Fishing at Time Lake, Lake County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Time Lake stands in Lake County, Minnesota. The surface lies 1,631 feet up. It covers about 16 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Compared with other Minnesota water on our list, it sits high. Grand Marais sits 34 miles from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 82 miles distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Time Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Lake County, recorded fish include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike and rainbow trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Time Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 4°F to 64°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Plan any trip to Time Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Mora Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Confirm access to Time Lake locally before you travel.