Fish Trap Lake is a lake in Minnesota, near Morrison County.
Fish Trap Lake is a lake in Morrison County, Minnesota. Fish Trap Lake covers about 1,164 acres, reaches a recorded 42 feet and holds about 23,808 acre-feet.
Fish Trap Lake is too large to fish all at once, so pick one group of coves and points and stay there long enough to learn what the fish are using.
Fish reported from Fish Trap Lake include banded killifish, black bullhead, black crappie, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluegill, bluntnose minnow, bowfin, brassy minnow, brown bullhead, central mudminnow, cisco, common shiner, golden shiner, green sunfish, hornyhead chub, iowa darter, johnny darter, largemouth bass, least darter, mottled sculpin, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, shorthead redhorse, smallmouth bass, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For bass at Fish Trap, 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 Fish Trap, 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 Fish Trap, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Fish Trap, 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 Fish Trap, fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads.
Other choices at Fish Trap include these plans: work a tough soft plastic or cut bait near weeds and wood for bowfin.
At Fish Trap, use a small jig, worm or tiny crankbait around rock and firm shorelines for rock bass.
For other cold-water fish at Fish Trap, use a tiny jig or small spoon at the depth where cisco are schooling.
Spring at Fish Trap 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 Fish Trap can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Fish Trap, 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 Fish Trap, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for pike or muskellunge.
At Fish Trap, 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 Fish Trap is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Fish Trap, 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.