favorite walleye spots

[mark in mn]

Bob - I caught your show over the weekend and it looks like there will be lots of good action in the coming weeks. I am primarily a walleye angler and am wondering what your favorite MN walleye fishing spot is and when the best time to be there is? I would welcome input from other anglers as well.

Thanks

Mark

[Bob Jensen]

Minnesota has lots of outstanding walleye fisheries, and as best I can remember, they all have one thing in common. Here are my favorites, see if you can figure out what the common denominator is.

Rainy Lake--Wilderness feel if you want to run a bit, great fishing close to town. Very diverse fishery.

Upper Red Lake---Great walleyes, bonus crappies and trophy pike

Winnie---Outstanding walleyes---Opener to late June is really good

Mille Lacs-----Very good walleyes----World class smallmouth

Kabetogama----Great walleyes----Wilderness lake that's easy to get to

I've probably forgotten some lake, but these are favorites.

Just for a variety, Green Bay in Wisconsin, also a couple of small lakes near Land O' Lakes Wisconsin

Clear Lake in Iowa.

Lots of the smaller lakes in NE SoDak

Good question---Thanks.


Best Fishes,

Bob Jensen

[mike frisch]

Mark - Bob offered up some great suggestions. One body of water that probably doesn't get discussed as much is Otter tail Lake here in western Minnesota. Otter tail is a diverse fishery with lots of structure that has shallow fish, mid-depth fish and very deep fish as well. Because of its diversity, Otter tail's walleyes can be caught lots of ways: traditional live bait rigs and jigs, bottom bouncers, crankbaits, slip bobbers, etc. Best bite is often in the spring or late fall, though mid-summer can offer a good deep bite as well.

How about some of you other walleye guys out there, what are your thoughts??


Thanks

Mike Frisch
Fishing The Midwest fishing team member
Elbow Lake, MN

[KabNam]

A couple of my favorites are Lake Pepin and Lake of the Woods. Big Stone Lake and Leech Lake are 2 others you need to try. Lots of walleye opportunities out there.