Walleye: 10–15 ft on the main-lake sand flats, better where there is a little chara on the sand; a jig with a crawler or fathead; in the evening a small Hot 'n Tot or small Shad Rap, the crankbait bite is picking up. Improving as the water cools. Perch: the weedlines next to the shallow sand flats, Walker Narrows being a standby; starting to school up and should improve as temps drop; a small jig and minnow. Crappie: 6–10 ft on the weeds in the shallow bays: Sucker Bay, Boy Bay, Shingobee Bay; cabbage, wild rice and milfoil are all holding panfish; small jigs with a crawler or a crappie minnow. Smallmouth: 12–22 ft on the main-lake rock reefs; the smallmouth have slid a little deeper; Ned rig, tube or drop shot. Muskie: shallow sand, shallow weeds and shallow rock; the muskie bite is picking up; smaller bucktails. Conditions summarized from the Sep 4 Livin MN Outdoors report — watch it at the source link.
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Walleye: 8–12 ft in shallow water, more activity this week; jigs tipped with crawlers or bigger minnows, and crankbaits. Walleye: 10–15 ft on or near the rocks around Goose Island, the Annex and Bear Island; easy to mark on electronics, harder to get to bite some days. Bluegill: 6–9 ft in the cabbage and sand grass throughout most bays; find the greenest weeds. Crappie: 6–9 ft in the cabbage and sand grass in the bays. Conditions summarized from the Sep 2 Bemidji Pioneer report — read it at the source link.
Open on the live map →Walleye: 8–16 ft on main-lake sand flats, better with a little weed on them, plus the milfoil edges at 8–12 ft; a jig and crawler; small crankbaits early and late. Improving as the water cools. Smallmouth: 8–16 ft on the bigger rock reefs; Ned rig, drop shot, tubes. Largemouth: the wild rice and cabbage; holding a lot of nice largemouth. Crappie: 6–12 ft on the weedlines of the shallower bays: Sucker Bay, Boy Bay, Shingobee Bay; small jigs with a small fathead or crappie minnow; a slip bobber and a piece of crawler for the bluegills. Muskie: the shallow rock and roaming the shallow sand flats; small rubber baits and jerkbaits; a few still trolling the basins. Conditions summarized from the Aug 28 Livin MN Outdoors report — watch it at the source link.
Open on the live map →Walleye: 12–18 ft on main-lake chara flats, plus the weed edges in 8–13 ft; smaller crankbaits trolled in the evening on the flats; a jig and crawler on the weed edges, and the bite is improving as temps cool. Smallmouth: 6–22 ft on rock flats; Ned rig, drop shot or tube; a college tournament is on the lake, so expect some pressure. Muskie: shallow rocks; jerkbaits and small rubber baits, with some true giants coming. Bluegill: 6–12 ft in cabbage, or milfoil where you can't find it; small jig with a crawler or fathead, or a slip bobber with a crawler chunk. Crappie: 6–12 ft in the same weeds; 1/16–1/8 oz jig with a crappie minnow or fathead. Conditions summarized from the Aug 21 Livin MN Outdoors report — watch it at the source link.
Open on the live map →Leech: a grind bite. Easy to mark, hard to trigger. Fish low light or go home. Main-lake flats in 12 to 14: jig and crawler or a crankbait, and stay mobile because they move daily. Sunny and calm pushes fish out to 18 to 23, so slow down and drag live bait. Muskies are riding the rocks on small bucktails. Spinners at first and last light have been the most consistent bite on the lake.
Open on the live map →Walleye: 14–18 ft on sand flats holding cabbage, plus the outside edge of the shoreline weeds; drop shot, pulled spinner or slip bobber with a leech or crawler; perch- and crawfish-pattern cranks in low light. Smallmouth: 6–18 ft on rock reefs and isolated boulders; drop shot, Ned rig or tube. Bluegill: 4–8 ft in the shallow weedy bays — Boy, Sucker and Shingobee; jig with a crawler, leech or small fathead. Crappie: 8–12 ft in those same bays, a touch deeper than the bluegills; jig with a crawler, leech or small fathead. Muskie: shallow rock and cabbage; topwater and jerkbaits — but release mortality runs high while surface temps stay warm, so consider laying off them until it cools. Conditions summarized from the Aug 7 Livin MN Outdoors report — watch it at the source link.
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