mille lacs 2020 Mille Lacs Lake Fishing Reports

[Mclovin]

basically the same for me went out on schermans, 3 eyes 8 perch 2 tulibees. all for weekend between two houses. but the crazy thing was the fish were NONSTOP on the vex, seemed all day, i tried everything i had even drove to reeds to get other lures and different bait.nothin goin..

[MuleShack]

I was out on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and Friday last week and only had 2 fish to show for it. Was on Curly's, seguchie and shermans flats between 24' and 33' and saw lots of small perch and eyes on the camera. The larger eyes that I saw come thru never batted an eye at my lures, they just kept on swimmin'. The one I did catch I almost had to bonk him in the head and then he turned around and hit my jig.

Very slow week imo.

[over the limit]

Most likely a lindy darter, a salmo chubbie darter works well to,

add a waxi to the back hook.

[wingnut38]

my 2 sons went out yesterday with their grandpa and managed 5 keeper eyes, 2 perch, and 5 tullies. one of the perch was a 13" fatty. my son just about [PoorWordUsage] his pants when he brought that one threw the hole. marked quite a few fish, but only a few takers.

[BeaverHunter]

Fished out of Appledoorns Sunday night. Fishing was very poor. Had a cameral down in the daylight hours and never saw a fish. Caught one 13 inch walleye and had two other bites.

[Mr_Iceman]

Long time listener... First time caller. Heading to Mille Lacs on Thursday - Saturday for a typical Mr. Iceman Freeze fest. Haven't had much luck on the W. side Mud flats but I'm partial to Terry's access for some reason... must be the Natty's Ice Light he gives me every once in awhile or something? Been hearing descent things about the E. side gravel in 4 / 5 mile areas in deeper waters. Didn't have much luck there 3 weeks ago though. Though the temps are dropping and fishing may be hurtin' I like to hunt and prove to myself that I'm a worthy fisherman! Any help / advise on cold weather eye hunting / recent advise on Mud Flats on the West vs. Gravel on the East... etc... would be much appreciated. Also, anyone know of Terry's road conditions? Heard there was a large crack limiting travel to 9 mile / or the small flats in that area?

[over the limit]

That crack will not be a proplem,

last week it was only a foot wide.

and by now froze solid

[mediocrates67]

heading over for the weekend on mille lacs. never fished it before. would like to go out of the west side. should we go east instead? any suggestions? is there a road across to the east side?

[Walleyehooker]

There are fish on both sides.Usually less traffic on the west side.

[northender]

That crack will not be a proplem,

last week it was only a foot wide.

and by now froze solid

One should always expect a crack to cross to get to the various mudflats, no matter where you leave shore from. Using a bridge is a must do to get to the middle of the lake such as 9 mile. One crack might freeze solid as you say, but another will form with every temperature change, no doubt.

[perchslayer29]

wow tons of tulibees in the lake right now have not seen fish this strong in 10 years or so go off any reef on the lake and probally will find good numbers of tulibees numbers of limits a day

[BrdHunter01]

Yea they just flew in from Mexico! We got asian carp jumping out our holes as I type!

[RIVERCHASER]

Asian carp in the Big Pond- now that's a new one I've yet to hear.

[james_walleye]

We left the shack at 9 last night. Couldn't even see a walleye on the camera. Normally we see them all over. We did have some tullibees and jumbos under is late in the afternoon after moving the shack deeper off the break. A few nipped at our jigs but they wouldn't commit. I'm thinking the cold front wasn't helping matteirs.

[ANYFISH2]

fished the flats yesterday and this morning fished in 25 to 36 ft marked alot of lookers shallow but no bites. Moved deeper int the afternoon yesterday and quickly started to catch smallish perch and tulibee's and a lot more tulibee's. after a day a half 0 walleyes, 15 perch (8 keeper perch), and over 100 tullie's caught. I think I am happy for the conservitive limit on the lake. Nice to see them back like this.

[Mr_Lunker]

Location location....for tulibees, when, what,where, how.?

[jerry91]

I went out on sat. Fished from noon till 7 caught 22 perch and 5 eyes kept 14 perch the eyes were too small.

