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Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 1.18.17
Fishing has been steady with the crappies moving in to the deeper holes in most area lakes. Look for suspended fish anywhere from 20-30 feet down over 35-45 of bottom depth. Using 2 lines, have a crappie minnow on a glow jig and your second line rigged with a small jig tipped with a wax […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 1.4.16
Ice fishing in the Park Rapids area is good. Ice conditions are good for ATV or snowmobile travel. Small vehicle travel will begin in about a week. There is currently 9-11 inches of ice on area lakes. Pan fish and pike can be found around the shallow green weed beds. Small ice flies tipped with […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Service’s Report – 10.12.16
Fall fishing in the Park Rapids area remains strong. The fishing ranges from highly active crappies and or schools of walleyes and larger northern pike are now showing up in the catches. The best depth for Crappies have been between 20 and 30 feet deep the best Depth for the larger pike has been 25 […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Report – 9.7.2016
The late summer early fall action is really going good in the Park Rapids area. Walleyes are schooling heavily on Steep breaks near deep water anywhere from 20 to 40 feet deep. A nightcrawler or a minnow has been working well within 2 feet of the bottom. Crappies are also schooling heavily on deeper mud […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Report – 8.24.16
What another great week for fishing in the Park Rapids area. This week there was a big uptick in the smallmouth bass action on all the lakes in the area with the smallmouth bass in them. The fall equinox is upon us and causing the fish to school up more heavily and become more aggressive […]
Minnesota Fishing Guide Report – 8/16/16
Walleyes are starting to act like fall fish. The fall equinox is triggering heavy schooling if walleyes in the 25-40-foot range. Look for steep breaks near deep mid lake holes. Maintain summer presentations including crawlers and Minnows on jigs and live bait rigs. Crappies are still on weed lines but will be moving out to […]
MN Fishing Guide Service Report – 7/27/2016
Wow what a great week of fishing in the Park Rapids area with water temperatures warming up to the mid-70s the fish have become more active than ever. We have caught numerous large walleyes in the shallow weed areas of most of the lakes we fish in the Park Rapids area. Depth ranges from 8 […]
MN Fishing Guide Service Report – 7/20/2016
Park Rapids Area Fishing Report – 7/20/2016 Courtesy of: Captain Josh Hagemeister, Minnesota Fishing Guide Service Hot weather brings hot fishing in the Park Rapids area. The Crappie fishing has been really good along the weed lines and also on top of weedy sunken islands during the day using small jigs tip with a crappie […]
Park Rapids Area Fishing & Ice Report Submitted by Smokey Hills Outdoor Store – 1/8/2015
The New Year has arrived and the ice is getting safer by the minute. Fish Hook Lake now has up to 21” of good, clear ice. Long Lake east has up to 24” of ice although the access at the north end has an ice heave making it impassable for vehicle travel, the access at […]
Park Rapids Lakes Area Fishing & Ice Report – December 9, 2014
Park Rapids Area Fishing & Ice Report Submitted by Smokey Hills Outdoor Store, 12/09/14 Winter is in full swing on the Park Rapids area lakes. Most lakes have 12 or more inches of good, solid ice. Cars and light trucks have been driving on the “hard water” in front of the Fish Hook Lake public access […]