Upper South Long Lake is a lake in Minnesota, near Crow Wing County.
Upper South Long Lake is a lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Upper South Long Lake covers about 795 acres, reaches a recorded 47 feet and holds about 16,125 acre-feet.
Upper South Long Lake is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Upper South Long Lake include banded killifish, black bullhead, black crappie, blackchin shiner, blacknose dace, blacknose shiner, bluegill, bluntnose minnow, bowfin, brook silverside, brook stickleback, brown bullhead, central mudminnow, cisco, common carp, common shiner, creek chub, emerald shiner, golden shiner, greater redhorse, green sunfish, hornyhead chub, iowa darter, johnny darter, largemouth bass, least darter, logperch, mottled sculpin, northern pike, northern redbelly dace, pugnose shiner, pumpkinseed, rock bass, shorthead redhorse, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For bass at Upper South Long, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Upper South Long, 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 Upper South Long, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Upper South Long, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Upper South Long, 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.
Other choices at Upper South Long include these plans: work a tough soft plastic or cut bait near weeds and wood for bowfin.
At Upper South Long, use a small jig, worm or tiny crankbait around rock and firm shorelines for rock bass.
For other cold-water fish at Upper South Long, use a tiny jig or small spoon at the depth where cisco are schooling.
Spring at Upper South Long 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 Upper South Long can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Upper South Long, 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 Upper South Long, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for northern pike.
At Upper South Long, 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 Upper South Long is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Upper South Long, 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.