Minnesota Outdoor News Fishing Report

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Big walleyes are being caught on the mud flats in the main basin area with crankbaits and leadcore or live-bait rigs. Smaller walleyes seem to be hitting plastics

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – With the walleye season open again, anglers are catching fish with live bait rigs or crankbaits in 16 feet of water or deeper. Muskie action continues to be

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS Plastics are producing smallmouth bass on the 14- to 18-foot rocks and there has been some big bass caught in deeper water away from this structure. Trolling on the north

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Fishing pressure continues to be light and smallmouth bass action has been more sporadic this week. Look for bigger bass on the deep rocks and more numbers of

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS Muskies and some big pike are being caught via trolling crankbaits on the north end in 12 to 16 feet. Smallies have been more difficult to catch this week, but

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Boat traffic continues to be minimal due to the walleye closure. Even bass anglers have been scarce this past week. Northern pike are hitting sucker minnows or crankbaits

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS With the walleye season now closed, fishing pressure has been light. Smallmouth bass are hitting plastics or crankbaits on the 16- to 20-foot rocks. Trolling crankbaits on the weedlines in

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS Walleyes bit well throughout the lake this past week, but it’s worth noting that the walleye season is now closed – from July 7-27 – and that only artificial baits

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Walleye action continues to be excellent in most areas, but the gravel bite has picked up with spinners and crawlers, as is the deep basin bite with leadcore