Minnesota · St. Louis County
Coxey Pond Fishing guide
Coxey Pond sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, and covers 192 acres, reaching 14 ft at its deepest point. The Minnesota DNR has surveyed the lake 1 time, most recently in 1978, with largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and bluegill in the nets. That survey is 48 years old now.
DNR survey data
Fish species
The DNR last surveyed Coxey Pond in 1978. Ratings need a survey from the last 20 years, so this page lists the species from that older record without numbers.
- Largemouth bass
- Smallmouth bass
- Northern pike
- Bluegill
- Yellow perch
How to fish Coxey Pond through the year
Largemouth bass
- Spring
- Largemouth are moving up into the warming bays and flats, staging around wood, docks and new weeds to spawn.
- Early summer
- Largemouth are on the shallow spawning flats and protected bays, where beds go on firm bottom next to isolated cover.
- Summer
- Largemouth are in and along the weeds: cabbage and milfoil edges, matted cover and shade. With 96% of this lake 15 ft or shallower, the weed edge is the main event.
- Fall
- Largemouth are chasing bait back onto the flats and into the remaining green weeds, feeding hard and shallow before the freeze. A 14-ft bowl cools fast, so the fall window comes early here.
Smallmouth bass
- Spring
- Smallmouth are on shallow rock, gravel and sand where they spawn.
- Early summer
- Smallmouth are post-spawn on rock points, gravel bars and the adjacent breaks.
- Summer
- Smallmouth are on rock humps, points and hard-bottom breaks. With 96% of this lake 15 ft or shallower, the weed edge is the main event.
- Fall
- Smallmouth are bunched tight on deep rock, so find one and you have found the school. A 14-ft bowl cools fast, so the fall window comes early here.
Season patterns for each species. Open the live map for today's wind, light and water temp.
Suggested tackle
What to bring
Top presentations for this lake's structure and clarity:
Largemouth bass · Soft plastics
Texas-Rigged Worm
7" ribbon-tail or straight-tail plastic worm
Largemouth bass · Soft plastics
Free Rig
Creature bait or magnum finesse worm
Smallmouth bass · Soft plastics
Ned Rig
2.75" finesse stickbait or craw-style Ned bait
Smallmouth bass · Soft plastics
Drop Shot (Finesse Plastic)
4" finesse worm or 3" minnow-profile plastic
Northern pike · Soft plastics
Paddletail Swimbait on Jighead
4–5" paddletail swimbait on a ball-head swimbait jighead
Northern pike · Muskie & pike
Soft Rubber (Bull Dawg / Medusa)
10" soft rubber body bait
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MN DNR · in their words
From the 1978 survey
Consists of above average population of smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, hybrid sunfish, and white sucker. Northern pike, perch and bluegills are present in below average numbers.
Narrative text from the Minnesota DNR lake survey.
Recent reports
Coxey Pond fishing reports
Recent reports on Coxey Pond from guides, tournaments and regular anglers. Anything posted in the last two weeks also bumps the matching spots on the live map, so you'll see a "matches a recent report" tag on them.
Public water access
Getting on the water
- Public access: Lies within BWCAW on a non-motorized route. Access is by portaging on USFS trail #163 or by 45 rod portage.
DNR bathymetry
Coxey Pond depth map
Within 30 miles
Nearby lakes
- Slim Lake · 312 ac · 2.7 mi
- Hanson Lake · 19 ac · 4 mi
- Crab Lake · 420 ac · 4 mi
- Chant Lake · 16 ac · 4 mi
- Shipman Bass Lake · 37 ac · 4.1 mi
- Big Moose Lake · 1,025 ac · 4.2 mi
- Cummings Lake · 1,038 ac · 4.2 mi
- West Twin Lake · 80 ac · 4.3 mi
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions
How deep is Coxey Pond?
Coxey Pond reaches 14 ft at its deepest point; about 96% of the lake is littoral (15 ft or shallower).
How big is Coxey Pond?
Coxey Pond covers 192 acres with about 5.2 miles of shoreline.
What fish are in Coxey Pond?
Minnesota DNR surveys (most recently 1978) record largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, bluegill, yellow perch.
Is Coxey Pond stocked?
No stocking is on record for Coxey Pond in the DNR's stocking database.
Does Coxey Pond have a public access?
Yes. Coxey Pond has one public access site: Public access (Lies within BWCAW on a non-motorized route. Access is by portaging on USFS trail #163 or by 45 rod portage.).
When was Coxey Pond last surveyed?
The Minnesota DNR last surveyed Coxey Pond in 1978. That is more than 20 years ago, so this page lists species without ratings.
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