Nisswa area 6-5

[JohnWester]

NISSWA - Dave's Sportland Bait & Tackle, Jason, 2 miles south of Nisswa at the Intersection of Hwy 371 and Cty Rd 77, next to Schaefer's Foods, www.sportlandbait.com (218-963-2401)
The pre-summer bite is on big time.  The walleyes are on the chomp here in the Nisswa area.  The fishing has been outstanding the last few days.  The best reports are coming from Gull, Mille Lacs, North Long, and Round Lakes. Our fishing guides had some awesome trips on Gull and Mille Lacs over the weekend.  They caught numerous walleyes in the 15-28 inch range.  It was a blast.  The walleyes have been biting on Lindy Rigs tipped with a lively redtail chub or a leech.  Spinners have also been working well.  That has been our one-two punch on Mille Lacs.  Run through the spot with a Northland Rainbow spinner then we turn around and go through them again with the live bait rig.  It works great especially on the big ones.  When the fish wouldn?t bite on live bait we found them active up in the weeds.  Trolling Rapalas over the weeds really got those fish to go.  The night has been very consistent too, using the same methods.  North Long is producing a nice jigging bite for anglers using a Northland Fireball jig tipped with a shiner minnow.  These North Long fish are chunky 17-22 inchers.  Look for them tight to the weed edges.  The pike and bass have been active on most lakes. Look for them on the weed flats from 4-12 feet deep.  Spinner baits are producing some nice action.  The panfish are still feeding up.  The sunnies are up in the shallows still and are gobbling up small leeches, while the crappies are stacking up along the first weedline in 8-12 feet of water. Try trolling a small Thumper jig tipped with a minnow.  It is a great search lure until you locate them.  If you want to get into this great bite please give us a call, our guides still have a few open seats.  Take care and good luck this week.