August Muskies - Mille Lacs Lake Fishing (Fishing Reports, Events, Tournament Information and more)

musky hunter · Member

August Muskies

Eastsider · Member

I would say if they aren't in the rocks try the weeds. If they aren't in the weeds go golfing.

musky hunter · Member

im ready to give up on muskys ive seen two all year and that is when i was up to vermilion for a week i just cant seem to find them this year

Fife · Formica Flat Vet

I know of and saw pictures of 4 Muskies caught last weekend on Mille Lacs. Actually I'm surprised that person hasn't posted any pictures on here yet.

Moonski · Member

We have been getting at least one sometimes up to 3 in 24 hour period. Last nite 49 at 10 pm. They are going good right now!

musky hunter · Member

i fished fron 9am to 9 pm all i got was one pike no muskies dident even see any im beat

mbenson · Member

Stable Weather at Last! Last Wednesday Mille Lacs smallmouths began getting on their summer patterns. Stable weather with with fishable winds have made a big difference on the lake.

Wednesday fished with Jeff France and Morgan Bickel from Plymouth Mn. It was day 1 post cold front, with high skys and calm winds. Bite improved as the day wore on. In the end caught and released about 40 fish with the largest 4pounds 12 oz. Fish were taking a variety of baits, spinnerbaits, soft plastics and even had some action on topwater.

Thursdayand Fridays bite day 2&3 post front....was even better! Top water action was really picking up, and saw schools of smb roaming around the reefs. Best spots were deep rocks in 10- 15 feet of water. For you musky guys saw several muskys in the 40 plus range roaming the points of the reefs.

Lake conditions:

Surface Temp" 75 - 79 degrees
Water Clearity: Green algae bloom. "Pea soup" green in some areas.
Forage: Bugs not a factor, but tons of orange crayfish and pods of small fry/minnows visible on reefs,

musky hunter · Member

i guess i have to stop fishing muskies and start fishing smb

musky hunter · Member

hit a lake near home had a 48 hit a suick had it on for abought 15 sec then it through it i was bumin then abought 30 minn latter caught a small one around 32 any way heading up sunday morning is any one seeing any thing

musky hunter · Member

fish the north end from garison to malmo all i got was Two 18" smallies they would have been more fun if i wasent fishing muskies

Muskymadness · Veteran Member

Sharla boated a nice 45 incher on Saturday morning! It was her first!

Thanks David and Toni, we had fun.

-- Edited by Muskymadness on Sunday 21st of August 2011 07:28:03 PM

musky hunter · Member

con grats let see some pic

Muskymadness · Veteran Member

Picture added!

musky hunter · Member

nice fish she looks happy where did you get it up on the north end ??

MCallies · Malmo Bay Bomber

Nice photo, nice fish Paul.

Way to go.

How many hours do you have to put in?

Great Luck and well done!

Muskymadness · Veteran Member

Well Mike, normally it can take someone many hours. They are known as "the fish of 10,000 casts"

Sharla got this one about 2 1/2 hours into the day. Her first time out!

MCallies · Malmo Bay Bomber

That is a great report. smile smile smile

Thanks. It is always good to be lucky as well as in the right place.

musky hunter · Member

heading up sunday the 28th is any one seeing any thing i fished the hole north shore last saturday never seen a fish dont know whats going on but when i dont see any fish somthing wrong where are they ??

mbenson · Member

musky hunter wrote:
never seen a fish dont know whats going on but when i dont see any fish somthing wrong where are they ??

Need to get back closer to them smallie spots again???

Mark

mike · Member

I'm headed up to mille lacs next week, I see alot on here about muskies but how's the pike fishing up there in early September?

musky hunter · Member

i wish i knew i fished rock weeds deep shallow i cant find them eather im abought to give up on mille lace its just not worth fishing musky any more need to find a new lake

mj54 · Member

I didn't have luck getting them to eat, but finding them was not a problem. I was up there for four days, focused on the weeds, and found plenty of fish. One day was a bit slow, but the other 3 days we had lots of follows, one day we had 19. Speed was key for us. Casting. Bucktails. Very fast. Slow retrieves didn't get any follows. We fished almost all the major weed beds. Keep changing lures up until you find something that works. One day the hot bait was black/black, next day was blue/nickel, next day was black/black, and last day was white/nickel. We also saw fish on other colors, but these had the best luck. Just keep in mind, you don't need to throw DCG's!!! We didn't move a fish on DCG's for 4 days. We went more old school on them.

For question on pike, we caught 4-6 each day. Most we have ever caught muskie fishing on Mille Lacs. The good part was that a lot of them had good size. One was 43" and several between 36-39". At least they gave some tug therapy.

Good luck and don't give up. Just keep realistic about Mille Lacs. Unless you fish it daily, you can't expect to catch fish there every time you go out. I have some good contacts to fish there, and I don't catch fish each time there and don't expect to.

Below is the report from SMB Guide Jim DeRosa on fishinginfo.com, note the last sentence...

Fishing Report August 7, 2011