Mille Lacs Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jul 26, 2024

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

318 Fishing Reports

1887 Followers

Mille Lacs Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Summer

Drop Shot
28
Ned Rigs
18
Tubes
9
Bladed Jigs
4
Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')
4

Total Fishing Reports

318

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Walleye9 Reports
Northern Pike2 Reports
Muskie1 Report

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Fishing Reports

318 Reports on Mille Lacs Lake

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Charlie Wright
Gold Ambassador
7/21/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Damiki Rig
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Crawfish
- Water Temperature
  75°
Fished the MNBN Team Trail event and finished in third place with 24.5 lbs for 5 fish. There’s a ton of fish in Mille Lacs but they can be finicky. 12-16 foot flats seemed to be best for us this tournament, livescoping with a damiki and a ned. It’s all about being at the right place at the right time.
Mike Joseph
Gold Ambassador
7/21/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Ned Rigs
- Structure
  Boulders
- Forage
  Crawfish
- Water Temperature
  74°
Fished the MN Bass Nation Team Trail event on Mille Lacs. What a fishery. We planned on targeting deep boulders exclusively but the fish just would not cooperate on that pattern. We caught a few that way, but with mostly flat calm sunny conditions we stumbled on a shallower bite. Ned rigs were the ticket in 4-10FT of water. Best areas were larger rock flats with some larger boulders present, but most of the bigger fish were not holding tight to those boulders. Finished the tournament with 21.34lbs with the biggest fish 5.1lbs
Dylan Sluis
Gold Ambassador
7/20/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Drop Shot
- Structure
  Reeds
- Forage
  Crawfish
- Water Temperature
  75°
Honestly a tough weekend out here. Still had 23lbs but you had to work for every bite. Typically fish should be on boulders. But there was a recent crawfish hatch which has fish scattered shallow eating them. They were spitting up crawfish everywhere. The fish are scattered everywhere right now. In hindsight I really should have thrown a tube but I never did. If you are going out here definitely downsize baits because they are very finicky.