Pate Lake Fishing in Gentry County, Missouri

• Overview

  Pate Lake falls in Gentry County, part of Missouri. It lies 1,037 feet above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 8 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Gentry County list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to King City, 3.3 miles away, for anything you forgot. Stanberry lies 9.3 miles off, Albany another 14 miles. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Pate Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Species logged across Gentry County include black crappie, common carp, green sunfish, longnose gar and river carpsucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Treat Pate Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 77°F and January near 24°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid March. Averages place the thaw at mid March and the freeze at late December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. On Pate Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the carp, bait a margin spot and sit on it; corn and bread still work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Waltemath Lake is 1 mile off. Nothing on Pate Lake should be assumed from this page alone.