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FAIRMONT AREA Crappies and sunfish are hitting in 12 to 15 feet on Lake Sissiton and North Silver Lake is giving up perch in four feet. Jigs with rattles are turning walleyes and perch on the 10- to 20-foot breaks of Hall Lake. On Tuttle Lake and Cedar Lake, jigs and minnows are producing walleyes […]

FARIBAULT AREA Minnows are turning walleyes and crappies in 20 feet at French Lake. Look for crappies and northern pike in 15 to 20 feet on Cedar Lake and for northern pike in 12 to 15 feet at Hunt Lake. Roberds Lake is producing sunfish and a few walleyes early and late each day in

DULUTH AREA Most lakes have nine to 12 inches of ice with small vehicles being used on select lakes. Crappies are hitting minnows in 12 to14 feet in Pontoon Bay on Fish Lake and Boulder Lake is giving up walleyes and northern pike in 10 to 12 feet. Northern pike also are hitting at Rice

LAKE MILLE LACS East – Bigger walleyes have been hitting jigs during the day on the main-lake structure in 20 feet or more. At night, the shallow reefs have been giving up better numbers of keeping-sized walleyes. Perch anglers are sorting through fish, but finding jumbos on the rock/mud transition areas in less than 20 feet.

LAKE MINNETONKA AREA The smaller bays have eight to 10 inches of ice, while the big lakes and bigger bays average six inches. On Lake Minnetonka, walleyes are hitting setlines and shiner minnows in 20 feet at night in Wayzata Bay, Brown’s Bay, and Smiths Bay. Black Lake, the North Arm and Maxwell Bay on

ALEXANDRIA AREA Walleyes continue to bite best during the evening hours on glow spoons and minnow heads or setlines and shiner minnows in 12 to 18 feet on Lake Le Homme Dieu, Lake Ida, and Lake Miltona. Panfish reports have been limited to Little Mary Lake where crappies and sunfish are being caught in 12