Moon Lake Fishing Guide, Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Moon Lake is a Cook County water, Minnesota side. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. It measures about 110 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. A shoreline of some 2.0 miles keeps the choices simple. It ranks high for size among our Cook County listings. The closest town, Grand Marais, is 22 miles distant. Neebing is 55 miles and Silver Bay 59 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Moon Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Cook County list white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Moon Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 63°F and January near 4°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Moon Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Flicker Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Moon Lake before loading the car.