Lake Saint Croix

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Aug 19, 2026

Species

Walleye

Season

Summer (Current)

79 Fishing Reports

196 Followers

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Trolling Mid Depth (10-19')
3
Live Bait Rigs
2
Hard Jerkbaits
1
Shallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')
1
Trolling Deep (20'+)
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Smallmouth Bass15 Reports
Walleye9 Reports
Sturgeon2 Reports
Largemouth Bass1 Report
Northern Pike1 Report

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Fishing Reports

79 Reports on Lake Saint Croix

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Ray Valley
Gold Ambassador
8/24/20
- Species
  Sturgeon
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  River Channels
The sturgeon bite is starting to pick up and will only get better as the water temperatures start to cool into fall. Fresh gizzard shad are the bait of choice on a 6-8/0 circle hook and 2oz slide sinker. Get your cast net and DNR application approved to catch your bait! https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation/fishing/bait/castnet_app.pdf. Gizzard shad pods are relatively plentiful in Andersen Bay in Bayport, MN. Use your electronics to find the pods and throw your cast net over them. Don't overthink the sturgeon fishing strategy. Sturgeon roam featureless bottoms. During late summer, I fish relatively shallow open channels 12-20 ft deep. As fall progresses, I move deeper a bit deeper (25-40 ft). If you can't get shad, fatheads and crawlers work fine. The best time of day to fish is when the massive yachts anchor/beach or go back to port. Bobbing like a cork after one of those things chugs by at 10 mph (which is way worse than 40) isn't fun.
Ray Valley
Gold Ambassador
8/23/24
- Species
  Sturgeon
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  River Channels
- Water Temperature
  77°
First time out Sturgeon fishing this year. I usually net shad which is the preferred bait for Sturgeon fishing on the St. Croix, but populations seem down quite a bit this year. Very few pods observed on the electronics. Been that way all summer. We'll see if they all of a sudden show up in fall. Instead we just used crawlers and actually got into a few fish and one nice 52 incher. Usually I start shallow in 12-20 ft of water early in the season and fish deeper as we get deeper into fall. BTW, the hot bait is bogus because I couldn't select anything that I actually used and its a mandatory field.
Big Hitter
Gold Ambassador
8/30/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Wacky Rigs
- Structure
  Points
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  73°
My buddy and I got out today and found the smallmouth bass on points using wacky rigged Senkos. We tried crankbaits, Ned rigs, drop shots, and swim jig paddle tails, but they only hit the Senkos.