Trump Lake Fishing Guide, Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  The Cook County end of Minnesota holds Trump Lake. It lies 1,936 feet above sea level. At about 28 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.1 miles, and most of it is walkable. Compared with other Minnesota water on our list, it sits high. 23 miles away sits Grand Marais, the nearest town. After that come Silver Bay at 56 miles and Ely at 56 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Trump Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Cook County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Work Trump Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 63°F on average, January about 5°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Trump Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Little Trump Lake, 0.2 miles out. Nothing on Trump Lake should be assumed from this page alone.