Fishing Mavis Lake in Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Mavis Lake in Cook County, Minnesota. The bank is 1,808 feet above sea level. At 8 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Cook County list. Grand Marais lies 32 miles from the water. After that come Ely at 49 miles and Silver Bay at 56 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Mavis Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Cook County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Anyone new to Mavis Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 64°F; the cold one sits at 4°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. On average, late April opens the water and mid November closes it again. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Mavis Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. A slipway is marked about 0.9 miles from here. A jetty or pier is mapped about 0.9 miles from here. A campsite is mapped about half a mile away, which makes an early start easier. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Missing Link Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Rules at Mavis Lake are worth checking on the day.