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We're planning our first trip to knife lake near mille lacs Sat. What's biting? Any restrictions/length limits, etc.? How is the boat launch on south end? Thanks for any help given...

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Hey Twin I used to fish Knife all the time The landing on the south end is the better of the two. As for the fishing I have never fished the walleye in the lake but it does have soem nice bass and northern. If you have any question e-mail me at [email protected] good fishin

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Hey Twin I used to fish Knife all the time The landing on the south end is the better of the two. As for the fishing I have never fished the walleye in the lake but it does have soem nice bass and northern. If you have any question e-mail me at [email protected] good fishin

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If you want my advice, plan on going to Knife lake and fish Mille Lacs. With fishing this good why go anywhere else?

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I HAVE FISHED KNIFE QUITE A BIT. FROM THE SOUTH LAUNCH (GO TO THE FIRST BAY) ON THE LEFT. THERE IS A SMALL ISLAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF IT ARE A SET OF BUOYS.(SLIP BOBBER AND LEECH)FISH WEEDLINE EDGES. NEXT GO TO THE MAIN BAY OF THE LAKE(TROLL WHITE OR BLUE/CHROME OR CHARTRUSE WALLIE DIVERS. CONCENTRATE IN THE DEEPER WATER 13-15FT. THERE IS A SMALL ISLAND TO THE LEFT ON THE MAIN BAY (10FT OF WATER) TROLL HERE. ALSO
THERE IS A WALLEYE SLOT LIMIT 18"-24" HAS TO GO BACK. NEAR THE OTHER ACCESS THERE IS A BOUY MARKER THE BAR COMES UPTO ABOUT 3-4 FT DEEP (ROCKS). THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER BAR THAT COMES UPTO ABOUT 6FT. (MAIN BAY) ITS ALL SAND,ALOT OF BOATS HANG OUT HERE.

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Well, the weather forecast kept us away from Knife lake, but we caught some bass on a local lake and had an 8 lb? northern follow and miss my spinnerbait, so the wekend wasn't a total loss. We'll get up there one of these weekends. Thanks again for your help!

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Fished Knife a couple of times last year for bass. Early June we rolled quite a few big northerns in the way back bay's - too big to be bass - hooked and lost a nice one. I caught a nice walleye on a spinnerbait in the northwest? corner (with all the bouy's). Thought it was a fluke. A month and a half later I caught a similar size walleye in the same area on a spinnerbait again. Must be a Knife Lake pattern. Fun lake - I will be back.

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