Scanlon Lake Fishing in Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Lake County entry here is Scanlon Lake, in Minnesota. Height above sea level is 1,742 feet. Roughly 25 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 1.0 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Minnesota listings. Nearest town is Silver Bay, 26 miles off. Babbitt is 36 miles and Ely 36 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Scanlon Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Lake County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Scanlon Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 5°F in January and 64°F in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Scanlon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Wanless Lake is 1.4 miles distant. Check the position at Scanlon Lake before loading the car.