Brule River State Forest - Cool, fall like temperatures have settled into the northland. High temperatures through the middle of next week are forecasted to be in the 60s with low temperatures in the 40's.
Northern Wisconsin Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

People were out in force this holiday weekend boating, fishing, tubing or just being near the water to escape the heat. Water temperatures at the boat landings were in the upper 70s with good water clarity. It was sunny and hot but the Bay provided a cool breeze and people took advantage of it in droves.
Northeastern Wisconsin Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Sheboygan County - In Sheboygan chinooks have moved closer to shore. Anglers fishing off the piers have been catching fair numbers of chinooks on spoons. Trollers have been also been fishing close to the Sheboygan harbor, and chinooks have been caught in 35 to 50 feet of water.
Southeast Wisconsin Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area - The fall migration is underway for numerous kinds of birds. In fact, some birds, such as the purple martin and yellow warbler, have long departed from Wisconsin while late migrants such as tundra swans won't be coming through Wisconsin until November.
South Central Wisconsin Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

TThe walleye fishing here in South Central MN went from steady to not-so-steady in less than a week as compared to the decent bite that was going on last week.
Faribault, Albert Lea, Owatonna, Waseca, Janesville, Waterville, Mankato, etc. South Central Minnesota Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

The walleye bite on Vermilion has been very sporatic this week for me. Some days have been very good and others have been very slow.
Lake Vermilion Minnesota Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

nglers have found fishing to their liking-walleye action at 8-12' weed edges, and 28-34' reef edges.
Lake Kabetogama and Namakan Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Mississippi River Pools 9 to 15: Fishing has slowed as the water levels remained low on the Mississippi River. On Thursday, water levels were as follows: Lansing 7.78 feet, Lynxville, Wis., 11.84 feet, Guttenberg 3.68 feet, Dubuque 7.26 feet, Bellevue 3.81 feet, and Camanche 8.99 feet.
Iowa Fishing Reports NE & Mississippi River Pools 9 to 15 Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

SSpirit Lake (Dickinson): Walleyes are being caught by working the weed lines or rock reefs with crankbaits or drift bottom bouncers with night crawlers, or by fishing at dark from shore at the footbridge and North Grade.
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Mississippi River Pools 16 to 20: River levels for Pools 16 to 20 of the Mississippi River are still in low summer flows. Water temperature throughout the pools is around 77 degrees.
Iowa Fishing Reports SE & Mississippi River Pools 16 to 19 Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Fogle Lake (Ringgold): Largemouth bass fishing is fair for midsized fish near the flooded timber. A few channel catfish are being picked up using cut baits or liver.
Southwest Iowa & Don Williams (Boone) Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Fishing has been HOT HOT HOT!! If you haven't already been up here, you need to come now. Walleyes are stacked on the reefs throughout the lake and are aggressively hitting everything in sight, and I do mean everything! No bait has really stood out over the last two weeks. As long as you get on top of fish, you can catch them with about every lure and technique you can think of.
Rainy Lake MN Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Crankbait bite is very good evening and early morning hours in 5-10' of water. During the day fish are hitting on the outside edge of weed lines in 18'-25' of water.
Ottertail Minnesota Minnesota Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Winnie has been the hot lake this week. Most fish are coming off the deeper rocks like 11-15 ft of water. our bait has been simple but hard to find, the shiners are working the best but we have them one day and the next they are gone,so use whatever you can get.
Winnibigoshish Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Fishing for all species of fish continues to be excellent except for muskies, which hasn't got going good yet. The walleye bite is going strong, and they are hitting on just about any presentation. Jigs and live bait rigs accounting for most of the fish.
Bemidji MN Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

This past weekend with the cool temperature many of the fisherman around the alexandria lakes area had a treat. The fishing seemed to pick up alittle more with those temperatures. Panfish are still biting on the weed lines with a night crawler or leeches. Bass are still sticking to there summer patterns a good crankbait bite this weekend.
Alexandria MN Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Best bets on the St. Croix River right now are fishing crappie, white bass, and smallmouth bass. Saugers catches have been better than walleye but still not as good as they normally are in mid summer. Plus Muskie are going well! For St. Croix Valley area Muskies, a good all day hunt should find a fisherman tangling with the gray ghost.
St Croix River Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Catching largemouth, smallmouth, walleyes, and northerns working crankbaits along weed edges ranging from 7 to 14 feet deep.
Metro Area Minnesota Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Fishing on leech continues to be productive. Look for walleyes on bars and shoreline breaks in 20' of water. Bottom bouncers and crawlers have been the most productive, but lindy's and leeches or jigs and minnows are also boating fish. The trolling bite is also good in the evening with shad raps and minnow raps in 8-12' of water.
Leech Lake-Walker, Longville Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Musky action is starting to pick up more and more each day. Pretty much any kind of lure is producing fish. A lot of the cabbage beds still look kind of brown and worthless but if you find some good green stuff you will find Esox! Big pike have been very slow for my boat though. Not sure why, could be the surplus of baitfish around.
Cass lake Minnesota Fishing Reports - Click here for details. Brainerd Area
July 10, 2008

