Little Bass Lake Fishing in Hubbard County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Hubbard County end of Minnesota holds Little Bass Lake. The setting is rolling bush. Surface area is around 65 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With about 1.1 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. For supplies, Park Rapids is 20 miles out. Further out sit Menahga (28 miles) and Bemidji (31 miles). This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Little Bass Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Hubbard County, recorded fish include walleye, northern pike, black crappie and bluegill. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Little Bass Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 67°F; the cold one sits at 5°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Little Bass 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 is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Upper Bass Lake is 0.5 miles distant. Confirm access to Little Bass Lake locally before you travel.