Hudallas Lake Fishing near Long Prairie, Minnesota

• Overview

  Hudallas Lake belongs to Todd County, Minnesota. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 15 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Todd County list. Long Prairie at 6.8 miles is the nearest place to stop. It is 102 miles to Minneapolis, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Hudallas Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Todd County records list largemouth bass, bluegill and black crappie among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Hudallas Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 69°F, while January sits near 9°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Hudallas Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Steinerts Lake is 0.3 miles off. Where Hudallas Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.