Fishing at O' Learty Lake, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  This water sits in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. The bank is 1,375 feet above sea level. At about 135 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 1.9 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The town to know is Keewatin, 13 miles out. Fargo sits 176 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on O' Learty Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Saint Louis County include yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, rainbow trout and walleye. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The shape of O' Learty Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 66°F in July and bottom out at 5°F in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. O' Learty Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Prairie Lake, 1.2 miles away. Check the position at O' Learty Lake before loading the car.