Erie Basin Two Fishing near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota

• Overview

  Minnesota holds Erie Basin Two, in Saint Louis County. The water sits 1,539 feet up. The water measures roughly 15 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saint Louis County list. The nearest place of any size is Hoyt Lakes, 6 miles away. After that come Aurora at 6.7 miles and Babbitt at 12 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Erie Basin Two

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Open biodiversity records for Saint Louis County list yellow perch, northern pike and white sucker. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Erie Basin Two light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 65°F and January reads 2°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Erie Basin Two runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Erie Basin One is 0.7 miles distant. Ask locally about Erie Basin Two if anything is unclear.