2020 Detroit Lakes-Pelican Rapids Fishing Reports - Lake Conditions

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Thanks for all of your awesome reports Pace, and everyone else!!! Keep them coming, they don't go unnoticed!!

[Cicada]

Got out to Big Cormorant last night. Nice afternoon and evening, other than the incident reported in another post. Caught eight walleyes, mostly small with bottom bouncers and spinners tipped with crawlers in deeper water. Had a few bluegills and one teeny, tiny perch mixed in. Nice to get a few walleyes. It hasn't been the greatest summer for them so far.

Hey Leechbait, ready to try that bass thing again? Might have a night this week to give it a try.

[JbuZZo]

Cicada...were you out on Big C yesterday (Sunday)? I think I saw you out there with two others in your boat.

[Cicada]

Yep, took the folks out.

[JbuZZo]

thought that was you, next time i see ya, I'll swing by and say hi. I was in the 16ft. older alumacraft.

[Cicada]

Don't be shy, like meeting other members.

[Cicada]

Don't be shy, like meeting other members.

Met Zelek (sp?) the other day. Unfortunately due to trolling motor problems. We have a guy that services MinnKota where I work.

[RiverFish]

Late report from Labor day weekend. Caught walleyes in the 15-20 foot range mainly around structure/edges. All walleyes caught on lindy with a crawler. Walleyes seemed to be 2-4 feet off the bottom. Nice fat walleyes with biggest at 25".

[Cicada]

Tried Beers Lake just because the wind was supposed to come up. Had one muskie on, nothing huge, three northerns, and 13 or 14 largemouth bass. Most of the bass were small, but a couple were 18". If anyone is looking for a nice fillet size northern. I would give Beers a try. Two of the three were four pounds and the last one was a little over five pounds. The long fish came on white spinnerbaits and a small muskie lure. The bass all came on a floating frog in the slop.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

The water temps are still high for this time of year in my area and the lakes really haven't turned yet. So we are still using late summer tactics. Fishing the edges of the weeds near the drop offs.

We fished this weekend, the first time in a while for me, but we managed a ton of crappies over an basin area trolling 1/8 oz jigs tipped with minnows. We just used the electic motor and went back and forth over an 18 foot hole next to a slow shoreline drop/weed edge. Some passes we would catch them up against the weeds and others they would be as far as 50 yards off the weeds. We even caught a couple walleyes and some smaller bass!

Soon the lakes will turn over and those panfish will be feeding on bugs coming off bottom in those mid range holes, 18-30 feet deep.

[JbuZZo]

well...got the boat out for one last time with SJMeyers32. Fished Leif Lake on Sat. late afternoon in 35-40mph gusts for about 45 min. Drowned 2 minnows, no action...and that is the end of my soft water season.

[solbes]

Yeah it was gusty, glad we're coming up next weekend. What was the water temp?

[JbuZZo]

sorry, i didn't even check.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

The smaller shallow ponds and lakes were frozen all the way over this morning on the way to work!!

I know it's just the start of things and won't last but still, I got excited!

[dairyman]

hey Leech--------did you ever hit that lake we fished last winter this summer??

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Actually yes I did, once in late spring. We caught a lot of northerns, some decent bass, and searched for pannies in the evening but only found a few gills and two nice crappies. I imagine a few more trips we could have pegged them down!

[Guest]

Just got back from pond N of DL; how fun is it to not have to wait till evening to catch crappies!! Started at Noon, walked off with limit of nice crappies and 3 gills over 9" at 2pm. What a treat, short walk, no heater needed today and only one other porty on the pond.

[Bass Whacker]

I stopped at a road side pothole just outside of DL for a couple hours just to see if there were any fish in the lake and found a nice surprise. Everywere you looked there was perch the size of the small one and everyonce in a while you would find a school like the bigger one. I think a person could have kept a couple limits of those big ones. They were caught on a 10 foot mud flat as best I could tell with the flasher.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Two days of fishing for me this weekend, one day spent on a lake that produced a ton of walleyes, unfortunately they were all tiny cigars. Felt like LOW fishing!!

Second day spent out on a lake near Naytahwaush, 14-25 FOW. Plenty of tip up ation to keep us busy, between the four of us we had caught probably 15 northerns and 5 walleyes and couple big bass in a couple hours.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

I finally was able to get into some decent panfish last night! I fished this lake twice this year with out any luck besides perch and northerns, but last night I tried a different spot and it produced!

Didn't take me long to find an old inside turn I used to fish years ago with my dad and I only had to drill one hole thanks to my Marcum Ice troller. I dropped down a red lindy frostee tipped with a couple waxies and the first fish was a nice big fat bluegill close to 10". I caught about 10 gils and 6 crappies. I found the spot to put my perm on!

[kingr]

Leech, what kind of inside turn is it? Meaning 10-20, 5-15, emergent rushes in the summer, etc...I'm trying to kitchen table scout some lakes for crappies and sunfish for the next couple weekends hopefully.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Submerged cabbage and coontail in summer, the bar tops out at 9 to 10 feet and drops off to 15 feet immediately on both sides and there is deeper water in the mid 20s outside of that.

[Bass Whacker]

got out today and found the sunnies in anywere from 12 to about 24 feet of water. Biggest one was just shy of stretching across my 10 inch hole. I also caught a couple kicker perch and 12 largemouth.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Nice fish BW! Gotta love this time of year, and this great weather we have been having.

[Bass Whacker]

Thanks Leech, the weather is awsome I love it when your holes don't freeze over when your hole hopeing, and not needing to sit in the shack to stay warm

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Tuesday and Wednesday I didn't have much luck, I fished the same lake I did Monday night, on Tuesday but the fish went cold on me, I caught a few, marked quite a few but I could tell they went tight lipped.

Wednesday I fished with a friend who was already set up, a small little 20 acre lake and we caught 3 walters and one big crappie.

Tonight I'm going somewhere, depends on how windy it is and what direction the wind is coming from. From what I hear it may be pretty breezy

[rooster_1]

Tryed a new spot last night that has been good in the spring for Us.Dint go well at all!!Fished from 4-7pm and not a bite.Seen plenty on the FL-8 before dark and then hardly anything after 5:30.Any body else get any Crappies last night.

I think its time for Me to quit donkin around and get to My good spots.I like to try a couple new spots a year where you never see anybody fishing but ya think it could be good.Sometimes it works and sometimes it dont,last night it didnt.

Still dont have the wheel house out yet.These lakes by Perham are pretty iffy right now.Be careful and have Fun.Merry christmas to all.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

Didn't try last night but a friend of mine caught a dozen crappppssss last night. I'm out on the lake as I type this. We plastered the nice gils and caught a few crappies and are just socializing now I guess

[rooster_1]

Good to hear leech!A neighbor just stopped by and had 5 walleyes he caught in an hour and ahalf.Wow!!!nice ones too!I know the lake I was on last night has some dandy Crappies as we hit em pretty good the last few springs.Im gonna try once more in a different spot next week sometime.But first I need to get out and get a limit of Slabs around Perham.Then back to experimenting until the wheel house goes out.Have fun tonight I hope the big slabs move in for u guys.

[deadsea]

made it to deadshot for some crappie action tonight and there driving full size avalanche across the lake to right in front of the bridge.... ice was cracking but 12-14 " everywhere I checked... caught seven between 2 of us in couple hours...