Section Sixteen Lake Fishing near Ely, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Section Sixteen Lake in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It stands 1,365 feet above sea level. With some 68 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 1.5 miles in total. The closest town, Ely, is 16 miles away. Then Babbitt, 30 miles, and Atikokan, 44 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Section Sixteen Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Saint Louis County include yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, rainbow trout and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Section Sixteen Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 65°F; the cold one sits at 3°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Section Sixteen Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. No-see-um Lake, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Section Sixteen Lake for certain.