Fishing at Hare Lake, Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Hare Lake in Lake County, Minnesota. This is rolling bush ground. It runs to roughly 46 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 1.0 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Minnesota listings. Silver Bay sits 24 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Grand Marais follows at 35 miles, then Babbitt at 42 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Hare Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Lake County: white sucker, yellow perch and northern pike. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Hare Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 64°F, the coldest about 6°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Expect Hare Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Artlip Lake, 1 mile out. None of that is settled for Hare Lake in what we hold.