Fishfry Lake in Lake County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Fishfry Lake falls in Lake County, part of Minnesota. The surface lies 1,768 feet up. Surface area runs to about 12 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lake County list. You are 24 miles from Babbitt. Thunder Bay sits 113 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Fishfry Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Take Fishfry Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 4°F to 64°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Expect Fishfry Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. You will be walking about 0.9 miles from the nearest car park. Picnic facilities are recorded some 0.9 miles out. A toilet block sits 0.9 miles away. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Flat Horn Lake, 1.1 miles out. Where Fishfry Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.