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Hello All,

I moved into the Minnesota area a couple of weeks ago and would like some help in finding good fishing opportunities for my family and myself. I fish mainly for Walleye but the kids would like some hot and heavy panfish action. Since being here I have fished the 10th street dam for smallies and Walleyes with success smile.gif

Any information on lakes or rivers to try would be a great help...Thanks for all your help.

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my number #1 close to home spot is the richmond area. quite a few real nice lakes. otherwise the miss in this area has some great smallmouth fishing. where did you move from?.

the D.N.R. has a great website that has lakemaps, and stats. it is a great help when looking for new lakes to try.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/index.html

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Thanks tor the tip on the area joshb. I moved here from Kansas but I'm orginally from Michigan. My family and I love the Minnesota area it's like Michigan only on steriods smile.gif

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do you have a boat or are you only able to fish from shore? As in the prior post the DNR web site is a great spot to pick up some lake maps under DNR Lake Map finder.

As mentioned the Richmond area is great and affords some shore fishing oppurtunities. Keep watching this site a lot of good information on hot spots. Hope you get a chance to get into the ice fishing as well. Mille Lacs lake north of here has many fish house rentals available where you can take the wife and kids and fish in comfort from pre heated houses. Keep posting your questions, everyone here will be happy to lend a hand. Welcome to the land of 10000 lakes. Good luck and hang on. Bill

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