Muzzle Lake Fishing in Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Lake County end of Minnesota holds Muzzle Lake. The ground around here is lake country bush. At about 74 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 2.0 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Supplies mean a trip to Ely, 27 miles off. Thunder Bay sits 99 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Muzzle Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Lake County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The shape of Muzzle Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 64°F on average, January about 4°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. That is the shape of the year on Muzzle Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Kobe Lake sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. What applies at Muzzle Lake may have changed since it was mapped.