Little Clubhouse Lake Fishing Guide, Itasca County, Minnesota

• Overview

  This water sits in Itasca County, Minnesota. The surface lies 1,335 feet up. It runs to roughly 28 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. You are 22 miles from Coleraine. For a city, Fargo is 159 miles off. Others within reach: Pine Lake some 0.5 miles off, Clubhouse Lake at 0.6 miles, My Lake some 0.6 miles off, Little Bass Lake at 0.7 miles and Fox Lake some 1 mile off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Little Clubhouse Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Itasca County names yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike, bluegill and black crappie. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Treat Little Clubhouse Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 66°F and January about 4°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It sets the rhythm of the year at Little Clubhouse Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping shows a ramp about half a mile from the shore. Mapping shows a campsite some 0.9 miles from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Pine Lake sits 0.5 miles off and takes the overflow. What applies at Little Clubhouse Lake may have changed since it was mapped.