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Mille Lacs Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Oct 26, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Winter (Current)

350 Fishing Reports

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Mille Lacs Lake Overview

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Football Jigs
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Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
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Total Fishing Reports

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Fishing Reports

350 Reports on Mille Lacs Lake

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Ray Valley
Gold Ambassador
10/4/25
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Fall
- Technique
  Damiki Rig
- Structure
  Boulders
- Forage
  Cisco/Whitefish
- Water Temperature
  68°
Very calm day and an unseasonably warm fall. Initially we hopped to and from known boulder piles looking for fish. Fish were orienting to boulders and holding very close to them. We had our best luck in very shallow water. The Damiki rig jigged vertically with the forward facing sonar worked very well and we picked up several aggressive fish. Later in the day, some of us switched to dragging small suckers over a very shallow shoreline on a transition from gravel to short-growing aquatic vegetation. We picked up several fish with this technique as well.
Eric Ahlstrom
Silver Ambassador
9/28/25
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Fall
- Technique
  Umbrella Rigs
- Structure
  Boulders
- Forage
  Cisco/Whitefish
- Water Temperature
  65°
Shaking Quad Hover with a freeloader was the deal and allowed me to catch fish on boulders people had already fished.
Dylan Sluis
Gold Ambassador
9/27/25
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Fall
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Reef
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  67°
a MEGA 6.95lber hit the deck on this day. Biggest smallmouth I have ever seen in person and might be the biggest one I catch in quite some time. Fish are all over the place from 8-25ft so just have to find the active schools.

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