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Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report,10.25.17
Walleyes are going strong on rainbow chubs and even night crawlers. 3/8 oz glow in the dark jigs tipped with a minnow is working just about everywhere. Concentrate on the 13-15 ft depths along the shorelines and or out in front of any current area like a river or creek coming in. Large schools of […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report, 10.18.17
Wow, what a gorgeous week to be in the North woods! Leaves are colorful and falling quickly and so is the water temperatures around the area. Look for water temps to be in the upper 40’s up to mid 50’s. This is the sweet spot folks for fantastic fall fishing for everything from pan fish […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report, 10.11.17
Hello everyone, Fall fishing is here! Between the awesome grouse hunting and fishing throughout the area, I’m not sure what to do. I do know that when I’m catching crappies bigger than a bucket I’m in 30 ft of water fishing an 1/8 oz jig tipped with a Berkley Gulp white 2” grub. And occasionally, […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report, 9.26.17
As the lakes around the Park Rapids area cool off, a couple of things are happening. Many of the crappies and big ‘Gills are heading into deeper muddy bottomed flats. Look for the fish in the 20-30 ft. range. Use a jig/minnow combo to catch these fish. Bigger Northern pike are beginning to come out […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 9.20.17
Hello everyone, Happy Fall. Things are changing fast—for the good! From Leech Lake all the way over to Detroit Lakes–that puts Park Rapids in the middle! Panfish are schooling in deeper water. Look for them in the 15-30 ft range. Smallmouth bass are gathering along steep breaks near deep water. Catch them with a crawfish […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 9.13.17
Fall Crappie fishing has kicked in throughout the Park Rapids area. Concentrate on the deeper muddy bottoms in the 19-25 ft range. Use an 1/8 oz jig tipped with a crappie minnow and keep a close eye on your electronics so you know how high off the bottom to keep the jig. Northern Pike can […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 9.6.17
Fishing in the Park Rapids Region is taking a steep turn into Fall patterns—quickly. This is creating heavy schooling of fish. As the waters cool the fishing gets hot. This will continue through October. This is the time of the year to start using big minnows for live bait for walleyes and Pike. Steep drop […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 8.30.17
Hello everyone this weeks fishing report is similar to last week we are kind of in the late summer early fall holding pattern in the Park Rapids area. One of the major changes is in fishing for smallmouth bass they are beginning to school heavily on steep drop off’s near gravel and rock bars. Use […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 8.23.17
Fishing around the Park Rapids area has been very good in the last couple of weeks and will only get better as fall approaches. Walleyes are starting to school up in deeper water and feeding Strong. Crappie’s are also starting to move into deeper water and are hitting jigs and minnows. Trolling a large spinner […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 8.10.17
Hello everyone I spent the last few days fishing for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass in the Park Rapids area. Most of the smallmouth bass action has been happening in the 6 to 23 foot depth range concentrate on areas that include boulders and weeds mixed together. A jig head tipped with a nightcrawler or […]