then Babbitt, 21 miles, and Hoyt Lakes, 37 miles. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Camp Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Saint Louis County include yellow perch, northern pike and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Camp Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 65°F and January near 3°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. 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 late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Time your trip to Camp Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Thirtythree Lake is 0.9 miles distant. For Camp Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.