Lake Minnetonka
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Lake Minnetonka Overview
Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring
- Bladed Jigs22
- Wacky Rigs18
- Ned Rigs16
- Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)15
- Grass Jigs14
Largemouth Bass134 Reports
Crappie37 Reports
Smallmouth Bass4 Reports
Walleye1 Report
Panfish / Bluegill1 Report
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Fishing Reports
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Taylor Atteberry
Bronze Ambassador
4/19/25
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
52°
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
fished the MN bound crappie contest, was the coldest water in my 7 years of going. The crappie have just moved into the cuts and are starting to feed on gulp minnows. I used a VMC pug bug with a chartruse gulp minnow under a fixed bobber.
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Shallow dark bottom bays are producing a lot of crappie around laydowns.
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