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Lake Minnetonka Fishing Reports
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Largemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureRock PileWas ripping a jackhammer across a shallow rock spine imitating a bluegill and largies were coming unglued on it. When u feel the rocks just continue to milk the spot.
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CrappieTechniqueIce Fishing JigsSeasonIceStructureOpen Water/BasinFound a nice school of some decent sized crappies on Carson’s bay on Lake Minnetonka. Was in 18 feet of water pounding a clam pinhead halfway down the water column and crappies were racing up.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonSummerStructureDocks
Skipping docks with a wacky rigged senko. The slow fall of the senko really helped getting bites.
Alex MurphyBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueGrass JigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationWhen the bite gets tough I can always get some bites with this jig paired with a craw trailer on weedlines in 7-12' of water
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Panfish / BluegillTechniqueIce Fishing JigsSeasonIceStructureSubmerged VegetationLate winter is some of the best time for pan fish, as the weather heats up so does the fishing, locate the weedline and drill out the area from the weedline into shore and use your electronics to locate active fish. Tip your jig with a waxy or a euro larva and drop it down to the to the fish on your electronics and keep your jig just above the fish. jig slowly and draw the fish in. Good Luck!
Matthew VoigtBronze AmbassadorSpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueVertical Jigging Shallow (0-9')SeasonIceStructureSubmerged Vegetation- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureSubmerged Vegetation
Early in the season when the water hits about 55 degrees the largemouth pile into the grass flats on this lake and absolutely choke a chatterbait. They're starting to slide into some of the pockets and dock slips they like to pile into so I've been throwing a weightless senko around to pick up some of the cruisers.
- SpeciesCrappieTechniqueIce Fishing SpoonsSeasonIceStructureOpen Water/Basin
Got on a decent crappie bite right away in the morning out on Harrison's bay on lake Minnetonka. Caught fish from 6-9 am and then they shut off. Caught them early in 9 foot and then moved to about 13 as it hit around 8 am. I was using a a clam flutter spoon in the wonder bread color tipped with a wax worm and gulp crappie nibbles. My buddy was using a gold flutter spoon and doing the same thing and catching them as well (that's my buddy in the picture). Presentation was pretty standard. They were pretty finicky so you would jig until they got interested and then just dead stick once they start to come up to it and that's normally when they would bite.
