Minnesota Walleye Fishing

Minnesota is known for its outstanding walleyelots of walleye with tons of scenery to give you
fisheries. There are thousands of lakes in thisthe ultimate outdoor experience. Crankbaits that
state and the one thing that remains constantresemble perch do very well on Rainy Lake. This
throughout most of them is that the lakes havelake is also very popular for houseboating in the
walleye swimming in them. There are plenty ofsummer time.
other species to target in Minnesota, but no otherLeech Lake is a very popular lake for fishing
fish gets targeted more in the state. Walleye arevacations. The lake is a big lake and it may take
easy to fillet and they taste great which makessome time to learn, but it will definitely reward
them a favorite of many anglers.you when you find the hot spots. There are
There are so many lakes in the state that haveplenty of weed lines to go along with some flats,
walleye, but this article will focus on the biggerand deep water humps that will hold walleye. It is
lakes that are some of the best vacation spotsvery common to catch big perch and northern
for anglers. Some of the lakes that are targetedpike in the same spots that you will be catching
for walleye are Mille Lacs Lake, Cass Lake, Lakeyour walleye on this lake.
Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Upper Red Lake, LakeLake Winnibigoshish, also called Lake Winnie, is an
of the Woods, Lake Vermilion and Rainy Lake.excellent walleye lake. This is another big lake, but
Mille Lacs lake is a huge lake with 132,000 acresthere are plenty of walleye and a very good
of water to fish. The lake has a maximum depthnorthern pike fishery. Many anglers like to go out
of 40 feet, but there are plenty of shallow mudand catch their walleye for dinner and then fish
flats that on the north end of the lake that holdfor northern pike for action. There are a lot of
lots of walleye. There are tons of walleye in the 2pike in the 20 to 29 inch range with 30 to 35 inch
to 3 pound range, which are perfect size forfish being common.
eating. Once you find the walleye, you should beThe other lakes that were mentioned above are
able to fill up the livewell with keeper fish.also very good places to plan a walleye fishing trip
Rainy Lake is located in the northern part ofto. You can find more information on all of these
Minnesota and there are plenty of walleye tolakes to go along with lodging, fishing guides and
catch in this lake. Rainy Lake is a common lakemore on our Minnesota fishing page.
that is featured on television shows. There are