Lost Long Lake near Crosby: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Out in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, sits Lost Long Lake. The surface lies 1,270 feet up. Surface area is around 35 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 1.1 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Start from Crosby, 3.9 miles down the road. Then Aitkin, 8.5 miles, and Crosslake, 15 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lost Long Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Crow Wing County list largemouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lost Long Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 68°F in July and bottoms out near 7°F in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lost Long Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Black Lake is 1.2 miles distant. None of that is settled for Lost Long Lake in what we hold.