Mille Lacs Lake
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
slow rolling/dragging Ned Rigs over rock piles / rock structure. Read your structure maps or just look for buoys and you'll find the rocks.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Reef
Forage
Perch
The smallies were activly feeding on bigger rock reefs. They were spread out from anywhere between 4-12 feet of water. The bigger ones came on the deeper side, but the numbers were better the shallower you went. They liked the jerkbait worked slow with very long pauses.(around 10 sec) they would hit it when u would twitch it again. Caught fish from 2-5lbs with my biggest going 5.12 Spots like indian point and rocky reef produced some decent fish.
Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon 10lb / 200 Yards
Out of Stock
Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL 2500 / 6.0:1
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Reef
Southern side of Mille Lacs is scattered with rocky reefs not far from shore, reachable from Wahkon or Father Hennepin State Park via kayak. Find any set of hazard buoys and cast around a 1/2 oz chatterbait trailered with a swimbait or fluke style plastic on a moderate action rod. Smallmouth bass will post up on this hard structure post-spawn and go wild for the extra action of trailered chatterbait. Vary your retrieve speed to dial in what will trigger the fish, even let it drop to bottom and pop/retrieve with this versatile lure. Recommend tying on Fluro for better abrasion resistance with the zebra muscles covering these reefs.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Trolling 0-9'
Structure
Reef
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
57°
We trolled at 1mph on the shallow reefs and they were really active at midnight
HotbaitShimano Mastiff FC Fluorocarbon 12lb
Out of Stock
Species
WalleyeSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
51°
I fished from shore under the northern lights on the MN Fishing Opener from midnight to 2:30 am. I got 5 walleye from 18” to 23” from 1:00 am to 1:40 am on the jerkbait. There was only a slight ripple on the water.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
54°
Interchange between 2 , 1, 3, 1, twitches with 3 second pauses. Usually hit in 8 -10 fow off rocky points. Early in retrieves.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Reef
Water Temperature
57°
Had a few hours to burn up on Mille Lacs and ran straight to some main lake reefs near the shallower bays. Instantly started catching fish with the ned. Marking some key transition areas where sand met the shallower boulders was the deal. Fish are on the move big time right now.
