Mille Lacs Lake
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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Reef
Forage
Minnows
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Reeds
Water Temperature
71°
Fished Vineland bay for largemouth. Mostly cloudy, south wind blowing a bit and a storm rolled in mid morning. I found several good fish at the edges of the reeds all along the bay. Buzzbait with a gold blade was the only one I threw. No skirt, toad trailer. Water clarity was fairly dirty for Mille Lacs. Anywhere the depth was closer to 5ft at the end of the reeds was better than the reeds that end in shallower water.
CGraz
Bronze Ambassador
8/21/24
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
73°
Came up from Nebraska. The bite was tough on community stuff. Moved to the secret sauce and locked up on two schools of the old ugly beat up ladies. I mean these girls were worn out grannies…AKA the bigs. Had back to back 5+. First time that’s ever happened for me. Great trip and will be back on the big pond soon.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
9-15 FOW
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
71°
Fished the Student Angler Tournament Trail(SATT) on Mille Lacs on July 27, and got 5th place out of 143, it was really windy so most of the lake was unfishable, but we found sporadic small rock piles, we caught 25.87 pounds for 7, all of our fish besides 1 was caught on a drop shot
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
70°
Caught a 19 " small mouth bass trolling at 2.5 mph in 15 ft of water right below a reef. Used a Northland Rumble B - 11 yellow perch
Species
Northern Pike
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
70°
Trolling between reefs with a gold shad crankbait in 10 ft of water
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
68°
Went up on Saturday afternoon, very calm, cloudy day with some intermittent rain. Kept the lake quiet as far as boat traffic goes. We are just a few days into the fall transition so it may take a minute to find them, but once you find a school or area stay on it. And make sure to try shallow and deep, you may find fish in both areas. I worked a 150-200 yard stretch of shallow rocks (4-6ft) with a steep drop to deeper water (12-16ft). This allowed me to do 2 things. I was fan casting the zman jackhammer up to the shallower rocks picking off several quality fish, all while keeping one eye on my Mega DI looking for the deeper fish on individual boulders. When I rolled over a fish I would drop a ned behind the boat and had good success getting the deep fish to bite.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Isolated boulders