Fishing Fish Lake in Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Fish Lake belongs to Lake County, Minnesota. The setting is mixed forest on every side. It measures about 96 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 2.5 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The town to know is Ely, 41 miles out. Thunder Bay sits 85 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Fish Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Lake County cover white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Work Fish Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 65°F and January near 4°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on Fish Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. 3 covers ground next to the water; its rules will apply on that side. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Faith Lake is 0.5 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Fish Lake.