Sundial Lake Fishing Guide, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Within Saint Louis County, Minnesota, you have Sundial Lake. It sits in lake country bush. At 21 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saint Louis County list. Ely sits 18 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Then Babbitt, 31 miles, and Atikokan, 44 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Sundial Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Saint Louis County: yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker and rainbow trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Sundial Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 65°F; the cold one sits at 2°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Sundial Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. 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. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Sunday Lake is 1.6 miles off. Ask locally about Sundial Lake if anything is unclear.