Minnesota
Roosevelt Lake
Anglers know Roosevelt Lake as a 1,505-acre Cass County lake in Minnesota; largemouth patterns turn with the calendar.
- Surface
- 1,505acres
- Primary species
- Largemouth
- Air temp
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- Barometric
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- Wind
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- Moon
- Waxing Crescent
- day 5.0 · 26% lit
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Where it is
Set in Cass County, Minnesota, Roosevelt Lake covers about 1,505 acres. Where the largemouth sit changes with the season, not the map.
Seasonal pattern
Spring. Early warming sends largemouth into the shallows to stage and spawn, the calmest sun-fed water leading the move.
Summer. Once the surface heats, fish slide toward deeper edges, shade, and main-body structure, and low light fishes best.
Fall. Cooler water brings forage and bass shallow again; fish range widely as they feed up.
Winter. Largemouth go deep and sluggish in cold water, so a slow, methodical approach is the safer bet.
Key structure
- Hard-bottom and rock transitions
- Submerged wood, brush, and laydown cover
- Transitions from soft to hard bottom
- Wind-pushed banks that gather forage
Read the season; the structure list only matters through that lens.
Forage
Largemouth follow the bait on Roosevelt Lake; the schools decide where the fish set up.
Access
Public access is spread around Roosevelt 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.
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:00658087). Maximum depth and regulation links were not available from an acceptable source and are intentionally omitted.
- Regulations — verify current rules with before fishing
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