I think this is the time of the summer that they refer to as the dog days. Sometimes it is hard to figure out what they mean. Because the fishing sure hasn't been bad lately. For most anglers it has been downright outstanding. Sure the walleye fishing has been a little slow, but what can we really expect. I think that the fish are enjoying the stable weather we have been blessed with recently.
Brainerd Minnesota (Includes North Long, Whitefish Chain,Gull Lake Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Well the MN River over here at Redwood Falls is still staying nice and high. Around the 7-8 foot mark at the N. Redwood Falls bridge.
Red River Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Walleyes are still going strong, slightly scattered but still hitting. If you don't limit out you just were not trying. The mass of walleyes stacked up against the last sandbar in 4-5 feet of water are beginning to spread out to 5, 6 and 7 feet of water.
Upper Red Lake Minnesota Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

High winds, cool temps, and rain this past week made for tough fishing conditions on Devils Lake. With water temps remaining mostly in the 50's those anglers going out reported only fair fishing.
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The crosby area has been having a pretty good year. With the late ice out the walleyes were slow but this last week its really heating up. Fish are done with the spawn and putting on the feed bags. Rocks, weeds and points have all been good. Its tough to beat a jig and shiner but leeches under floats have also been producing fish at night.
Mille Lacs Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

Well the MN River has dropped from 8 feet to 6 feet in the Redwood Falls area and is still dropping fast. Water temps have been hovering around the 60 degree area. Cats are starting to put the feed bag on finally.
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Opener stared off great this year we had a late ice off and the big fish were still in the current areas. The ice came off the lakes with a day or two to spare for opener. My first group of the year was my new Romanian friends from Chicago Staying at Timber Trail Lodge. On Sunday morning we woke up to a few inches of snow and portaged into Basswood lake. The water temps were from about 43 to 44 degrees. We got into some nice fish right away and stayed on them the whole day. The big fish of the day was a 28.5 inch walleye caught by Olvi SR. We had a number of fish over 20inches. All of the big walleyes we caught were released! I attached a few pictures of some of the walleyes. The fish were in 17-23 FOW. We used lindy rigs and jigs tipped with fathead and rainbow minnows.
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Fishing on LaSalle Lake has been good. Water temperature on the hot side in the upper 80's and on the cool side are in the low 70's.
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This month has been awesome for very large walleye. Many fish have been tipping the scales at 10pounds (hard to believe but true). There was a period of about five to seven days were the bites were minimum but the bite turn into huge walleye, this was definitely a period were you didn't want to miss a single bite.
Mississippi River Pool 4 Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

There are still a few anglers walking out on area lakes to find panfish starting to move shallow. Buffalo area, several anglers are still fishing in deeper water for crappies, while some are starting to fish in 10ft depths
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Sugar Lake is producing Crappies in 6-8 ft of water on waxies and minnows. Nice 'Gills are hitting as well in the 9-11 ft ranges on the weed flats. Sight fishing is the way to go, beware of the muskies--they are on the prowl as well.
St. Cloud area Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

The walleye bite is on the upswing again. Starting to get more females now in 15 -25 ft of water on the main lake points near spawning areas. Having better luck with shiners rather than live bait.
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Ice fishing season is in full swing, and the fishing has been good. Not too many lakes are seeing vehicle traffic due to snow, but the warm weather has reduced the amount of snow so may be some cold weather will open some lakes up to driving. Panfishing has been very good with reports of big gills, and slabs falling victim.
Detroit Lakes and Pelican Rapids Fishing Reports - Click here for details.

It’s the 3rd week in July and Winnie is still producing lots of nice stringers. It is getting harder to get the fish to bite out there on the humps but if you work it over and over with the right bait you will get bit. I have been using bigger leeches and crawlers that are in good shape, now is not the time to have crappy bait. The fish have a smorgasbord of food down there and you need to make them want yours. The humps and bars have been the most productive for me in the 20-24 ft of water.
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