Fishing Norway Lake in Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  In Minnesota, Norway Lake falls inside Lake County. Height above sea level is 1,572 feet. It covers about 11 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Lake County list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 15 miles away sits Ely, the nearest settlement. For a city, Thunder Bay is 115 miles off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Norway Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Lake County records list white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Norway Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 4°F to 65°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Norway Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. 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. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Gesend Pond is 1 mile distant. Check the position at Norway Lake before loading the car.