Fishing Little Mound Lake in Todd County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Todd County end of Minnesota holds Little Mound Lake. The bank gives way to lake country bush. It measures about 27 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 0.9 miles on foot. 13 miles away sits Long Prairie, the nearest town. Melrose lies 13 miles off, Sauk Centre another 15 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Little Mound Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Todd County: largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, northern pike and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Little Mound Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 71°F at the top of summer and 9°F at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. At Little Mound Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Mound Lake sits 0.3 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Little Mound Lake.