Fishing Reports

FAIRMONT AREA Crappies, sunfish, and bass are being caught in two to six feet at Hall Lake, Budd Lake, and Lake Sissiton. There’s an evening crappies bite for anglers fishing from shore on the north

FARIBAULT AREA Walleyes are taking minnows in 14 to 18 feet on Fox Lake or crankbaits in 10 to 12 feet at Lake Mazaska. Hit Cannon Lake with shallow-running crankbaits during the evening hours for

ELY AREA Tough weather has made for difficult fishing, but some walleyes and northern pike are being caught on the 17- to 20-foot reefs of Burntside Lake. Hit 10 to 15 feet with leeches on

LAKE MILLE LACS East – Tubes or slip bobbers and leeches are producing numbers of smallmouth bass on the rock reefs and shoreline rocks. Walleye action has been best on the deep mud and gravel

ALEXANDRIA AREA Spinner rigs tipped with crawlers or leeches are producing walleyes in 10 to 15 feet on Lake Mary and Reno Lake or on Lake Miltona and the Le Homme Dieu Chain in 16

LAKE MINNETONKA AREA Look for bass and sunfish from the shoreline out to the inside weed edge on lakes Sarah, Independence, Minnetonka, and Medicine. A few walleyes can be had on these lakes along the