Thole Lake is a lake in Minnesota, near Scott County.
Thole Lake is a lake in Scott County, Minnesota. Thole Lake covers about 119 acres, reaches a recorded 12 feet and holds about 610 acre-feet.
Thole Lake is shallow enough that wind, weeds, shade and even a small dip in the bottom can make one part fish better than another.
Fish reported from Thole Lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, common shiner, golden shiner, green sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, shovelnose sturgeon, walleye, white crappie, white sucker, and yellow perch.
For bass at Thole, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Thole, 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 Thole, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Thole, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Thole, fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads.
For shovelnose sturgeon at Thole, keep a worm or other natural bait on the bottom in steady river current with enough weight to hold it there.
At Thole, use a small jig, worm or tiny crankbait around rock and firm shorelines for rock bass.
On a first trip to Thole, 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 Thole is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is best early or late around weeds, shade and the few deeper holes. Fall at Thole 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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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.