Cargo Lake Fishing Guide, Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Cargo Lake is a Lake County water, Minnesota side. It stands 1,545 feet above sea level. It covers about 23 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. 21 miles away sits Ely, the nearest town. Babbitt lies 26 miles off, Silver Bay another 38 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Cargo Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Lake County names white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. The county list is broader than any single water. Cargo Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 65°F and January near 4°F on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Cargo Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Kutka Lake, 0.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Cargo Lake.