MN (Aitkin, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs)
Mille Lacs Lake
Type: Lake/Pond
Size: 128169.10 acres
Avg. Depth: 29ft.
Water Clarity: Clear (2/10)
Species:Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Muskie, Panfish / Bluegill, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Burbot, Common Carp
Top Techniques Reported On Mille Lacs Lake
Species: Largemouth Bass
Season: Summer
Mille Lacs Lake Fishing Reports
111 Fishing Reports
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33 Fishing Reports for Other Species in Summer
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Reported by Lucas Noble
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Season:Summer
Structure:Humps
Species:Walleye
Forage: Perch
Technique:Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
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Reported by Jessica Johnston
25 to 30 feet on and around mud flashing the day time with crawlers or leeches with slip bobber
Season:Summer
Structure:Laydowns
Species:Walleye
Technique:Bobbers
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Reported by Kail Lavigne
Trolling spinners during a mayfly hatch is one of the best ways to put fish in the boat,. Use your electronics and find the clouds of mayfly off the humps... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Humps
Species:Walleye
Forage: Insects
Technique:Inline Spinners
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Reported by Matt Traxler
Season:Summer
Structure:Humps
Species:Walleye
Technique:Live Bait Rigs
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Reported by Stephanie Lawson
The bigger 5lb girls were out deeper in the 14-16 ft areas where eel grass met rocks not far off from giant boulders. Here drop shot was effective, however... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Layla Longo
Caught some fish on a 1/4 oz smoke coffee tube just casting with a slow retrieval. But most of our fish came on a green pumpkin ned rig. We... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Jerry Hansen
Outkast perfect Ned got the smallies on the isolated boulders to bite.
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Ben Demo
(7/23/2022 water temp mid 70s) Today decided to do a little different and find shallow fish, scanned around myr mar reef and found Little Rock to sand transitions and the tallest... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Ben Demo
(7/19/2022 water temp mid 70s) Wind was Ripping on Tuesday 15-18 mph forced to fish south east. I was chasing around bait fish and dropping a spro CJ smasher on them... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Baitfish
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage: Perch
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Willie Carlsen
Throw over rock piles bring in not to fast but fast enough to feel the vibrations in your rod
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Shallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')
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Reported by Nathan Terhaar
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Neko Rigs
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Reported by Hunter Brenny
Side image around till you find a Boulder and usually you can see if somethings on it and just bounce it off the rocks
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Tim Erickson
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
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Reported by Chris Wedes
Took my son fishing. He dragged this tube over deep boulders and the smallies absolutely smashed it! He threw that same bait on Lake Minnewashta and the largies... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Tubes
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Reported by Bradley Leuthner
Spend time scanning points. Look for the biggest rocks on the spot. Fish 12 to 20 feet of water. Fish really slow.
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Jacob Persson
Myr Mar Reef
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Rick Carlsen
Ned rigs and whopper ploppers over shallow (3'-8') rocks produced some great bites. We didn't find schools of fish, it was 1 or 2 on a spot.
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Connor Savard
Dropshotting isolated boulders off of main lake reefs
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Logan Burkstrand
Most fish I’ve caught out there were about 8-17 feet of water. I was fishing rock piles and single boulders. Tried reeds for a big shollow and did produce a... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage: Minnows
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Omnia Community Member
Season:Summer
Structure:Reef
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Football Jigs
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Reported by Benjamin Nelson
Great time to get out on Mille Lacs! Could not find the usual offshore fish, so I switched things up and went shallow. I targeted reefs and rock piles in... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage: Minnows
Technique:Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
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Reported by Omnia Community Member
Edge of Rock piles in 15-18ft of water has been producing a lot of 20+lb bags of smallmouth
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Forage:Crawfish
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Drew
Southern side of Mille Lacs is scattered with rocky reefs not far from shore, reachable from Wahkon or Father Hennepin State Park via kayak. Find any set of hazard... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Reef
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Chatterbaits
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Reported by Bryan Skogheim
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Tubes
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Reported by Austin Ryan
Found a good concentration of fish during the August time frame on gravel piles. Bomb casting neko Rigs and slowly hopping/dragging them back to the boat was the best presentation... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Reef
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Neko Rigs
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Reported by Brandon Meyer
Found a few nice rock piles on Garrison side. 10-15ft dragging drop shot
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Josh Johnson
We fished a lot of rock ledges and rock piles. The bite was very slow. We used Finese tactics. Drop Shot, Ned Rig, Neko Rig. I... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Texas Rigs (Worming)
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Reported by Kristine Fischer
Dog days of summer had a lot of people looking deep. My big fish were scattered from 6'-19'. Look for large isolated boulders on sand for a consistent... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Texas Rigs (Worming)
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Reported by Samuel Moore
Something often talked about but still remains mysterious to some. Using side-scan to look out from your boat and find an isolated boulder, and then circling back to fish them... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Josh S
slow rolling/dragging Ned Rigs over rock piles / rock structure. Read your structure maps or just look for buoys and you'll find the rocks.
Season:Summer
Structure:Rock Pile
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Ned Rigs
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Reported by Kent Mittelstaedt
Drop shots are a staple on Mille Lacs. Strike King dream shot work great. Using your electronics to find boulders, especially isolated boulders. Once you have one... Read More
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Smallmouth Bass
Technique:Drop Shots
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Reported by Drew Card
Rock reefs with baitfish around has been best
Season:Summer
Structure:Boulders
Species:Muskie
Forage: Minnows
Technique:Inline Spinners
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Reported by Bryan Skogheim
Trolling big spinner baits can make for a fun summer outing near Isle. Lucky color was black and red.
Season:Summer
Structure:Submerged Vegetation
Species:Northern Pike
Technique:Spinnerbaits
