Fishing at Doghouse Lake, Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Doghouse Lake is a Lake County water, in Minnesota. The surface lies 1,739 feet up. The water measures roughly 5 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lake County. Silver Bay sits 27 miles from the bank. The nearest city of size is Thunder Bay, 109 miles away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Doghouse Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Lake County records list white sucker, yellow perch and northern pike among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Doghouse Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 64°F for July and 4°F for January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Doghouse Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. If the gate is shut, Fred Lake at 0.4 miles is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Doghouse Lake.