Metro Area Fishing Report – August 15th, 2014
LAKE MINNETONKA AREA Muskies have started hitting small bucktails at night on the big flats with green weeds on Lake Minnetonka. Look for walleyes on the 22- to 30-foot weed edges in Brown’s Bay, Wayzata
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LAKE MINNETONKA AREA Muskies have started hitting small bucktails at night on the big flats with green weeds on Lake Minnetonka. Look for walleyes on the 22- to 30-foot weed edges in Brown’s Bay, Wayzata
LAKE MINNETONKA AREA Sunfish reports remain favorable on the 8- to 15-foot weedlines of Lake Minnetonka, Lake Sarah, Lake Independence, and Medicine Lake. The 10- to 12-foot weeds or deeper weedlines on Minnetonka are giving
Crab Orchard Lake: Catfish are the best bet. Anglers are taking fish on leeches, cut bait and minnows. Crappies are still being caught in 10-12 feet of water around cover. Minnows and jigs both effective.
Bloomington: Bass fair along weed edges on plastics, spinners, and crankbaits with some on topwater late in the day. Bluegills fair but small on waxies and crickets near weed edges, docks, and sea walls. Channel
Chain: The best bite has been early morning. The bass have moved up into the heavy weeds and are very active attacking scum frogs and other weedless baits. Work the pockets in the weed growth
BIG GREEN LAKE AREA Look for the largemouths in the weeds and under docks. The best baits are spinners and plastic baits fished in and on top of the weeds and under docks. Smallmouths will
ASHLAND AREA Chequamegon Bay smallmouths are in the shallows (try topwaters) and rock piles, along breakwalls, and around Long Island. Walleye action continues in the shallows during low-light hours, with anglers trolling crankbaits over weedbeds
DOOR PENINSULA AND ALGOMA/KEWAUNEE AREA Salmon fishing from Algoma north to Washington Island ranges from good to very good depending on which port has the warmest water at the time. Fish the top 75 feet
Lake Ontario and tributaries: Fishing has been pretty good on the lake as things have slowly started to turn around. In the Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Association’s King Salmon Tournament and Curt Meddaugh Memorial
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