Webster Slough in Murray County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Webster Slough in Murray County, Minnesota. The setting is pine and birch. At about 55 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Most waters listed here for Murray County are larger. For supplies, Tracy is 9 miles out. Then Slayton, 9.3 miles, and Fulda, 17 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Webster Slough

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Murray County cover common carp, walleye, black bullhead, yellow perch and black crappie. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Webster Slough gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 72°F, while January sits near 12°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early April and starts locking again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Webster Slough.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. A carry of half a mile from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. A toilet block sits 0.9 miles away. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Hanover Slough, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Webster Slough if anything is unclear.