Cottonwood Lake is a lake in Minnesota, near Cottonwood County.
Cottonwood Lake near 43.8778, -95.0988 is a lake in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. Cottonwood Lake covers about 155 acres, reaches a recorded 14 feet and holds about 1,265 acre-feet.
Cottonwood Lake is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Cottonwood Lake include bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, fathead minnow, green sunfish, johnny darter, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For bass at Cottonwood Lake, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth, and work a tube, Ned rig or small crankbait across rock and firm points for smallmouth.
For panfish at Cottonwood Lake, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill, pumpkinseed, and green sunfish, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For roaming fish at Cottonwood Lake, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Cottonwood Lake, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Cottonwood Lake, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish, and fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads, and use corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig for carp.
On a first trip to Cottonwood Lake, check one quiet cove, one rocky or firm point and the nearby deep water with a moving lure, then use a jig or worm where you find fish.
Spring at Cottonwood Lake is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall at Cottonwood Lake can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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