July 31, 2014

LAKE MINNETONKA  You’ll find a mixed bag of walleyes, bass, and northern pike on the outside weed edges in 15 to 20 feet. A jig and minnow is turning a few walleyes at night in the channels over 12 feet. Look for suspended crappies on top of the milfoil and sunfish in 6 to 8

DULUTH AREA A few walleyes continue to be taken with leeches or small sucker minnows at Island Lake in 18 to 22 feet. Topwater baits or jigs and twisters are producing smallmouth bass on the shallow structure of Island and the Cloquet River. Lake Superior reports have been spotty with the top 20 to 50

FAIRMONT AREA Walleye action has picked up with spinners and crawlers in 4 to 8 feet at Hall Lake and Budd Lake. Panfish also remain shallow, 3 to 6 feet, on Hall, Budd, Lake Sissiton, and George Lake. A few muskies have been caught via trolling on Fox Lake and bass fishing remains consistent in the