Windsor Lake Fishing Guide, Hennepin County, Minnesota

• Overview

  You will find Windsor Lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It lies 922 feet above sea level. Small at around 7 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is a small entry by Hennepin County standards. The nearest town is Minnetonka Mills, 2.2 miles away. Saint Louis Park is 3.2 miles away, with Hopkins at 3.7 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Windsor Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Hennepin County names bluegill, common carp, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Take Windsor Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 73°F in July and bottoms out near 12°F in January. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Windsor Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. There is a pier recorded roughly 0.9 miles away. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Crane Lake is 0.8 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Windsor Lake for certain.