Metro Area Minnesota Fishing Reports
May 12, 2012Wow even the little lakes were crowded.... My son and I came home with 9 in the box. Caught all our fish in 8 to 10 feet of water. The bite was hard and fast..
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April 17, 2012
Wondering if the water was warmer in the channel system. I was in Halstead's and the surface temp was 53.4. I tried the shallows and had no luck and then went to a spot I used to ice fish as a kid and marked fish, and thru down the bait and got a couple right off the bat. It was a pleasant surpri
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Metro Structure Breakdown... New Spot Every Week!!!
May 11, 2012Here's a cool map (courtesy of MedicineMan) that showcases a fun snap shot from Lake Independence. Let's take this map and look at in terms of the opener this weekend... let's relate these spots to walleye locations and how they might be used depending on weather conditions... [img]http://mattjoh
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May 11, 2012
Matt, thank you for your postings and map ideas. I have been away from fishing for quite sometime am really looking forward to getting back into it. I recently purchased a Fishing Kayak and I the mood to spend quite a bit if time on the water this summer.
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Metro Area Minnesota Fishing Reports by Matt Johnson
May 11, 2012Thanks for the report, Matt. My brother and I have decided to stay around home this weekend instead of heading up north. We'll be on Tonka bright and early Saturday! Can't wait!
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May 11, 2012
Some exciting weather ahead of us for the opener... forecast is calling for 70's in the Metro with very little to no chance of rain... doesn't sound like a typical MN opener but I'll take it! Although, I'm sure the lakes will have a record number of anglers out there as well, but you can't always ha
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West Metro - Minnetonka, Waconia, Prior Lake Fishing Reports by Great Day on the Water Guide Service
April 24, 2012Was out there today and yes, size was the problem. Great day to be on the water though!
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April 24, 2012
[quote=hookie]Getting some on Waconia but pretty small. A keeper here and there. Guess I wouldn’t recommend fishing up close by the Marina the person putting out the dock this year doesn’t seem to like you in there fishing. Well I did happen to get hooked up on the dock (My Bad) went in the slot to
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Bald Eagle Lake Fishing Reports
I spent a little time on the lake today, April 23. Water temp was 54.8-55 degrees. A tried the shallow reeds and never saw a fish. There were other boats around but I don't think anyone else was doing much either. Quit at around 4 p.m.Read More..
I put the boat out Sunday and the temp gauge said the water was 54 degrees. Now that it's snowing out here today I suspect it's going to drop a bit. I didn't try to fish at all. There were a decent amount of boats out on Saturday when the weather was nice.
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Lake Calhoun Fishing Reports
Lake is still open, but not for long!Read More..
Late, but I didn't see the reply. We had a disaster getting ready. Dead battery, jumped it, died later. Got out right at dark and the trolling motor was dead :) I can row pretty fast, so we got around but we had little boat control skill. Thanks for the post Aaron. I fished the same spot as we
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Carls Lake Fishing Reports
Slam, get your kids back into it. TINY crappies, but enough action they might get interested at least.Read More..
I brought my 4 and 5 year old girls out and they had a great time on the ice fooling around but i got to get these girls on some fish before i lose them.
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Cedar Lake Fishing Reports - Scott County - New Prague
Guess I get to answer my own question. Just got back from Cedar - still pretty weedy out there. Spent our time just on the northern half of the lake as there were a number of recreational boaters out so not sure if the southern half is any better. Was tough to anything but jig without pulling inRead More..
Anyone have any updates on Cedar as far as the weeds? Are they down enough to cast/reel or just jig? Planning to take my boys out in the morning. Their attention span doesn't work well with jigging. They need to be casting. Gotta love the attention span of kids. lol
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Centerville-Lake-Peltier Fishing Reports
Went out on Christmas eve from 1 pm to 430pm and caught some good size perches and one sunny with my dad. Didn't get any crappies probably because of it being too sunny. Didn't stay for the night bit but I'm sure the crappies were there for the night bite. About 7" of ice.Read More..
Went there yesterday late afternoon, a lot of fishermen out there going after pikes, crowded at the dam, a lot of sunnies action on crawlers. Didn't catch any sunnies, crappies nor bullheads on gulp or plastics. Caught and release a small pike on a bucktail.
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Coon Lake - Coon Rapids Dam Fishing Reports
Any reports on Coon Rapid Dam? Advices on how to catch walleyes and crappies? I am planning to go there this coming week and this will be my first time.Read More..
You can always fish the quieter, east side of the dam. I've heard there is some good crappie fishing there.
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MN Metro Crappie Fishing Reports
Got it thanks. Right back at you ;)Read More..
hey dougr1969 check pm.. was out on waconia few days ago.. nothing but small crappie ..
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Demontreville Fishing Reports
Where are the crappie spots on DeMontreville? I just catch bass, northerns and panfish. I throw all of them back in the water. I'll throw the crappies back in too.Read More..
Check out the stocking page for Demontreville. I have landed a few walleyes but not many. The best one I have landed was on a tube jig last spring fishing of panfish. It is still out in the lake. I was always getting good sized bass out of Demontreville until a couple of years age. Jane is
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Lake Gervais Fishing Reports
The park/beach area is always closed winter time every year. It's becuase they don't want to plow the lot or whatever reason they can make up.Read More..
