Fishing Woodbury Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota

• Overview

  Look for Woodbury Lake in the Carlton County part of Minnesota. This is pine and birch ground. With some 60 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 1.2 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. You are 18 miles from Moose Lake. After that come Cloquet at 22 miles and Carlton at 24 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Woodbury Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Carlton County include bluegill, yellow perch and black crappie. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Woodbury Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 7°F to 67°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Woodbury Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Long Lake, 0.9 miles away. Check the position at Woodbury Lake before loading the car.