Luna Lake in Saint Louis County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Luna Lake lies in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. The ground round it is lake country bush. The water measures roughly 20 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Saint Louis County list holds plenty of bigger water. The town to know is Chisholm, 13 miles out. Hibbing lies 17 miles off, Mountain Iron another 18 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Luna Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Saint Louis County names yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker and rainbow trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Luna Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 65°F and January near 5°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Luna Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Perch Lake, 2.6 miles out. None of that is settled for Luna Lake in what we hold.