Southwest Minnesota Fishing Report – August 15th, 2014
FAIRMONT AREA Work the 4- to 8-foot rocks on Hall Lake and Budd Lake for crappies and bluegills. Crankbaits or spinners and crawlers are producing walleyes in 8 feet on Hall and Budd in the
FAIRMONT AREA Work the 4- to 8-foot rocks on Hall Lake and Budd Lake for crappies and bluegills. Crankbaits or spinners and crawlers are producing walleyes in 8 feet on Hall and Budd in the
RED WING AREA Walleye action is strong with crawlers or leeches in 12 to 15 feet in the Maiden Rock and Lake City areas of Lake Pepin. Northern pike are hitting spoons or suckers in
ALEXANDRIA AREA The 18- to 20-foot weedlines on lakes Ida and Miltona are producing walleyes, as is Lake Reno in 10 to 20 feet. Live bait rigs and leeches or crawlers are best. Crappies are
DULUTH AREA Crawlers and fatheads are turning walleyes at Island Lake in 20 to 25 feet and Whiteface Lake in 12 to 14 feet. There’s some bluegill action on the weedlines of Fish Lake and
LAKE MILLE LACS East – Smallmouth bass continue to hit rattle baits or plastics on the 8- to 12-foot rocks. Walleye action has been best in the evenings and after dark on the edges of
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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