Foot Lake near Coleraine: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Foot Lake in the Itasca County part of Minnesota. The surroundings are pine and birch. It covers about 16 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Itasca County. You are 6.4 miles from Coleraine. After that come Grand Rapids at 11 miles and Keewatin at 14 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Foot Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Itasca County, recorded fish include yellow perch, largemouth bass and northern pike. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Anyone new to Foot Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 67°F; by January the average is down near 5°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan around that when you fish Foot Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Loon Lake is 1.2 miles off. Where Foot Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.