Where are the fish biting?

Jon Clousen of St. Paul caught this 28.5 inch, 8.5 pound walleye fishing with guide Cory Christianson on Lake Saganaga on Sunday, August 15.

Cool temperatures have not kept the fishermen off of area lakes. Buck’s Hardware offers the following report of where the fish are biting:

Walleyes are being caught on Caribou Lake in 18 feet of water using jig and minnow; on Homer Lake by slowly trolling with raps or drifting with leeches; on Tom Lake in15 feet of water using jig and minnow or slowly trolling with leeches; on Two Island Lake in 12 to 15 feet of water using jig and minnow and on Seagull Lake in 20 to 25 feet of water using jig and minnow.

Lake Trout are being caught on Trout Lake in 45 feet of water using spoons and on West Bearskin Lake in 35-38 feet of water by fishing off the bottom with jigs.

Bass fishermen have been reporting success on Poplar Lake when using spinners and on Devil Track Lake by “working the shoreline.”

Northern Light Lake is the spot reported for northerns, caught by trolling with spoons.

Robby Deziel from Lakeville, MN landed this 16” smallmouth using a beaver flick lure and leech in four feet of water while fishing at an undisclosed lake with Joe Carlson of Joe’s Inland Fishing.