Yogi Lake Fishing in Cook County, Minnesota

• Overview

  In Minnesota, Yogi Lake belongs to Cook County. The surroundings are rolling bush. Small at around 9 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Cook County list. Nearest town is Grand Marais, 29 miles off. For a city, Thunder Bay is 75 miles off. Within a short drive: Fawn Lake at 0.5 miles, Plug Lake within 0.7 miles, Swollen Ankle Lake at 0.8 miles, Lucky Pay Lake within 0.9 miles and Lower George Lake at 0.9 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Yogi Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Cook County include white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Yogi Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 4°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. From about late April to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Yogi Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Fawn Lake is 0.5 miles distant. None of that is settled for Yogi Lake in what we hold.