
Minnesota Fishing Report – April 14, 2020
With several nice weather days at the end of last week, anglers were getting out in the southern half of the state and starting to catch a few crappies from open water.

With several nice weather days at the end of last week, anglers were getting out in the southern half of the state and starting to catch a few crappies from open water.

Fishing reports few, but if you’re looking for a hot coho bite, you’ll find it on Lake Michigan.

Ice-out in the books, but for those getting out, fishing success has been a mixed bag.

Terry Tuma talks about some rigs to use to catch more and bigger crappies this summer.

Fish were hungry before state closed lakes, sites.

Fishing – especially bass fishing – in both Centralia-area lakes is very good. In fact, DNR reports show that during 2019 tournaments, fishermen caught three bass over 6.5 pounds, with the largest weighing in at

Ice-out in the north and striper fishing proving to be early-April highlights.

Even if the DNR doesn’t have an exact count on the walleyes, there are plenty of fish of all types out there and anglers don’t have to hunt too hard to find them.

There were some pretty good crappie reports last week in areas with open water. Many lakes all around the state with open water or some open-water areas have started producing crappies and a few bluegills.
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