The last 7 days has been outstanding on Lake Miltona. Slip bobbers and leeches has been my go to for walleyes, but rigging minnows and crawlers also have picked up numbers of fish. We have had several trips over the last week with multiple limits each trip. With the temperatures on the rise you might want to start looking deeper and the crawler bite should start to take off!

Last week lake Miltona had a consistent walleye bite, with limits of fish coming out of 16 to 20 feet of water along the weed edges. Rigging crawlers and leeches worked the best! Also did very well guiding crappie fishing on lake Ida with plastic tube skirts in 10 to 14 feet of water.

Fished Lake Reno Friday May 27th searching for crappie and walleye.  Found 11-13 inch crappies in 6-8 feet of water on crappie minnows.  Slid out to 14-17 feet of water and caught some smaller walleyes (14-15 inch) not fast and furious but caught them riggin a shiner.  Went back to Miltona for a trip with a dad and his two 10 & 12 year old boys on Sunday May 29th.  Caught some 10-14 inch crappies in 5-6 feet of water on crappie minnows.  We also kept a nice limit of 16-20 inch walleyes and a handful of 9-10 inch sunfish riggin crawlers in 14-18 feet of water.  Water temps have reached as high as 65 degrees which started a small Mayfly hatch over Memorial weekend.  With the Mayfly hatch getting in to full swing it may be time to change up your presentation from riggin, to a slip bobber, or the opposite a reaction bite!

2016 Fishing opener started off 27 degrees at midnight which made for a challenging morning bite but was still able to find some walleyes on Ottertail Lake.  I ventured out Saturday morning solo to battle Lake Miltona in 25mph winds with minimal success.  With a guide trip booked for Sunday, it was time find a hot bite so I made a trip to Ottertail Lake.   The bite was not insane but proved to be steady.  Sunday's trip went well rigging lake shiners in 9-12 ft. of water put three limits of walleyes in the boat with an additional few nice perch.   

With the warm weather and the water temps on the rise, Lake Miltona has started to kick out some nice walleyes on a jig and a shiner in 9-14 ft. of water.  Stay tuned for the next bite.   I am taking my shiners and heading south from Miltona to fish Lake Reno!