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FAIRMONT AREA Crankbaits or minnows are turning walleyes during the evening in 6 to 8 feet on Hall Lake, Budd Lake, and Lake Sissiton. Look for crappies and sunfish in 4 to 6 feet on Budd and Sissiton, while jigs and plastics are producing a few walleyes on the Blue Earth River. A blast of

LAKE MINNETONKA AREA Walleyes are being caught with minnows on the rocks along the west side and off the weed edges on the east side of Lake Minnetonka. Lake Independence also is giving up walleyes in 14 to 16 feet. Drifting sucker minnows on the 14-foot weed flats of Minnetonka continues to trigger muskies. Look

FARIBAULT AREA Cannon Lake is giving up perch and walleyes in 6 to 8 feet and minnows are turning walleyes on the 20-foot rock edges of Fox Lake. Look lakes Mazaska and Cedar for crappies in 15 to 18 feet. Nagel’s Live Bait (507) 334-8341 RED WING AREA Small walleyes and sauger continue to be

DULUTH AREA Look for walleyes to hit minnows in 5 to 7 feet at Island Lake, Rice Lake, and Boulder Lake. A few crappies are being caught at Fish Lake and Island in 12 feet, while muskie anglers are catching fish on large sucker minnows at Island and the St. Louis River. The leaves are

ALEXANDRIA AREA Minnows are producing walleyes in deep water, 50 to 60 feet, on Lake Miltona and Lake Ida. There’s also some evening walleye action with minnows in 16 to 18 feet at Oscar Lake, Lake Le Homme Dieu, Lake Darling, and Lake Geneva. Bass are hitting crankbaits on the weedlines of most lakes, crappies

LAKE MILLE LACS  East – Look for perch and pike in the bays to hit minnows in less than 12 feet. Trolling crankbaits during the evening has produced a few walleyes on the shallow rocks. Muskie anglers should look to the reefs as the water cools and tullibees start to move onto them.  Johnson’s Portside (320)