Fishing at Linden Lake, Brown County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Linden Lake in Brown County, Minnesota. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. It measures some 283 acres, and wind has room to build across it. You are looking at roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Nothing else we list in Brown County covers more water. The town to know is Madelia, 6.5 miles out. It is 83 miles to Minneapolis, the nearest city. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Linden Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Brown County records list walleye, common carp and largemouth bass among the fish reported. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Linden Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 13°F to 72°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Linden Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Wilson Lake is 4.2 miles distant. What applies at Linden Lake may have changed since it was mapped.