Ledge Lake Fishing Guide, Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  In Minnesota, Ledge Lake belongs to Lake County. This is pine and birch ground. At 15 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Lake County are larger. You are 36 miles from Ely. Grand Marais lies 40 miles off, Babbitt another 45 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Ledge Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Lake County records list white sucker, yellow perch and northern pike among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Ledge Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 64°F, the coldest about 4°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Ledge Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. 2 covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Darlet Lake, 0.5 miles away. Check the position on Ledge Lake before loading the car.