Holland Lake Fishing Guide, Itasca County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Itasca County end of Minnesota holds Holland Lake. The water sits 1,332 feet up. It runs to roughly 28 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. For a base, Cohasset sits 34 miles out. After that come Coleraine at 37 miles and Grand Rapids at 37 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Holland Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Itasca County list yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike and bluegill. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Take Holland Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 66°F and January about 4°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Holland Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. George Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Holland Lake locally before you travel.