Glen Schmitt

Located in northeast St. Louis County, roughly eight miles east of the city of Tower, lies the quartet of Eagles Nest lakes, which combined provide more than 1,900 acres of fishable water.
Lakes 1 and 2 are connected, and 3 sits by itself with an access through Bear Head Lake State Park so you need a valid park sticker to use it. Eagles Nest 4 has no access and is considered private.

It’s tough to give a fishery like Crow Wing County’s Gull Lake its proper due in a limited amount of space. There are so many pieces to this 10,000-acre system that warrant talking about, it’s difficult to cover them all in detail, but here’s some of what you need to know.

With an abundance of vegetation above and below its surface, Becker County’s 632-acre Lake Ida is built for largemouth bass and panfish. It just has the right components to consistently produce high numbers of bass, bluegills, and crappies.

Wet a line in Pine Mountain Lake near Backus and you have a legitimate shot at catching just about any freshwater creature that swims.
In a part of the state that’s loaded with quality fishing opportunities, Pine Mountain might not be the most talked about Cass County lake on the map, but this 1,617-acre fishery certainly is one of the immediate area’s finest mixed bag fishing options.