Fishing at Snub Lake, Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Cook County entry here is Snub Lake, in Minnesota. The ground round it is pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 7 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Cook County standards. The closest town, Grand Marais, is 26 miles distant. For a city, Thunder Bay is 78 miles off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Snub Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Cook 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. Snub Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 63°F; by January the average is down near 5°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Snub Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Sitka Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Snub Lake before loading the car.