February 27, 2012

LAKE MINNETONKA AREA There hasn’t been a lot of people fishing, but Carson’s Bay, Phelp’s Bay, and Maxwell Bay on Lake Minnetonka continue to give up crappies in 22 to 30 feet. Sucker minnows continue to produce northern pike on top of the 10- to 12-foot weedbeds of Medicine Lake and Minnetonka. Lake Sarah continues […]

FARIBAULT AREA Look for sunfish on the west end of Roberds Lake in the eight- to 10-foot weeds. The north side of Lake Mazaska is producing crappies in 22 to 26 feet and Cedar Lake is kicking out sunfish in 12 to 15 feet. Sucker minnows are producing numbers of small northern pike at Kelley

FAIRMONT AREA Small sucker minnows are producing northern pike in four to six feet at Kansas Lake. Look to Fox Lake in 12 to 15 feet for crappies, perch, and a few walleyes during low-light periods. Iowa Lake continues to produce perch in 10 feet, while Hall Lake is giving up perch and crappies in

DULUTH AREA Walleyes continue to hit at Boulder Lake in 10 feet and Rice Lake in six feet during low-light periods. Fish Lake and Caribou Lake are giving up crappies in 15 feet on glow jigs and minnows during the evening hours. A few Kamloops are being taken on nightcrawlers in the French River area

ALEXANDRIA AREA Crappies and sunfish are being pulled from eight to 12 feet at Lake Le Homme Dieu, Lake Mary, and Lake Louise. Look to Lake Darling for small walleyes in 14 to 20 feet and to Lake Miltona for a few bigger fish in 40 to 50 feet during the evening hours. Darling also

LAKE MILLE LACS East – The best walleye and perch reports are coming from the 24- to 30-foot mud and gravel areas. The south-end gravel bars are producing walleyes during low-light periods in 22 to 28 feet. The bigger perch and some tullibees are being found in the deep basin mud areas over 28 to 32