Fishing Minnow Lake in Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Minnow Lake in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. The setting is lake country bush. It covers about 7 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Saint Louis County are larger. Babbitt sits 1 mile from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 132 miles distant. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Minnow Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Saint Louis County records list yellow perch, northern pike and white sucker among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Minnow Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 2°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Time your trip to Minnow Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Beaver Pond at 0.6 miles is the sensible second choice. Check the position at Minnow Lake before loading the car.