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LAKE MILLE LACS There hasn’t been much crappie action in the bays, but some of the shallow boat harbors are holding panfish. It should be a good walleye opener with water temperatures in the 50-degree range. Johnson’s Portside (320) 676-3811 Terry’s Boat Harbor (320) 692-4430 LAKE OF THE WOODS The harvest season for sturgeon has closed,

NORTHEAST METRO Crappie action is strong at White Bear Lake in eight to 12 feet, while Demonterville Lake and Big Marine Lake are producing sunfish and crappies in six to eight feet. Look to Lake Jane and Lake Peltier for sunfish in less than six feet. Leeches and Lindy Rigs or crankbaits are turning walleyes

FAIRMONT AREA Crappies continue to hit minnows in less than eight feet at lakes Sissiton, Hall, and Budd. North Silver Lake is producing perch in six to 12 feet and Tuttle Lake is kicking out walleyes in four feet via crankbaits. Sommer Outdoors (507) 235-5225 ORTONVILLE AREA Walleyes have started hitting spinners and crawlers or

ALEXANDRIA AREA Crappies are moving into their spawning areas on the small lakes and they remain in the shallow bays on most big bodies of water. Lakes Carlos, Le Homme Dieu, Latoka, Ida, Miltona, Geneva, and Darling are all worth hitting for panfish in three to eight feet with minnows. Christopherson’s Bait and Tackle       (320)

DULUTH AREA Minnows and small jigs are producing crappies in the narrows of Fish Lake in eight to 10 feet and on the four- to six-foot rock piles on Rice Lake. Minnows also are triggering perch at Pike Lake in 10 to 14 feet. Steady winds and measurable rain has resulted in limited reports off