Lyle Unger reports jumbo perch are hitting on spoons tipped with minnow heads and tungsten jigs tipped with wax worms on Lake Winnibigoshish, MN. You’ll also pick up a few walleyes in the mix as
Crappie and bluegill activity seems to have really improved with the majority of ‘gills still weed-related in less than 15 feet.
Warm-up has been great to do some hole-hopping. Still, ice slowly building. So where, exactly, are things at ice- and fishing-wise on the lake?
The bite here has been good – using spoons and fishing slow as the fish are a bit finicky.
A lot of fishable options on Mille Lacs now, but still, keep an eye on ice conditions. Fishing-wise, it’s a matter of getting out to where you want to be.
With about a foot of ice on most area lakes now, the walleye bite is going strong – but ice anglers are seeing a very small window for success.
With better ice, there’s also been more areas available to fish, so walleye and panfish reports have improved. Anglers are simply catching better numbers of walleyes, especially early and late each day, with 15 to
We checked ice all the way to the mud and found some surprises but overall some good clear black ice with a few frozen cracks and some ice heaves. Ice is anywhere from 11.5” near
Anglers mostly finding success with dead sticks with shiners or sucker minnows, but key player is spoons tipped with the head of a fathead.
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