Nine A M Lake Fishing in Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Nine A M Lake is a Lake County water, Minnesota side. The bank gives way to pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 15 acres — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Lake County are larger. Ely is the closest place, 29 miles off. Beyond it, Babbitt at 31 miles and Silver Bay at 32 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Nine A M Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Lake County cover white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Nine A M Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 4°F to 64°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. On Nine A M Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lois Lake, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Nine A M Lake carry more weight than any list.