Clover Lake Fishing Guide, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Clover Lake is set in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. The bank is 1,339 feet above sea level. It runs to roughly 39 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 1.2 miles of margin, front to back. For a base, Eveleth sits 8.5 miles out. Minneapolis sits 167 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Clover Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Saint Louis County include yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, rainbow trout and walleye. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Clover Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 66°F and January reads 4°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Clover Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Hammer Lake, 0.5 miles away. Ask locally about Clover Lake if anything is unclear.