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LAKE MILLE LACS Fishing pressure has been minimal and snowmobiles are the only way to travel due to deep snow, lack of plowed roads, and pressure ridges that have developed in certain areas of the lake. If you do hit the lake look for perch and tullibees off the mud flats in 30 feet or more. […]

LAKE MINNETONKA AREA There hasn’t been a lot of people fishing over the past week and last weekend’s rain left a fair amount of water on area lakes. The North Arm of Lake Minnetonka is giving up sunfish in 10 to 12 feet and crappies in 19 feet. Sunfish also can be had on Medicine

FAIRMONT AREA More than one inch of rain was followed by five inches of snow last week, leaving the lakes in this area a “sloppy mess” according to most anglers. The only two lakes they have been getting on, and they are sloppy, have been Budd and Sissiton, where crappies and sunfish are hitting in

ALBERT LEA AREA Heavy precipitation in the form of rain and snow last weekend left area lakes a mess. There’s so much water on top of the ice on most lakes that anglers have not been able to fish them. Until the water soaks in, fishing options will remain limited. Albert Lea Convention & Visitors

DULUTH AREA Kamloops fishing has picked up for shore anglers from the French River up to the Sucker River. Looper Bugs tipped with waxies under a bobber or crawlers floated off the bottom have worked best. Ice-fishing reports have been limited, but this area received another seven inches of snow last weekend so it is

BATTLE LAKE It’s difficult to get on the small lakes with a truck, but snowmobiles are traveling without much problem. There is some slush to deal with on many lakes, vehicles are being used on certain lakes, and foot travel is the only option on others. West Battle Lake is producing crappies over 17 to