LAKE MILLE LACS East – The evening walleye bite has been very good with slip bobbers and leeches or rigs and leeches on the 12- to 15-foot rock reefs. The tops and edges of the
ALEXANDRIA AREA Leeches and nightcrawlers are fooling walleyes in 12 to 16 feet on Reno Lake and Lake Mary or in 16 to 24 feet at Lake Darling and Lake Carlos. Look for crappies on
LAKE MINNETONKA AREA High water is limiting boat access and a no-wake zone remains in effect on many fisheries. Weeds are now the key to catching fish on lakes such as Minnetonka, Sarah, Medicine and
Crab Orchard Lake: Anglers are reporting that crappies are being found at depths ranging from about 6 to 10 feet. Most are in heavy cover near points. The best baits have been minnows and jigs.
Lake Taylorville: Crappie bite picking up on minnows. Bass slow. Catfish good on nightcrawlers. Banner Marsh: Bass are fair on plastics, spinnerbaits or chatterbaits and fair at the east side. Bluegills are slow to fair
Fox River: The smallies can be found in the shallow eddies or slower moving gravel bottom areas. Eighth-ounce jigs with white or crawfish colored twister tails can produce respectable fish. Work the jig slow and
Chain: Small ice jigs under a float tipped with live bait or plastics are taking panfish. The shallow portions of the bays seem to be producing quite well also. Find the newer weeds in 8
ASHLAND AREA Fishing is super on Chequamegon Bay. Smallmouths were in a pre-spawn mode last week, and anglers fished primarily Sand Cut and Brush Point shallows with plastics on jigs or hooks worked slowly. Anglers
LAKE MICHIGAN/METRO AREA LAKES Surface water temps on area lakes were in the upper 60s to low 70s last week. Bluegill fishing was great. Look for them around green weeds or in gravel areas pestering
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