Fallon Lake Fishing Guide, Meeker County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Fallon Lake belongs to Meeker County, Minnesota. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. Around 221 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. At about 4.7 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Dassel sits 6.4 miles from the bank. Beyond it, Hutchinson at 8.3 miles and Cokato at 11 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Fallon Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Meeker County list largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike and common carp. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The shape of Fallon Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 72°F and January at 11°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early April. The open-water window runs from around early April to about late November in an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Fallon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Jewitt Lake, 1.4 miles out. Rules at Fallon Lake are worth checking on the day.