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LAKE MINNETONKA Vertically-presented jigging spoons and minnows are turning walleyes in 24 to 28 feet in the evenings or 9 to 11 feet after dark in Brown’s Bay, Wayzata Bay and Excelsior Bay. Bass continue to hit Senkos on the inside weedlines over 8 to 14 feet and trolling sucker minnows and spinners in 12

FARIBAULT AREA Crappies are hitting minnows in 7 to 9 feet on Cedar Lake and Cannon Lake is giving up walleyes on minnows in 5 to 7 feet. Look to Lake Mazaska for crappies and sunfish in 8 to 10 feet, and to Cannon for sunfish in 10 to 12 feet. Northern pike and crappies

FAIRMONT AREA Crankbaits or spinners and crawlers are producing walleyes during the morning and afternoon hours at Hall Lake, Budd Lake, and George Lake in 6 to 8 feet. Catfish are an easy catch on all lakes and you’ll find panfish in 4 to 6 feet on Budd and Lake Sissiton. Some teal left the

DULUTH AREA Chubs remain the hot bait for walleyes at Island Lake in 15 to 20 feet and Whiteface Reservoir in 10 to 12 feet. Crappie action remains strong in the narrows at Fish Lake in 15 feet and Island over 15 to 18 feet. Bear hunting interest seems to be waning, but archery and

BATTLE LAKE Walleyes are hitting minnows in 10 to 20 feet or crankbaits in 5 to 7 feet on Otter Tail Lake, West Battle Lake, Clitherall Lake and Silver Lake. Look for sunfish and crappies in 8 to 15 feet on West Battle, Clitherall, Blanche Lake and Hydleberger Lake. Bass have been hitting spinnerbaits or

LAKE MILLE LACS  East – Walleyes continue to hit crankbaits during the evening hours and at night on the shallow rock reefs, while the day bite has been more inconsistent. Live bait, crankbaits, or plastics will turn smallmouth bass on the reefs as well. A few muskies are being seen on the deeper weedlines along the