Wee Lake Fishing Guide, Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Set in Cook County, Wee Lake is a Minnesota water. This is pine and birch ground. Surface area runs to about 11 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Cook County standards. Grand Marais at 22 miles is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Silver Bay (45 miles) and Ely (51 miles). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Wee Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Cook County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Wee Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 63°F on average, January about 5°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Wee Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Midget Lake, 0.5 miles away. Treat Wee Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.