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Mille Lacs Lake/

Mille Lacs Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Mar 4, 2026

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

359 Fishing Reports

2089 Followers

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Current Conditions
Fishing Reports (359)
Techniques

Mille Lacs Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring

Ned Rigs
31
Hard Jerkbaits
26
Finesse Hair Jigs
22
Drop Shot
17
Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
15

Total Fishing Reports

359

Top Species Reported for Spring

Smallmouth Bass138 Reports
Walleye15 Reports
Largemouth Bass3 Reports
Northern Pike2 Reports

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Fishing Reports

359 Reports on Mille Lacs Lake

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Bennett Gapinski
Gold Ambassador
3/13/23
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Pre-Spawn)
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Reef
- Forage
  Perch
The smallies were activly feeding on bigger rock reefs. They were spread out from anywhere between 4-12 feet of water. The bigger ones came on the deeper side, but the numbers were better the shallower you went. They liked the jerkbait worked slow with very long pauses.(around 10 sec) they would hit it when u would twitch it again. Caught fish from 2-5lbs with my biggest going 5.12 Spots like indian point and rocky reef produced some decent fish.
Matt Traxler
Bronze Ambassador
3/2/20
- Species
  Walleye
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Live Bait Rigs
- Structure
  Humps
Fish Whisperer
Gold Ambassador
3/14/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Boulders

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Top Fishing Techniques

for Smallmouth Bass + Spring

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Ned Rigs #1

Hard Jerkbaits #2

Finesse Hair Jigs #3

Drop Shot #4

Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md) #5

Bladed Jigs #6

Football Jigs #7

Lipless Crankbaits #8

Spybaits #9

Structure Jigs #10

Texas Rigs (Worming) #11

Tubes #12

Blade Baits #13

Crankbaits 13'+ #14

Topwater Popping #15

Topwater Walking #16

Hover/Mid-Strolling #17

Crankbaits 7'-12' #18

Neko Rigs #19

Shakey Heads #20

Crankbaits 0-6' #21

Underspins #22

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