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Water · North-central Minnesota

Woman Lake

Cass County water east of Hackensack, on a chain with Girl and Child Lakes, because Minnesota names lakes like a family reunion.

Boat kit

Usual tray for this water

Picks from the species that actually live here, already on the gear guides. Click a card if you want it in the boat. We still will not invent a bite.

Rapala Original Floater F03 product photo from Amazon

Rapala Original Floater F03

Rapala

The wounded-minnow that started arguments in more Minnesota tackle boxes than we can count. Twitch it, drown it, or just believe in it.

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Johnson Standard Minnow Spoon, Gold, 2-3/4 inch, 3/4 oz product photo from Amazon

Johnson Standard Minnow Spoon, Gold, 2-3/4 inch, 3/4 oz

Johnson

The original weedless wonder still earns a seat in Minnesota pike boats. Cast it through pads and cabbage, keep a steady wobble, and tip it with a trailer if the fish want a little more meal. Gold 3/4 is the listing we can actually buy today.

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Storm WildEye Swim Shad 03, Fire Tiger product photo from Amazon

Storm WildEye Swim Shad 03, Fire Tiger

Storm

Pre-rigged soft shad with holographic flash and that WildEye stare that looks slightly judgmental. Cast it along weed edges and riprap when Minnesota bass want a baitfish without the drama of live bait.

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Mepps Musky Killer Inline Spinner Bucktail, Hot White product photo from Amazon

Mepps Musky Killer Inline Spinner Bucktail, Hot White

Mepps

The classic inline that muskie anglers argue about the way people argue about pizza toppings. Slow-roll early, burn it later — the blade starts spinning without needing a TED Talk.

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Clam Drop Jig, Size 12, 1/16 oz, Wonderbread product photo from Amazon

Clam Drop Jig, Size 12, 1/16 oz, Wonderbread

Clam

Minnesota ice-house tungsten with a flat tie-eye that puts the hook where soft-mouthed crappies keep their secrets. Small, dense, and weirdly charming in Wonderbread paint.

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Rapala Shad Rap 07

Rapala

Balsa with a job. The Shad Rap is the crankbait people name the way they name a truck.

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Usual suspects: Walleye, Northern pike, Bass, Muskie, Panfish

Woman Lake sits in Cass County, about nine miles east of Hackensack, with Longville in the neighborhood and a navigable chain that includes Girl Lake and Child Lake. Somebody in a mapping office was having a day.

People talk walleye first, then pike, bass, muskie, and the panfish that keep a kid from staging a mutiny. Clear water, rice bays, rock, the usual north-central buffet. Short page only. We will not invent a rock bar that “is loaded.” Check Reports.

What’s happening

We are watching the calendar. Nothing on the books for this water that we can stand behind. When a real lake day shows up, it will land here — not a daydream with a date slapped on it. See all of Events.

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