Baby Lake is a lake in Minnesota, near Cass County.
Baby Lake is a lake in Cass County, Minnesota. Baby Lake covers about 739 acres, reaches a recorded 69 feet and holds about 16,809 acre-feet.
Baby Lake is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Baby Lake include banded killifish, black bullhead, black crappie, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluegill, bluntnose minnow, bowfin, brook stickleback, brown bullhead, central mudminnow, cisco, common shiner, golden shiner, iowa darter, johnny darter, largemouth bass, least darter, longear sunfish, mimic shiner, mottled sculpin, muskellunge, northern pike, pugnose shiner, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tadpole madtom, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For bass at Baby, 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 Baby, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill, pumpkinseed, and longear sunfish, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For roaming fish at Baby, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Baby, throw a bucktail, jerkbait or large rubber lure along points and weed edges for muskellunge, and cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Baby, fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads.
Other choices at Baby include these plans: work a tough soft plastic or cut bait near weeds and wood for bowfin.
At Baby, use a small jig, worm or tiny crankbait around rock and firm shorelines for rock bass.
For other cold-water fish at Baby, use a tiny jig or small spoon at the depth where cisco are schooling.
Spring at Baby is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer fishing is usually better in cooler, deeper water. Fall at Baby can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Baby, 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.
A medium spinning rod covers smaller lures at Baby, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for pike or muskellunge.
At Baby, pick one cove and the closest point or drop into deep water, then fish that small area well before making a long move.
Not every trip. A better place at Baby is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Baby, it shows that a lot of the water sits away from the bank and around the old channel or deep end.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.