Sucker Lakes is a lake in Minnesota, near Cass County.
Sucker Lakes is a lake in Cass County, Minnesota. Sucker Lakes covers about 588 acres, reaches a recorded 35 feet and holds about 8,565 acre-feet.
Sucker Lakes is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Sucker Lakes include banded killifish, black bullhead, black crappie, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluegill, bowfin, brook stickleback, brown bullhead, central mudminnow, cisco, fathead minnow, finescale dace, golden shiner, iowa darter, johnny darter, largemouth bass, mimic shiner, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For bass at Sucker Lakes, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Sucker Lakes, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill and pumpkinseed, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For roaming fish at Sucker Lakes, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Sucker Lakes, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Sucker Lakes, fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads.
Other choices at Sucker Lakes include these plans: work a tough soft plastic or cut bait near weeds and wood for bowfin.
At Sucker Lakes, use a small jig, worm or tiny crankbait around rock and firm shorelines for rock bass.
For other cold-water fish at Sucker Lakes, use a tiny jig or small spoon at the depth where cisco are schooling.
Spring at Sucker Lakes 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 Sucker Lakes can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Sucker Lakes, 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 Sucker Lakes, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for northern pike.
At Sucker Lakes, 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 Sucker Lakes is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Sucker Lakes, 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.