April 12, 2012

LAKE MINNETONKA The best option for crappies is to find standing milfoil left from last year in six to eight feet in the smaller bays. The bite has been best during the afternoon and evening once the water has a chance to warm. These same type of spots will produce sunfish on small jigs and

DULUTH AREA The recent cold snap has prevented crappies from moving into the shallows, but some fish are suspended over 20 feet at Fish Lake. Shore anglers on Lake Superior are having some success with crawlers or spawn sacs and Looper Bugs and are catching more coho salmon than Kamloops this week. The mouths of

ALEXANDRIA AREA Tube jigs or FluFlus tipped with minnows are producing crappies over two to five feet in the bays of lakes Mary, Pocket, Le Homme Dieu, and Darling. You will catch sunfish with waxworms in these areas as well. Christopherson’s Bait and Tackle (320) 763-3255 BATTLE LAKE Minnows, waxies, and small leeches are producing crappies

FARIBAULT AREA Panfish moved deeper with the recent cold front. The best action early this week was  in 10 feet on Shields Lake for perch and sunfish. Lake Mazaska was giving up a few crappies during the afternoon in eight to 10 feet. Nagel’s Live Bait (507) 334-8341 RED WING AREA The bite has slowed

FAIRMONT AREA Waxworms and minnows are producing crappies, perch, and bluegills in 10 to 12 feet at Budd Lake, Lake Sissiton, and George Lake. The fish are a bit deeper than last week. On Fox Lake, anglers are finding crappies in 12 feet, while Tuttle Lake and Iowa Lake are giving up perch in four

LAKE MILLE LACS Water temperatures remain in the low 40-degree range in the bays and a few crappies have been showing up. Once the weather stabilizes and these areas warm, you should find more crappies in the bays and harbor areas. Johnson’s Portside (320) 676-3811 Terry’s Boat Harbor (320) 692-4430 LAKE OF THE WOODS The walleye