Lyman Lakes Fishing Guide, Rice County, Minnesota

• Overview

  This water sits in Rice County, Minnesota. What surrounds it is mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 5 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Rice County. You are 0.6 miles from Northfield. Dundas follows at 3.4 miles, then Elko New Market at 11 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lyman Lakes

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Rice County include common carp, bluegill, largemouth bass, black bullhead and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Lyman Lakes before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 12°F in January and 72°F in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early April. The lid tends to go about early April and return around early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Lyman Lakes.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. A rest area sits about half a mile from the water. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Chub Lake is 7.7 miles off. For Lyman Lakes in particular, ask before you travel.