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World Class Fishing Opportunities

For over a hundred years, people from the world over have been coming to the clear, bountiful lakes of Cass County for the fishing experience of their lives. Year after year, our lakes have shared their treasures, often of record class. Northerns, muskie, bass, panfish and the most prized, that Minnesota classic, the walleye, have provided the serious sportsman, sportswoman, or just the everyday kid in all of us, the opportunity to carry the trophy of our dreams and the "bragging rights" that comes with it back to family and friends.

Exactly how good is fishing in Cass County? Famed world-class fisherman and TV personality, Al Lindner of In-Fisherman, recently said about northcentral Minnesota, "This area boasts better quality in [multi-species] numbers than places all over the states.....This area is that good, and it's getting better."

Where to go? Well that answer is almost unlimited, as Cass County offers over 500 named lakes, so many in fact that water covers about a third of our total geographic area (which incidentally is roughly comparable to the State of Delaware). And public water access is available for nearly every one, each providing generous parking and boat launching facilities. Whether it is one of our large, legendary fishing lakes such as Leech, Winnibigoshish, Cass, Woman, Ten Mile or Gull, or one of our lesser ones, known mostly to locals and frequent returnees, secreted far back in the deep woods, our range of lakes can deliver every conceivable fishing experience.

Looking for a lake or river, easily accessible from paved highway and with ample, comfortable lodging options, providing a full range of fishing services? Well, Cass County has one of the finest, most extensive, paved road systems in all of northern Minnesota. It also offers the widest array of resorts, camping, hotels - motels, and other lodging facilities of any county in Minnesota, altogether over 270 and more than enough to meet any budget range and mode of comfort. You can even rent houseboats if staying on Leech Lake.