Comfort Lake Fishing Guide, Chisago County, Minnesota

• Overview

  This water sits in Chisago County, Minnesota. Height above sea level is 873 feet. Around 217 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. It is among the larger waters listed here for Chisago County. Head to Wyoming, 2.6 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 27 miles to Saint Paul, the nearest city. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Comfort Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Chisago County list largemouth bass, common carp, bluegill, yellow perch and black crappie. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Comfort Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 71°F and January at 11°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early April until roughly late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Comfort Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It is tagged for fishing in public mapping. A ramp is mapped within half a mile. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Little Comfort Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Comfort Lake carry more weight than any list.