Public shore fishing spots in Aitkin County, Minnesota
DNR records list 4 public shore fishing spots in Aitkin County: 3 fishing piers and 1 shore or bank fishing site. Check current access before visiting.
| Spot | Water | Maintained by | Getting there |
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Mississippi River, Palisade Shore Fishing Site
Bank Fishing Site |
Water: River or reservoir | Maintained by: City of Palisade | Getting there: In the town of Palisade, 5 mi East of Hwy 169 on Co Rd 3 in Bergland Park. |
| Hill Lake Fishing Pier | Water: Hill | Maintained by: City of Hill City | Getting there: In Hill City's park, take Hwy 169 to Lake Avenue, On the NW shore. |
| Little Pine Lake Fishing Pier | Water: Little Pine | Maintained by: DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife | Getting there: 5.5 miles south of Aitkin on US Highway #169, on the east shore of Little Pine lake. |
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Shumway Fishing Pier
Not recorded as accessible |
Water: Shumway | Maintained by: DNR Division of Parks and Trails, Savanna Portage State Park | Getting there: In Savana Portage State Park, from McGregor go 7 miles N on 65, turn right on Co Rd 14 (Lake Ave), Follow for 10 miles to park. |
What to bring
Every spot above is bank fishing, which is what this site is about. The Shore Setup Selector asks four questions about the water in front of you and returns one rig, and the one setup to start with covers what to buy first. If the spot is a pier over deeper water, when to add a bullet weight is the one to read before you go.
Before you drive
DNR lists these public fishing sites; the managing organization is shown in each row. A map pin identifies a recorded site, not a guarantee of current access or a report that bass are there. Check with the manager before traveling.
A spot marked "Not recorded as accessible" has a false ADA-accessibility flag in DNR's data. A spot with no note has an unspecified flag; that does not tell us whether anyone assessed accessibility. Confirm current facilities with the manager.
Lake and access data on this page comes from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Public Fishing Sites in Minnesota. MN DNR contributed the data and does not endorse this site. We publish it under DNR's general data licence, which requires this credit and forbids reselling the data, so there is no download here. Check the DNR record before you drive: access, fees, and regulations change, and DNR's copy is the current one.