Lake Sarah is a lake in Minnesota, near Murray County.
Lake Sarah near 44.1540, -95.7670 is a lake in Murray County, Minnesota. Lake Sarah covers about 1,144 acres, reaches a recorded 9.9 feet and holds about 8,486 acre-feet.
Lake Sarah 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 Lake Sarah include bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brassy minnow, brown bullhead, channel catfish, common carp, common shiner, creek chub, fathead minnow, green sunfish, iowa darter, johnny darter, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, walleye, white crappie, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For panfish at Lake Sarah, 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 Lake Sarah, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Lake Sarah, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Lake Sarah, 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.
Spring at Lake Sarah 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 Lake Sarah can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Lake Sarah, 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 Lake Sarah, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for northern pike.
At Lake Sarah, 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 Lake Sarah is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Lake Sarah, 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.