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FAIRMONT AREA Crappies, sunfish, and bass are being caught in two to six feet at Hall Lake, Budd Lake, and Lake Sissiton. There’s an evening crappies bite for anglers fishing from shore on the north side of Amber Lake. Walleyes continue to hit crankbaits in eight to 12 feet on Hall and Budd during low-light

FARIBAULT AREA Walleyes are taking minnows in 14 to 18 feet on Fox Lake or crankbaits in 10 to 12 feet at Lake Mazaska. Hit Cannon Lake with shallow-running crankbaits during the evening hours for walleyes in six feet and anglers fishing off their docks on Circle Lake are also catching walleyes. Look to Shields

ELY AREA Tough weather has made for difficult fishing, but some walleyes and northern pike are being caught on the 17- to 20-foot reefs of Burntside Lake. Hit 10 to 15 feet with leeches on Shagawa Lake for bass and walleyes. Snowbank Lake is giving up a few lake trout over 45 feet, bluegills are

LAKE MILLE LACS  East – Tubes or slip bobbers and leeches are producing numbers of smallmouth bass on the rock reefs and shoreline rocks. Walleye action has been best on the deep mud and gravel during the day with spinners and crawlers. In the evenings, crankbaits continue to turn walleyes in six to 12 feet of

ALEXANDRIA AREA Spinner rigs tipped with crawlers or leeches are producing walleyes in 10 to 15 feet on Lake Mary and Reno Lake or on Lake Miltona and the Le Homme Dieu Chain in 16 to 20 feet. Plastics are turning bass on the established weedlines of most lakes, while crappies and sunfish are showing up

LAKE MINNETONKA AREA Look for bass and sunfish from the shoreline out to the inside weed edge on lakes Sarah, Independence, Minnetonka, and Medicine. A few walleyes can be had on these lakes along the 12- to 15-foot weeds, an occasional muskie is seen on the weedlines of Minnetonka. Northern pike are hitting sucker minnows