Meme Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Meme Lake sits within Lake County in Minnesota. The water sits 1,729 feet up. At roughly 12 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Lake County are larger. Head to Silver Bay, 22 miles away, for anything you forgot. Grand Marais lies 36 miles off, Babbitt another 41 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Meme Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Lake County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Meme Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 64°F for July and 6°F for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Meme Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Facilities run to toilets 0.9 miles from the water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. The nearest alternative is Goldeneye Lake, 0.6 miles out. Check the current arrangement for Meme Lake.