Rice Pond Fishing in Beltrami County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Rice Pond sits in Beltrami County, out in Minnesota. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. At about 154 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 2.7 miles on foot. The town to know is Bemidji, 17 miles out. Redby follows at 23 miles, then Red Lake at 26 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Rice Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Beltrami County: walleye, yellow perch and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Rice Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 67°F and January near 3°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Rice Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Fagen Lake is 1.1 miles distant. None of that is settled for Rice Pond in what we hold.