
Alexandria
November 05, 2009
ished Miltona Last night. Fished a lot of different depths and finally found the Walleyes deep. Not huge fish but ended up keeping 7 eaters (~15"'ers) and letting a bunch of other small fish go. 25-35 FOW.
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Annandale-Buffalo-Big lake
November 05, 2009
We were out today on a area lake for 2 1/2 hrs. trolling for pike caught just two, 5 1/2 pounder and one that weighed 14 pounds.
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Bemidji Area
November 05, 2009
driving around yesterday evening I saw an awful lot of ducks in places that didn't have any a week ago. Looks like they are coming into the area.
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Blackduck
November 05, 2009
Had one guy up yesterday and he took home three. This weekend the guys were up ended up bow hunting for deer, so not much for grouse reports so far.
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Brainerd
November 05, 2009
Eater fish 12-15"ers in 60-65' Bigger fish in 35-45 ft.
Shallower fish are a litle more scattered. 3/8 oz chart. jig with shiners and a stinger hook were the ticket.
Water temp was a balmy 44-45 deg...
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BWCA-Duluth-Ely
November 05, 2009
Orange 1/8 jig with brown fuzz-e-grub or twister tail body was the thing working for me for the few 'eyes that were biting. Lindy rig with fatheads.
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Cass Lake
November 05, 2009
water levels were above normal. But they will do everything they can to drain it down before first ice.
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Crane-Kabetogama-Namakan
November 05, 2009
I finally closed the cabin up last thursday and came home for the winter. Aside from the last week it was the warmest september weather I can remember with highs in the 70s everyday. The fishing was real good all summer and i would have to say the last couple weeks it was as good as it has been all year.
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Crookston-Thief River Falls
November 05, 2009
I ran out of minnows at about 2:00am, losing a majority of them to missed fish and the others to poor casts in the dark...
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Deer River-Marcell
November 05, 2009
I was up on little Jessie from Thursday to Sunday. We threw everything we could at them in between the hi winds and snow and rain. Tried floating worm harness, chartreuse, dark green and white. Jigs red, yellow, green, 3/8 oz Floating as well. Bottom bouncers with six foot leaders. Floating Rapala's on the end.
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Detroit Lakes and Pelican Rapids
November 05, 2009
I hit a local lake in the brush with my bro this past weekend. We caught some small walleyes, a couple pig northerns, and some MONSTER slabs.
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East Central Minnesota
November 05, 2009
just got home from fishing this morning on forest lake... i left the house at 7, was on the water by 830. we launched at the public launch on lake #1. it was pretty windy out there on lake #1 so we trolled around a little bit with minnows and worms on spinners with bottom bouncers.
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Grand Rapids
November 05, 2009
Bg Winnie has had the best action the last few days, fishing Highbanks areas and Plughat point areas, in 10 to 12 feet range 1/8 oz Jig & shiner has been the best presentation.
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Hutchinson
November 05, 2009
I went out for a couple hours on Saturday and caught a dozen eyes, but most were about 10 inches. I had two keepers of about 14-15 inches.
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Lake of the Woods
November 05, 2009
You want to be right out from Morris Point Resort and about in the middle of Morris Gap in 19 to 24 feet of water. The method of fishing will be anchor and jigging. The best colors have been Orange and White jigs with FROZEN SHINERS as bait.
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Leech Lake
November 05, 2009
stayed at a place in Isle Harbor by Federal Dam and my report is going to sound like most of the recent reports on Leech right now. It was cold but not too windy this week.
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McGregor-Aitkin-Crosby Area
November 05, 2009
I am far from Big sandy. So my information is not really going to help you for that specidic body of water.I am 25 miles west near palisade. I left this saturday morning because the wind was whipping snow around and getting on the lake was a wish. HA. It was snowing and blowing last night about 1 am.
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Metro Area
November 05, 2009
The MPLS Park Board pulled the fishing docks on the Chain of Lakes yesterday. Shoreline crappie bite has been pretty good in some places on plastics, since the rains started and raised the lake levels, but will be much harder to find now until after ice up.
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Mille Lacs
November 05, 2009
We came up Sat. for some night trolling and picked up a fat 24" in the first 5 minutes and nothing else going the rest of the night. We put in at the casino and stayed right there in the bay in 6-7 fow.
