mille lacs 2020 Mille Lacs Lake Fishing Reports

[lispeej]

Was on the big pond friday night through sunday evening. Slept by 2 mile, marked a lot of finicky fish, lost two at the hole. Went out to 7 mile fishing 30 fow Saturday and sunday. We Caught 10", 18", 22" 25" walleyes and a few bonus tullibees. The eyes were caught using plain red hook and minnow, or demon head with a minnow. Fathead or crappie minnow didn't matter. Tullibees came in on kastmaster tipped with a dropper line and waxies.

Beautiful weekend to be out!

[Jarrid Houston]

Boy I am heading there this coming weekend these reports are not encouraging. I am on a real hot walleye bite here in the twin ports I am questioning why we are going to Mille lacs, but it will be fun I'm sure. We are fishermen, not party animals, so if we do not catch anything it will not be successful. One thing is for sure, we will try HaRD!!! And report our results... Good luck

[Stick in Mud]

Eh, don't worry about it. All the people with stuff to brag about are too wise to share their wisdom on here!

[Jarrid Houston]

Good point Carmike..we are seasoned vets and will find fish. Have to be optimistic, I don't go to the casino and say I won't win any money. Well I don't go to the casino anyways, but you get the point. I am sure we will do fine. Weather looks to be good and consistent. This hopefully shoul have the fish in somewhat of a routine for us to figure out.

[TruthWalleyes]

I've put enough time in on 7mile in the last few weeks to know there are better spots. However, 7mile has produced for me better than the popular spots like 2 and 3 mile, hennepin, bananna, shaws,etc..

Generally it just me and at most a handful of others on that small flat. It's those that don't try too hard that don't catch many on Mille Lacs. You'll do just fine.. Plenty of area around the mud flats that is pumping out some nice fish.

[monstermoose78]

My brother is somewhere on 8 mile flat and is not doing so good this afternoon they got 2 11.5 inch perch. They got some eyes last night all but 2 were to big but my brother is having a blast catching 22-26 inch fish. This morning as the sun came up they got 2 more eaters and them nice big fish. Good Luck to the rest of you

[Stick in Mud]

It's those that don't try too hard that don't catch many on Mille Lacs.

I resent that!

[TruthWalleyes]

I guess i should have added that success doesn't always happen in a days hard work...but keep at it...

I've only caught 3 eaters in 11 days of fishing up there, 2 went back and 1 was on the sunflower within 10 minutes.

Rest were slot, I'm ok with that!

[Stick in Mud]

I was just joking. I proudly own my laziness.

[lispeej]

I forgot to add that ice was 25" out by 7 mile.

On another note, I thought I saw someone with a newer (mid 2000's) Jeep Grand Cheerokee....that was fishing from inside his vehicle. All I saw was a white bucket/sleeve sitting under his truck. I can only assume he cut a hole in his truck floor to fish from inside. I should've drove closer to check it out, but had to work my from the west side to the east side of the big pond. Did anyone see this also?

[broman]

I forgot to add that ice was 25" out by 7 mile.

On another note, I thought I saw someone with a newer (mid 2000's) Jeep Grand Cheerokee....that was fishing from inside his vehicle. All I saw was a white bucket/sleeve sitting under his truck. I can only assume he cut a hole in his truck floor to fish from inside. I should've drove closer to check it out, but had to work my from the west side to the east side of the big pond. Did anyone see this also?

I saw that too. I've wanted to do that since I was a teenager and I owned a suburban.

[rough_rider]

My brother is somewhere on 8 mile flat and is not doing so good this afternoon they got 2 11.5 inch perch. They got some eyes last night all but 2 were to big but my brother is having a blast catching 22-26 inch fish. This morning as the sun came up they got 2 more eaters and them nice big fish.

Did I just read this? "not doing so good" followed by jumbo perches, walleyes that were "too big" and several "22-26 inch" eyes followed by "2 more eaters".

Whatever happened to having a good time outdoors/fishing and catching a few fish. That's more than a good day of fishing.

[monstermoose78]

I am sorry RR I meant they day bite was slow it was a night bite. They had the camera down and only saw those 3 fish during the day.

[pikerliker]

Did I just read this? "not doing so good" followed by jumbo perches, walleyes that were "too big" and several "22-26 inch" eyes followed by "2 more eaters".

Whatever happened to having a good time outdoors/fishing and catching a few fish. That's more than a good day of fishing.

[Wayne J.]

The "dead sea" has a way of spoiling walleye anglers.

Wayne

[Comin'n Hot]

Mille Lacs might be disappointing for the stomach... but for the "sport fisher" you might never get a chance to catch this many lunkers all in 1 trip again. It does suck right now to not be catching consistent keepers, but "a bad day fishin beats a good day at work"!

