Tamarack Lake Fishing in Carlton County, Minnesota

• Overview

  This water sits in Carlton County, Minnesota. It sits in rolling bush country. At about 229 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The margin runs to about 4.1 miles in total. Size puts it in the front rank of our Carlton County list. For supplies, Moose Lake is 18 miles out. It is 117 miles to Minneapolis, the nearest city. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Tamarack Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Carlton County include bluegill, yellow perch, black crappie and largemouth bass. The county list is broader than any single water. On Tamarack Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 7°F to 67°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Tamarack Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Section One Lake, 2 miles away. For Tamarack Lake in particular, ask before you travel.