Kylen Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Kylen Lake lies in Saint Louis County, in Minnesota. The surface lies 1,594 feet up. This is a pocket water of some 15 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by Saint Louis County standards. Hoyt Lakes is the closest place, 20 miles off. Two Harbors is 23 miles and Aurora 24 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Kylen Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Saint Louis County list yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, rainbow trout and walleye. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Kylen Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 64°F on average, January about 4°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Kylen Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. 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. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Tommila Lake is 0.6 miles off. Nothing on Kylen Lake should be assumed from this page alone.