Lily Lake Fishing near Lake Crystal, Minnesota

• Overview

  Minnesota holds Lily Lake, in Blue Earth County. The setting is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 138 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The whole outline is near 2.0 miles, and most of it is walkable. It is low-lying compared with other Minnesota water we list. You are 0.6 miles from Lake Crystal. North Mankato follows at 10 miles, then Madelia at 11 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lily Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Blue Earth County cover common carp, bluegill and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Treat Lily Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 72°F; the cold one sits at 12°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. At Lily Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lake Crystal, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lily Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.