Pomme de Terre Lakes Fishing in Stevens County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Pomme de Terre Lakes is listed under Stevens County, Minnesota. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 703 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. Around 6.7 miles of bank, which is a long day on foot. It is among the larger waters listed here for Stevens County. Morris sits 8.5 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Beyond it, Starbuck at 17 miles and Elbow Lake at 21 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Pomme de Terre Lakes

  The charted maximum sits at about 15 feet. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Stevens County cover common carp, black bullhead and northern pike. The county list is broader than any single water. Pomme de Terre Lakes gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 71°F in July and bottoms out near 9°F in January. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early April. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Pomme de Terre Lakes regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Swan Lake is 3.7 miles distant. What applies at Pomme de Terre Lakes may have changed since it was mapped.