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Minnesota River
November 05, 2009
tried a spot tonight along shore. Caught a couple, guy next to me brought in a few. Nothing extravagant. Small eaters. Rain came, I left, Bite is probably happening right as I type.
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Mississippi River Pools 2-3
November 05, 2009
tonight, two buddies of mine and i fished pool 2, searching for eyes.. non of us have ever been on pool 2 that far up before, heck only 2 of us had ever been on pool 2 and that was last weekend when we launched from down in st paul park area. only fished the mississippi one other time and that was may on pool 4
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Mississippi River Pools 4-11
November 05, 2009
The river level at Lansing is 7.85 feet. The water temperature is 60 degrees. Northern Pike - Fair: Northern pike are being caught in some of the side sloughs using either crankbaits or spinnerbaits. Channel Catfish - Fair: Catfish can be caught using a night crawler on the wing dams. Bluegill - Good: Bluegill fishing has been good around the Blackhawk Lake area.
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Mississippi River North
November 05, 2009
Lots and lots of big fish on suckers and tubes. My best in six years was 20" and I got two in one day this past week. The bigger one measured 20 1/2" (a personal best).
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Ottertail-Perham-Battle Lake
November 05, 2009
Got out to OT today, fishing started slow but we ended up getting about 20. Found fish in 40-84 fow, most came in the 78-82 range. Jigging produced some fish, but most were caught on a lindy rig with a 3/4 oz wieght, pink hook, and a fathead. There were three of us and most of the fish were keepers, ended up with 15 in the well.
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Park Rapids Area
November 05, 2009
We always use jigs for our crappies the best bite we found was 6 am until about 8 am. You will also get a few towards dark.
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Rainy Lake
November 05, 2009
Fishing was excellent Saturday with over 80 fish landed. Mostly good fish, with a dozen walleyes and one 18-20 lb pike thrown in.
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Rainy River
November 05, 2009
Fished the river in front of Border View again this last Sunday. Small number of lake fish in now, but I believe a very small number. A few boats filled, but spent all day getting there.
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Red River-Otter Tail-Bois de Sioux
November 05, 2009
Warmer than normal early fall weather has made the weather very pleasant for early fall fisherman. Lack of cooling temps has held off the feverish fall bite, yet we can expect it to be on schedule again very soon.
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Rochester-Winona
November 05, 2009
The sheephead fish in lake zumbro is picking up. I caught a 5 pounder in 10 minutes of still fishing with a night craller.
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South Central MN
November 05, 2009
The big eyes have been biting after dark.Friday night i caught and released 3 wallys between 24-26 inches.Saturday night i caught and measured a 28.5 incher.
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St. Cloud
November 05, 2009
I was out on rice on sat and still lots of small walleyes and crappies. Between my fishing partner and myself we got six keepers and more walleyes under 12in than I could count.
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St. Croix River
November 05, 2009
I got out the past 3 days for a few hours each day. The fishing has been pretty good. I've been finding fish in 24-28' along points and turns, getting them mostly trolling cranks on 3ways. Orange/gold floaters and jointed firetiger floaters have been my go-to bait for the past two weeks. I've been mostly running 1.3-1.5mph.
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South West Minnesota
November 05, 2009
I was at Shaokatan the other evening and I the water actually didn't look too bad. There were a few chunks of moss here and there, but for the most part, it was actually trollable. I was quite surprised. The weather this year has been strange.
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Upper Red Lake
November 05, 2009
slot limit on Upper Red lake goes from 17"-26" protected to the 20"-26" protected slot.
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Lake Vermilion
November 05, 2009
Fished Fri and Sat (16th - 17th). Cold and sleet, but not much wind. Water Temp on Big Bay was 47. 40 degress in the AM in Pike Bay.
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Wilmar Area
November 05, 2009
ished Saturday (fantastic weather) and Sunday (crappy weather)and 2 of us boated 31 Walleye. Nothing in the slot and 5 legitimate keepers (14" to 16"). Worked jig and minnows.
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Lake Winnibigoshish
November 05, 2009
Early in the morning we found them in 6-7' on jig/minnow or rig and crawler. During the day, the lake was pretty flat and we found them up by Raven's in 14' of water on a rig/crawler.
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