April 18, 2013

ALEXANDRIA AREA Most anglers continue to use ATVs to access lakes and the ice has not started to recede from the shorelines. Little Mary Lake is producing sunfish and crappies in seven feet, as is Lake Le Homme Dieu in less than eight feet. The bays on Lake Ida are providing a mixed bag of […]

DULUTH AREA Although ice fishing is still an option, only a handful of anglers continue to hit area lakes such as Island, Grand, and Caribou for crappies. Most fishing activity is taking place at the mouths of the rivers along the north shore of Lake Superior. Kamloops action has been steady with spawn sacs, crawlers,

RED WING AREA The water temperature on the Mississippi River was between 37 and 39 degrees early this week. That was a bit cooler than it was a week ago, and it seems to have slowed down the walleye and sauger bite. The best option continues to be pitching jigs along the upper three or

FAIRMONT AREA The lakes are completely ice-free in this area and there has been boat traffic on most of them. Anglers traveling across the Minnesota/Iowa border are catching walleyes and pike on the Des Moines River. Boat anglers are finding a few crappies on Hall Lake and Lake Sissiton but these fish have not moved

LAKE MILLE LACS Perch and tullibee reports have been limited despite the fact that anglers can still get on the lake. Some of the shorelines are pulled away, but there hasn’t been enough people fishing to offer reports. Anglers are walking on Isle Bay and Wahkon Bay and finding a few bluegills and crappies in less