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Minnesota

Pleasant Lake

Pleasant Lake occupies about 1,076 acres of Cass County, Minnesota, with largemouth patterns that change by season, depth, and forage.

Surface
1,076acres
Primary species
Largemouth
§ 01Today on the water · Pleasant Lakevia Open-Meteo · 13:45 local
Air temp
73.0°F
Barometric
29.98″
↑rising 24h(+0.12)
Wind
4mph
from NNW
Moon
Waxing Crescent
day 4.0 · 17% lit

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

§ 03Next 3 daysvia Open-Meteo · interpretation
  1. 18
    julSat

    Stable window

    hi 88° · lo 63°

    Anytime through the day. Quiet weather day; lean on seasonal pattern and structure.

    ── light nw wind · settled

  2. 19
    julSun

    Stable window

    hi 92° · lo 66°

    Anytime through the day. Quiet weather day; lean on seasonal pattern and structure.

    ── light w wind

  3. 20
    julMon

    Watch the wind

    hi 92° · lo 67°

    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

Pleasant Lake reaches roughly 1,076 acres in Cass County, Minnesota. Largemouth relate to cover and structure and keep moving as the season shifts.

Seasonal pattern

Spring. Largemouth push shallow as water warms, holding on cover to stage and spawn where the warm-up starts soonest.

Summer. Bass settle on deeper edges and shaded cover after the surface warms, with first and last light the stronger times.

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

Winter. Activity slows and fish hold deeper near stable water; a slow, deliberate presentation is the steadier read.

Key structure

  • Points where shallow water drops toward deeper water
  • Hard-bottom and rock transitions
  • Wind-pushed banks that gather forage
  • Transitions from soft to hard bottom

Read the season; the structure list only matters through that lens.

Forage

On Pleasant Lake, schools of baitfish anchor the bite and largemouth stay close to them through the year.

Access

Public access rings Pleasant Lake; conditions and water levels shift seasonally, so check locally before launching.

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:00657869). 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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