[Suomi]

Out on Seguchie yesterday. caught 7: 23,23,23,21,19,18,18. All catch and release. Luckily I brought sandwiches. You are very true that a bad day of fishing is still much better than a good day of work.

[Stick in Mud]

Slow night in the Lazy Carmike House. Two fish, one at 26'' and the other at 19''. Both caught, amazingly, on jigging spoons. This was the first night all season where active jigging has outfished the set lines. We'll see what the overnight bite looks like...

[hardcore365]

Fished by fletchers this morn off the tip of the point in 31 ft. C and R 3 eyes all slots and one tullibee. All on dead stick red hook and shiners. Getting a lot of fish to come in for looks by jigging really aggressive above my dead stick setup with a buckshot. Tried out on 7 mile with no success and then moved to Sherman flat. Been fishing for about an hour out here in 31' iced 3 more eyes all slots big for the day coming in at just over 25. Gonna stick it out for the night bite maybe pop a couple holes shallower I dunno. Will report the night bite after it happens... hopefully

safe travels,

hardcore365

[hardcore365]

All done on the way back home til next time. Got into a few fish today. 8 eyes between 22"-25" one 11" 4 keeper perch 10.5"-13" 1 tulibee and a bonus 36 1/4 pike that hit my shiner so hard I heard my bobber go down last spot of the day we hit up shermans flat, we iced 3 eyes and the perch there. Moved from about 31' to 26 at about 5 and fished without anymore success. Off the lake at 6 guess you can say it wasn't terrible

safe travels

hardcore365

[UglyStick12]

Just left Mille lacs been there since yesterday afternoon iced 4 eyes and one eel pout. We were on seguchies flat in 30 ft of water. Fish that bit which wasnt many bit really light would only take the bobber down an inch and sit there. When you set the hook nothing. Will be trying elsewhere next weekend.

[Stick in Mud]

The Lazy Carmike House had a better day today. Overnight we didn't get a bite, but the first bobber went down this morning at 6:30, and by 8:30 we had seven fish. One dink, one keeper, the rest big. All day, nothing. Got three around sunset and one after dark (thus far).

Fishing 6' of water.

[Stick in Mud]

Just got another one. 19''.

Question: When measuring the depth of the water in the winter, is it appropriate to measure from the bottom of the ice, or from the top? Not an important question, but I'm just curious.

[Jarrid Houston]

Bottom of ice, because that effects the volume of the water, (i.e. in a normal 10' of water with 24" of ice, I consider it 8' FOW). That's my take anyway.. We fished out of Appledorns yesterday in 32-35' we iced one perch in about 4 hrs. Then we moved pretty much to the middle of Mille Lacs on the mud flats. We set up in 22' and 32' on a table top transition. Marked fish the afternoon occasionally but no takers. Then at about 5:00 got a 22"er, 6:00 got 2-23"ers 2 fish on tip ups and one on a spoon with full minnow... Hope today is better. A lot of work for 5 dudes, and little reward. At least we didn't get skunked though

[TruthWalleyes]

Once the snow started hitting the shack this afternoon the rattle reels turned on. Shiners 2 inches of the bottom. Since Friday its been all jigging bites, but now it has switched. Had a real big fish pop the line. One of those where you set the hook on the hand line and the fish don't give. Chilling by the appledorn houses till morning so i can get off the lake. Snowing pretty good. Thanks for stopping by to say hi this morning Kevin/sheepheadslayer. Always nice to b.s. A little when there's not much else going on.

[greenbackslayer]

Glad to hear people are having success and good luck out there.

[fishgutz77]

Seven mile yesterday suprised us when we were able to keep 3 nice eaters.

With 7 perch in the 11" range it was a great day.

of course the usual suspects over 17 were released i think 6 total.

[TruthWalleyes]

Nice! glad they were biting, there was only about 3 or 4 of ya on 7 mile when i drive by at noon. what got those perch to commit? Were you off the edge our on top? Been actually catching and releasing quite a few eaters where I'm at...looking for big fish though

[Stick in Mud]

The overnight bite was excellent once again, and the bite at sunrise was completely non-existent....because I ran out of bait.

Shallow was once again better. The incoming storm must've kept most people from coming up, as we were the only inhabited house within a couple hundred yards. Biggest this morning was just short of 28''.

[fishgutz77]

perch were going on pink and white, go figure

Whole minnows on buckshots, no intense jigging, just still or nervous wiggle.

gold as usual was a good color as well and bigger jigs were actually producing.

33-34 fow off of the structure. sides of points have been out producing the points.