Peron Lake in Lake County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Minnesota, Peron Lake belongs to Lake County. Elevation runs to 1,657 feet. It covers about 18 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Minnesota listings. Grand Marais lies 37 miles from the water. For a city, Thunder Bay is 87 miles off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Peron Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Lake County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. The county list is broader than any single water. Peron Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 64°F; the cold one sits at 5°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Peron Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. John Elk Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Peron Lake may have changed since it was mapped.