[Lipriper84]

Went to the end of Mac's Twin Bay's road. Fished in 30ft of water. Caught 5 walleyes that were 5inches long and 1 13inch and 2 jumbo perch. Pretty slow. Might have done a little better and moved to some new locations but the big buddy heater wasn't staying lit for some reason. Had to use a grill to heat us up. Now the portable smells like old hot dogs hahaha. Wish we could have moved around a little more and targeted some of those Tullibees.

[Pat Burch]

With these extreme cold tempaeratures I decided to just have some fun catching fish of any kind, so I spent my weekend Perch and Tullibee fishing, caught a few walleye by accident as well. The bite for the Tullibee has truly been amazing for the last couple of years. I would recommend picking a big mud flat then go off the edge into 34-35 feet and fishing for tullibees and Perch, it is the best thing going during these types of conditions. The advantage of this in the cold weather is generally you can just drill two holes get in the house, get the heater going and fish, no hole hopping around is neccessary. It's a great way to spend a day with kid, non stop action and always fish on the screen to keep their attention.

[Mclovin]

dont you think the bite should be better with the warmer tepms?

[kingfish689]

I went out of Terry's Boat Harbor on sun. we went all the way out to 7 mile to the spot I posted the cords for last year and there is a large ice heave that kept me from getting right on the spot but I just fallowed the drop back to where I could get and fished there. and had another great day of tullie fishing with some nice perch mixed in I think both the tullies and the perch were bigger on average then what I got there last year. Small perch colored jigging spoons worked best for us tiped with both larva and minnow heads.Gotta go check the smoker keep your line wet and see you on the water KF

[ifish4fun]

Jerry,

Wondering where you had luck finding perch? Coming up this weekend and was planning on targeting some jumbos. Had decent luck early January off of Liberty Beach. Was planning to go back there unless I hear otherwise.

[kingfish689]

We took home 13 perch over 10" for 2 Guys out of Terry's on sun. the largest was a nice 13.5" most were nice fat 11" - 12"ers. A real bonus for 2 guys out tullie fishing

[ANYFISH2]

mr. lunker, pat was spot on. we fished about 30 yds off the break of the flat. And he's right you really don't have to move around, which was really nice considering the temps. The tullies bit anytime of day or night, we went to bed at midnight and were still catching them then.

[jerry91]

Fish4fun,

South east corner of lake. on gravel 27 feet pf water. im going back up sat. have fun and good luck.

[Mr_Lunker]

Was there this morning on nine mile flat and a flat near boot. Didn't get into anything

[Where's Walter?]

Fished Sat PM to Sun PM out on the mid-lake flats. Got a few nice perch and a few walleyes (once the barometer started to drop on Sunday) - nothing big. Had rattles down all night and got nothing. The tullies were crazy - we actually left at 4PM because they were so pesky. Good thing because the wind was blowing the snow and it was tough to see the road, would have been challenging in the dark. Would have kept some tullies for the smoker but I still haven't smoked the 5 that are still in the freezer from last year!! Good Luck!

[littlemikey]

Wheres walter - I was out on the flats on sunday all day and stayed until a little after dark. Caught 10 perch and 1 24" eye and a bunch of tullies ourselves. You are correct on the blowing snow, we had to drive a long ways on the roads to get off the lake and it was pretty bad. The roads were blown shut and we were busting drifts the whole way in and could only see a few yards in front of the truck. Wind was crazy, bent poles on my portable from it being pounded on all day. Still at least caught a few.

[wayzata]

Just going out with my dad Friday and was just wondering where we could find some good jumbo fishing. Any help would be Appreciated.

[poolplayin]

2 friends and I were out off myr mar flat in 33 ft water, we got 43 perch that we kept. All over 11.5 inches, biggest was 13.75 inches. nice fat fish, we also managed 7 walleyes, all too big to keep. I was using a gold buckshot and fatty head. seen alot of walleyes on the camera, but most wouldnt bite. I will be heading back up tomorrow i think. 3 till 530 was the best bite of the day.