Little Rice Lake Fishing Guide, Beltrami County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Beltrami County, Minnesota, is where Little Rice Lake sits. It sits in mixed forest. Surface area is around 73 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The full circuit measures close to 1.5 miles on foot. Redby is the closest place, 8.5 miles off. Red Lake lies 10 miles off, Little Rock another 13 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Little Rice Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Beltrami County list walleye, yellow perch and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Little Rice Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 67°F and January near 3°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Little Rice Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Bass Lake is 0.9 miles distant. Where Little Rice Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.