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

• Overview

  You will find Secret Lake in Lake County, Minnesota. Elevation runs to 1,440 feet. Supplies mean a trip to Ely, 18 miles off. For a city, Thunder Bay is 107 miles off. Neighbouring water: Blackstone Lake 0.2 miles away, Ennis Lake (0.4 miles), Judd Lake 0.6 miles away, Flash Lake (0.8 miles) and Discovery Lake 1 mile away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Secret Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. 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. On Secret Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 4°F in January to roughly 65°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Secret Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is a ramp at Moose Lake Public Water Access Site, half a mile out. There is a pier recorded roughly half a mile away. You can camp half a mile off, which suits an early start. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Blackstone Lake is 0.2 miles off. Nothing on Secret Lake should be assumed from this page alone.