Lake Fourteen Fishing in Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Within Saint Louis County, Minnesota, you have Lake Fourteen. It sits in mixed forest country. It measures some 382 acres, and wind has room to build across it. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saint Louis County. For supplies, Mountain Iron is 11 miles out. Thunder Bay sits 167 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lake Fourteen

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Saint Louis County list yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, rainbow trout and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work Lake Fourteen in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 65°F; by January the average is down near 5°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Lake Fourteen the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Candle Lake is 0.7 miles off. Confirm before you fish Lake Fourteen.