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Minnesota

Greenwood Lake

Greenwood Lake sits in Cook County, Minnesota, a 2,025-acre largemouth fishery where productive lanes change with conditions.

Surface
2,025acres
Primary species
Largemouth
§ 01Today on the water · Greenwood Lakevia Open-Meteo · 19:30 local
Air temp
54.2°F
Barometric
30.05″
↑rising 24h(+0.29)
Wind
14mph
from WNW
Moon
New Moon
day 1.9 · 4% lit

Air conditions sampled near the lake center, not measured on the water · refreshed ~15 min

§ 03Next 3 daysvia Open-Meteo · interpretation
  1. 13
    sepSun

    Watch the wind

    hi 54° · lo 44°

    Lean into wind-fed shorelines, all day. Wind drives bait position today; pick the shoreline taking it.

    ── stiff nw wind

  2. 14
    sepMon

    Better early

    hi 56° · lo 41°

    Pre-dawn through 9am. Get on the water before the front; the bite likely shrinks once precip starts.

    ── front rolling in · s wind setting up

  3. 15
    sepTue

    Watch the wind

    hi 60° · lo 47°

    Lean into wind-fed shorelines, all day. Wind drives bait position today; pick the shoreline taking it.

    ── stiff w wind

§ 04Field notesMinnesota

Where it is

Greenwood Lake is a Minnesota lake in Cook County, near 2,025 acres in size. The largemouth pattern tracks the season here more than any single area.

Seasonal pattern

Spring. Warming water pulls largemouth toward shallow, protected areas where they stage and spawn; the quickest-warming pockets lead.

Summer. With the surface hot, largemouth favor deeper edges and shade, and the low-light hours carry the bite.

Fall. Cooling water moves bait shallow again and largemouth follow, spreading out and feeding ahead of winter.

Winter. In cold water fish hold deep and inactive; ease off the pace and keep presentations quiet.

Key structure

  • Flats sitting next to deeper water
  • Channel edges and the breaks beside them
  • Shoreline cover near quick depth changes
  • Submerged wood, brush, and laydown cover

Which of these produces tracks the season more than the map.

Forage

Baitfish concentrations shape where largemouth feed across Greenwood Lake, shallow or deep.

Access

Public access is spread around Greenwood Lake; confirm current launch and water-level conditions through local sources.

Regulations

Check current state and local regulations before fishing; limits and seasons can change.

§ 05Sources & field guides

Field guides

Data & references

  • Today's conditions — Open-Meteo, refreshed every ~15 min
  • Moon phase — local astronomical calculation, no external API
  • Lake area, depth, structure — Identity, surface area, coordinates and county/state are from the ProjectD canonical waterbody index (snapshot conus-20260518-v1, group gnis:00656457). Maximum depth and regulation links were not available from an acceptable source and are intentionally omitted.
  • Regulations — verify current state and local regulations before fishing

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