Greenwood Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Greenwood Lake is a Crow Wing County water, Minnesota side. It sits at 1,198 feet above sea level. It measures about 125 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 1.7 miles on foot. Nearest place of any size is Crosslake, 4 miles away. The nearest city of size is Minneapolis, 119 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Greenwood Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Crow Wing County: largemouth bass, bluegill, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Greenwood Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 69°F for July and 8°F for January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. On Greenwood Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Horseshoe Lake, 1.4 miles out. None of that is settled for Greenwood Lake in what we hold.