Was out there a few days ago. Crappie action was decent. Got some 6 to 8 inch Crappies by the north end. All was caught and released. Fishing Gervais was like fishing a private lake. I was the only angler out there, which was cool.
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Lake Harriet Fishing Reports
pherris- Did you ever throw cranks? i've had this outting going through my head and im thinking about throwing rattle traps off the main beach area. maybe slip bobbering?Read More..
From boat, try sharp breaks or points with live bait rigs From shore, find deeper water with leeches hope this helps, plenty of eyes in harriet!
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Lake Independence Fishing Reports
I will be camping on this lake for the first time. Anyone willing to share any information about this lake for musky anglers?Read More..
any news on independence? im after my first muskie. any tips on lures? good starting spot? im not asking for anyones honey hole. what type of lure/color usually produces in this lake? ive never fished it before. water depth? any info is helpful thanks
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Medicine Lake Fishing Reports
Joe, I was wondering if you have an opinion on the saftey of the ice today after last nights heavy, wet snow? Was thinkin of heading that way today... please let me know when ya have a moment. TYRead More..
The scouts did not catch any sunnies but we did manage 3 largemouth on tips ups that got everyone exicited.
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Lake Minnetonka Fishing Reports
[quote]Apparently not doing to well... [/quote] Three keeper walleyes that night.Read More..
[quote=maxpower117]Solid 16 inches on wayzata bay. I'm out there now. [/quote] Apparently not doing to well... :)
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Lake Nokomis Fishing Reports
Was going to try again today until I looked at the wind chill- I think I can wait until tomorrow to give it another shot. Should be fun watching a flag and the Pond Hockey at the same time.Read More..
I have put in about 6hrs for one 7" crappie, lots of small stuff on the graph.
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Lake O'Dowd Fishing Reports
went out yesterday and got a 30 inch northern in the warm weather. And just a question, does fish feed in warm weather like yesterday and today, and what depth. [s]------------------------------------------------------------[/s] There are two types of fisherman - those who fish for sport andRead More..
just please keep all the little sunnies.
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Prior Lake Fishing Reports
Heading out to prior tomorrow, looking for some eyes'. Anyone know if they are biting? Been out to Spring lake a few times this year and have been catching some in about 8 ft of water on raps. Wondering if i should try the same on Prior? Any help would be appreciated!!Read More..
Without 4 wheel drive, I would not drive out there, but if you have any vehicle with 4WD you are fine. If you fish anywhere inside of the island, you should be able to catch some nice bluegills. I have been using very small horizontal jigs & maggots to get them.
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Rice Lake Fishing Reports - Maple Grove
You can launch a canoe or kayak at the very northern end of the lake by the creek that runs into it. One of those lakes where you hear stories about big fish that were caught there in the past, but nothing recent. It's only 10-11 feet and they drew it down a couple years ago to help kill some ofRead More..
I don't think that lake has a public boat launch. My younger brother has fished from shore there but had nothing for the day. There are way better lakes in that area than rice.
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Spring Lake Fishing Reports
[quote=Love2Cabin]Where do I park if I use the winter access on the north side? I am thinking it would be easier to back down there and unload then go park somewhere. That other small lot on the north side is nice but dragging house through the dirt is a lot of work. The only places I know to fish aRead More..
Where do I park if I use the winter access on the north side? I am thinking it would be easier to back down there and unload then go park somewhere. That other small lot on the north side is nice but dragging house through the dirt is a lot of work. The only places I know to fish are along the north
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Turtle Lake Fishing Reports
Can you park your car here and fish at night? or do they have a gate? i read where park is closed 1/2 hour after sunset?Read More..
Yes the C&R for any bass is still on. Haven't been out there yet this hard water season. There are good numbers of bass yes, but no size yet... Might be out there this weekend to give it a try. Anyone else planning on going out?
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Lake Waconia Fishing Reports
Saw a few guys out there a couple days ago. Ice is starting to peak 10 inches in spots. Do watch out for small springs and the occasional crack. Also North of Pillsbury Reef has some thinner ice in about 8ft of water. Conditions seem to only improve.Read More..
any luck out on anderson's? i was thinking of giving it a try but have been doing ok on crappie elsewhere so wouldn't wanna waste my time if i don"t have to.
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Whaletail Lake Fishing Reports
PB,your correct,no need to even try Whaletail.............all fished out!c63Read More..
Nope somebody posted a report on the INTERNET on WT that included a picture of a giant slab....long story short the lake was ravaged/fished out by INTERNET lurkers within 3 days.... :grin: tough break for the Tail! :) Just kidding of course!
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White Bear Lake Fishing Reports
Has anyone tried the southeast side of WBL? I am new to WBL but it seems like a good possibility and there is some decent weed beds.Read More..
You had better luck than I did - fished straight out from bellaire in about 11-13 feet and picked up a small northern, small sunny, and a few crappies right at dark. I was right in some weeds so maybe I needed to get a little deeper?
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