Embarrass Lake Fishing near Aurora, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Embarrass Lake in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. Height above sea level is 1,355 feet. Roughly 355 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 6.4 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Few waters listed in Saint Louis County are bigger. The nearest town is Aurora, 3.6 miles away. Further out sit Gilbert (7.6 miles) and Hoyt Lakes (8.3 miles). No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Embarrass Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Saint Louis County names yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker and rainbow trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Take Embarrass Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 3°F in January up to 65°F in July. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Embarrass Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. You can launch: the ramp is half a mile away. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. There is a campsite half a mile from the water. Toilets are half a mile away, which matters on a long session. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Wynne Lake is 2.4 miles off.