Lake Mille Lacs Fishing Report

One of my last days of the season was out on the Big Pond. With the rougher conditions and cold weather I focused my time on large boulders the size of the hood of your truck, or as big as... Read More

Reported by Dan Fabiano

Fish were in small numbers in deep water. We fished boulders in deeper water and found schools of fish. Drop shot Seemed to work the best. Find deeper rocks find fish.

The bite on Mille Lacs was decently hot from rock to grass/weed transitions in about 6-15 feet of water. Try to cover as much of the transition as possible with a crank bait.

Reported by Keegan Witt

Fishing rock/sand transition areas in 2-6ft with Megabass Vision 110. A lot of fish caught working it fast.

56 degree water, 8-10ft of water. Rotating between a PBJ Ned rig and a 3.5inch keitech swimmer on rocks/reefs.

Reported by Sportsmens Bassmaster

Mix of Post Spawn and Mayfly hatch makes for difficult fishing conditions. Fishing west side of lake. Best producing baits were Ned Rigs & Football Jigs fished in 14-17ft. Rocks, larger boulders & transition areas with cleaner... Read More

Reported by Rich Lindgren

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 big bite, where scattered rock will product an average bite... Read More

Reported by Kristine Fischer

Look for matted grass where it transitions to sand/gravel 4-6ft of water.

Post spawn but still am seeing smallmouth very shallow and appear to be spawning. Caught smallmouth very shallow along reeds and submerged vegetation. Caught smallies on small swimbaits as well as chatterbaits. Zman trout eye jig with minnowz in money... Read More

Reported by Katherine Field

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 on 360 can be one of the most efficient ways... Read More

Reported by Samuel Moore

Large percentage if fish pulling up on beds. 3-8' of water on boulder to sand transitions. Water temps upper 50's to low 60s. Drop shots, Neko rigs and wacky 4" senkos best producers in natural colors.

Reported by Rich Lindgren

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 marked on your electronics, make several short accurate casts around... Read More

Reported by Kent Mittelstaedt

Capitalizing on the early ice bite can be some of the best walleye fishing for the winter season on Mille Lacs. Safe ice measuring between 5-7 inches was found on the North End of the lake, allowing me to safely... Read More

Reported by Ana Leschishin

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.

They are eating hair jigs and swimsuits on top of the rocks in 2-6 feet of water

A few fish starting to pull up and lock down on beds. Big schools of fish cruising up shallow. Make long casts and be quiet!

3.5" tubes with a shakey head approach was getting the big smallies to eat!

Reported by Chad Keller

Slow roll white trailered chatterbait over edges of the reefs.

Bass are hitting keitech swimbaits on boulder reefs and ledges.

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 believe they moved to deeper water. We marked alot... Read More

Found a few nice rock piles on Garrison side. 10-15ft dragging drop shot

Reported by Brandon Meyer