Where are the fish biting?

Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank has this report: Northerns were plentiful, unfortunately, for the walleye hunters. The more successful walleye fishermen seemed to have a theme of the right temperature running through their stories. Nothing over 12 feet and as shallow as three from the reports I received.

All right, let’s get to a couple of lakes in the area. Crescent Lake was showing success both slow trolling with Raps or live rigs. Some sat and jigged once they found the fish. If I’m not mistaken, 8 to 12 feet seemed to be the norm. Minnows for most of the fishermen which oddly, if you ask me, wasn’t the norm for the rest of the lakes.

Leeches were more successful on other lakes such as Ball Club and Devilfish. Perch were active on Elbow and trolling for northerns on Northern Light was productive. And for those of you looking for some good Rainbow action, Leo Lake had people limiting out over the weekend.

Since we’re up that way I understand some nice walleyes and good size bass were available at Hungry Jack Lake.

For those of you interested in lake trout, they’re not deep yet so head to your favorite spot and start trolling with some spoons. Remember, the fish are shallow right now and temperature sensitive so you might want to grab both minnows and leeches as both are showing success.

Tyson at the Beaver House says rainbow trout have been real good on Mink Lake. Walleye fishing was slow with some action on Crescent and Elbow lakes, and there has been some pretty good lake trout action on Gunflint, Moss and Daniel lakes.