Cash Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Cook County, Cash Lake is a Minnesota water. The surface lies 1,834 feet up. With some 71 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 2.3 miles of margin, front to back. It sits higher than most water we list in Minnesota. Some 25 miles away sits Grand Marais, the nearest settlement. It is 75 miles to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Cash Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The shape of Cash Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 5°F in January to roughly 63°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Anyone fishing Cash Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Gunstock Lake is 0.5 miles off. Confirm before you fish Cash Lake.