Fishing at Chase Lake, Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Chase Lake in Cook County, Minnesota. Height above sea level is 1,654 feet. This is a pocket water of some 5 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Cook County list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 13 miles away sits Grand Marais, the nearest settlement. Thunder Bay sits 56 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Chase Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Cook County list white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Chase Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 5°F in January and 63°F in July. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Chase Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Merganser Lake, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Chase Lake may have changed since it was mapped.