Love Lake in Cass County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Love Lake is one of the Cass County listings for Minnesota. The land about it is mixed forest. Roughly 74 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Start from East Gull Lake, 2.8 miles down the road. Minneapolis sits 113 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. In the same area: Moburg Lake at 0.7 miles, Ruth Lake roughly 1.3 miles, Echo Lake at 1.5 miles, Hartley Lake roughly 1.6 miles and Gull Lake at 1.7 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Love Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Cass County list largemouth bass, yellow perch, bluegill and walleye. The county list is broader than any single water. The shape of Love Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 69°F and January about 8°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. On Love Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Mapping shows a ramp about half a mile from the shore. There is a jetty 140 yards off, worth knowing on a busy day. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Moburg Lake at 0.7 miles is the sensible second choice. Confirm before you fish Love Lake.