Fishing Diamond Lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota

• Overview

  In Minnesota, Diamond Lake falls inside Hennepin County. The water sits 807 feet up. With some 55 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 1.2 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Ground here is low by Minnesota standards. Nearest place of any size is Richfield, 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of size is Minneapolis, 5.6 miles away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Diamond Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Hennepin County include bluegill, common carp and largemouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Diamond Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 73°F in July and bottoms out near 13°F in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Diamond Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Parking is close: a car park sits half a mile from the bank. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. Reserve land runs up to the bank here, so read the notices. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lake Nokomis, 1.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Diamond Lake may have changed since it was mapped.