First Smallie trip to Mille Lacs

[gunning]

Hopefully if the weather permits a friend and I are going to make the trip up to Mille Lacs this week. We are going to have to watch the weather because his boat is 17 ft with a 60Hp and we are going to have to probably launch and stay on the side the wind is coming from. So far the forecast is not calling for too high of winds.

I have never been on the lake before and my friend has a few spots he likes on the north end. To be honest I have been fishing all my life and have never caught a small mouth, just never really had a chance to fish a lake that had many of them. So I'm really looking forward to this!!

I know a lot of you guys fish this lake and was just wondering if anyone has some advice for me like what are some must have lures to bring and what colors? I was thinking green pumpkin tubes, stick baits and maybe some top water stuff. I'm thinking the fish are just coming off the spawn up there so we might start looking shallow or do you think we might have better luck fishing deeper structure out there right now?

[Presco]

Others here will have far better info than me, but I've heard the south side is better with more rock piles and rock reefs. North side certainly has some great spots, I've just heard the South side has more. I'll be up there next weekend (fishing the North side) so would love for you to follow up with a report on how you guys did.