Cheese Brown Lake Fishing in Polk County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Cheese Brown Lake sits in Polk County, out in Minnesota. Everything around it is lake country bush. Small at around 5 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Polk County are larger. The closest town, Red Lake Falls, is 20 miles distant. The big place round here is Fargo, 55 miles distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Cheese Brown Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Polk County cover yellow perch, brown bullhead, white sucker and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Cheese Brown Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 69°F in July and bottom out at 4°F in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. On Cheese Brown Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Kurass Lake, 0.7 miles away. Confirm before you fish Cheese Brown Lake.