Fishing Little Sletten Lake in Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Little Sletten Lake in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. The bank is 1,463 feet above sea level. Small at around 18 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Saint Louis County list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Ely, 5.9 miles off. Thunder Bay sits 124 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Little Sletten Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Saint Louis County include yellow perch, northern pike and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Little Sletten Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 65°F, with January the cold end at about 3°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. At Little Sletten Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Sletten Lake, 0.3 miles out. Nothing on Little Sletten Lake should be assumed from this page alone.