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LAKE MILLE LACS East – Mid-day walleye action has been best on the gravel and mud in 22 to 28 feet with spinner rigs or live-bait rigs tipped with leeches or crawlers. The shallow- to mid-depth rock reefs are producing smallmouth bass, while the weedlines in most bays are the best option for northern pike and

FARIBAULT AREA Cedar Lake is kicking out sunfish, crappies, and bass in three to eight feet and the weedlines are giving up northern pike. On Roberds Lake, sunfish, catfish, and a few walleyes are coming out of four to nine feet. Hit Shields Lake for sunfish, pike, and bass in six to 10 feet and

FAIRMONT AREA Look for crappies around the aerators at Budd Lake or on the rock piles of Hall Lake. Work the weedlines of George Lake and Lake Sissiton for bluegills. There’s consistent catfish action along the shorelines of most lakes during the evening hours. Bass fishing also has been good on the weedlines of most lakes.

DULUTH AREA A slow-presented leech or crawler is producing walleyes in 16 to 20 feet at Island Lake or 12 to 14 feet at Boulder Lake. Bluegill action remains strong in six to eight feet on Fish Lake and Rice Lake. Muskie action has improved on the St. Louis River and Island with bucktails and

ALEXANDRIA AREA Bass and northern pike are hitting on the 16- to 18-foot weedlines on lakes Darling, Carlos, and Le Homme Dieu. You’ll also catch a few walleyes with spinners and crawlers on these lakes or Lake Ida and Lake Miltona in 17 to 19 feet. Panfish have moved into the established cabbage on most

NORTHEAST METRO Look for walleyes to hit leeches at Bald Eagle Lake and White Bear Lake on the 12- to 15-foot weedlines. Crawler harnesses are producing walleyes in 18 to 20 feet on the St. Croix River and topwater baits are turning numbers of smallmouth bass here. Muskie action has improved with prop baits or