Mille Lacs Lake
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WalleyeTechniqueBobbersSeasonSummerStructureOpen Water/BasinIt was a tough bite but did ok with a bobber and leech. Also caught one on a drop shot and a worm
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock PileFish were hard to come by but managed to grab a few nice ones fishing rock offshore. Swim jigs fished slowly, bouncing off the rock worked best. Could not get a fish to bite the drop shot or a ned rig.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
8-10 FOW slow crawled along bottom.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHover/Mid-StrollingSeasonSummerStructureReefFish are very very hard to get to eat right now. Gotta cover a ton of water to get bit. It seems like throwin a minnow on their head works best. Also getting bit on drop shotted tumble weeds as well. Can still catch em this time of year. But definitely much harder. TIGHT LINES!!
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Smallies love a tube, was on the tail end of the mayfly hatch and had a pretty good alge bloom on the water witch made it hard to see cruisers. Was getting bit on the fall and just duplicated it all around the shallower water areas.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueLive Bait RigsSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
9-15 FOW
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueBobbersSeasonSummerStructureOpen Water/Basin
We were power fishing mud flats on the northeast end of the lake. Most fish were positioned right on the edge of the flats and would hit immediately after dropping on them. We would only drop on suspended or multiple fish. Leeches were the ticket.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureReef
If you have never used this tube for smallmouth, you are truly missing out. I headed out for a late summer/early fall trip out on Mille Lacs and it went really well. I caught a ton of good sized fish 2-3.5lbs. I didn't get any giants, but I was really just looking for numbers this day. Fish seemed to be pushing up on reefs this day, and was catching most of them in 3-6 ft. I was just casting parallel to the breaks on the reef and just slowly hoping this tube back. It was a pretty windy day so I think bait was being pushed onto the reefs and that why they were slightly shallower.
