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Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
5/25/25
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Underspins
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
65°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
50°
The cold fronts this week have dropped the water temps pretty significantly around the lake. Most of the fish have pushed out of the shallows due to this and have relocated into the 8-12 foot depth range. Most of our success came outside of spawning flats off the first "edge" with some sort of cover and structure for the bass to hold onto. This cover/structure consisted of drop offs (some of small as 1-2 feet), bottom composition transitions, and rock piles. If these areas also had the presence of baitfish such as perch, you would find the smallmouth and walleye close by. The small swimbait and the football were the two baits we locked in our hands to put all of our fish in the boat. If you're interested in booking a guide trip with me, visit https://www.trevorlofishing.com/mille-lacs-lake-fishing-guide
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Reef
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
53°
Ripping from drops towards the shallow water seemed to work pretty well it was a pretty decent mix of walleye and smallmouth
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Reef
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
52°
Targeting prespawners on the edges of rock reefs with frop shots. Fish were schooled up, when i would catch 1 i would cast in the same spot and pull a few more off.
Species
Northern PikeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Reef
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
50°
This trophy pike slammed my jerkbait up shallow on top of a rock reef.
Sawyer smith
Bronze Ambassador
5/10/25
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
56°
Throwing jig with a shiner bout 14 -20 ft deep..
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
61°
Made a trip on memorial day up to Mille Lacs. Launched out of Garrison and poked around the west side a bit. Water temps were right around 60-62. Cloudy day with intermittent rain. Found fish in a few different spots with different techniques. On shallow visible rocks I was throwing the fluff on top. Caught a few nice fish doing this. They wanted it super slow, almost stopping it on their noses. Hopping from rocks to rocks I would throw the chatterbait into a little deeper water and plucked a few of these staging fish. Nothing crazy here, just get the jig vibrating and they hit it. It has become one of my favorite power fishing baits on mille lacs. Toss a ned around big rocks and there are always fish to be had there.
Shimano Mastiff FC Fluorocarbon 12lb
Out of Stock
Sufix Invisiline Fluorocarbon Leader 8lb / Clear
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
57°
Cast down wind far and steady slow retrieve off rock pile to sand transitions in 4-6 feet.
AJ Madison
Bronze Ambassador
5/28/23
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
62°
Caught some fish on beds in 2-6 feet on a heavy white tube, but also caught a bunch on black and purple Bear Pig Outfitters hair jigs in the same areas so I believe the smallies are just starting to spawn as we seen many couples playing footsie together during our day.
