Tubby Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Itasca County, Tubby Lake is a Minnesota water. The surroundings are lake country bush. At 14 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 Itasca County list. Coleraine is the closest place, 20 miles off. Cohasset is 22 miles away, with Keewatin at 23 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Tubby Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Itasca County names yellow perch, largemouth bass, northern pike and bluegill. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Tubby Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 5°F in January and 67°F in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Tubby Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lum Lake is 0.4 miles off. Where Tubby Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.