Little Paleface Lake Fishing near Eveleth, Minnesota

• Overview

  Little Paleface Lake stands in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. This is pine and birch country. Roughly 57 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 1.3 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Eveleth sits 17 miles from the bank. The big place round here is Minneapolis, 163 miles distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Little Paleface Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Saint Louis County include yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, rainbow trout and walleye. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Little Paleface Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 65°F and January near 4°F on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Little Paleface Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. 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. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Morcom Lake is 0.7 miles off. The position on Little Paleface Lake is worth confirming on the day.