Fishing My Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota

• Overview

  My Lake is listed under Itasca County, Minnesota. It stands 1,339 feet above sea level. At 24 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Nearest place of any size is Coleraine, 23 miles away. After that come Cohasset at 24 miles and Grand Rapids at 26 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on My Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Itasca County list yellow perch, largemouth bass and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read My Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 4°F to 66°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on My Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is a slipway on the shore, half a mile from the water we list. A campsite is mapped about half a mile away, which makes an early start easier. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Clubhouse Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Rules at My Lake are worth checking on the day.