Fremont Lake Fishing in Murray County, Minnesota

• Overview

  This water sits in Murray County, Minnesota. The water sits 1,476 feet up. It runs to roughly 219 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Start from Tracy, 6.7 miles down the road. Sioux Falls sits 66 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Fremont Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Murray County, recorded fish include common carp, walleye, black bullhead, yellow perch and black crappie. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Anyone new to Fremont Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 12°F to 72°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early April. The lid tends to go about early April and return around late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Fremont Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Round Lake is 1 mile off. Signs at Fremont Lake carry more weight than any list.