Fishing Spruce Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Spruce Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Around the bank it is rolling bush. With some 42 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 1.2 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Crosby sits 4.9 miles from here and is the nearest stop. It is 110 miles to Minneapolis, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Spruce Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Crow Wing County names largemouth bass, bluegill, yellow perch, northern pike and pumpkinseed. The county list is broader than any single water. At Spruce Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 69°F and January reads 8°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid April. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Spruce Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Little Rabbit Lake, 0.5 miles out. Check the current arrangement for Spruce Lake.