Day Trip

[MuskieFever]

Looking to fish at least two quality fisheries this weekend, somewhat of a mini trip for my brother and a buddy. Trying to keep it within 2 hoursish of the north metro. Might hop lakes as well. Looking for a quality fishery of either smallies, largemouth, or maybe walleyes. So far the list is:

-Mille Lacs

-Tonka

-EW Rush

-Pool 4

-Hayward area

Any good suggestions? PM if needed. Not looking for a secret spot just a decent trip with quality potential. Thanks.

[Superduty]

Tonka and Mille Lacs from that list. Pick a sunny calm day for Mille Lacs if you have the flexibility. With the warming trend this week, it could be incredible on Mille Lacs soon!

[RumRiverRat]

Mille Lacs is on fire right now for Smallies. Only going to get better with the warming trend.

[Pherris]

Mille Lacs would be my first choice if there is not a lot of wind. Tonka is also a great fishery but I expect it to pretty busy with the nice weather and I suspect there will be a lot of bass guys pre fishing for Denny's super 30 on Tonka on the 27th and the Minnetonka Classic on the 31st so I personally will be avoiding Tonka this weekend. Another lake to consider for me would be Green Lake in Spicer. Great smallmouth fishing.

Good Fishing!

[bassfshin24]

I would suggest Mille Lacs. With the warm weather this week it could be pretty amazing in the next few weeks up there. You can catch fish on all sides of Mille Lacs. Look at the wind direction and go from there.

[EBass]

Tonka has no wake in effect due to the high water as she's exceeded 930.25 feet.

http://lmcd.org/2014/05/lmcd-initiates-high-water-declaration/

Current reading of lake level is on another site. Currently she's at 930.31 feet above sea level.

http://www.minnehahacreek.org/

Hope it's OK to post links.

[JBMasterAngler]

Brainerd area would be great if your gonna go lake hopping. You could easily fish 2 or 3 lakes a day, and they're all great bass lakes!

[BDawg23]

If the wind is an issue I would pick Hayward. I will be up there this weekend and there are multiple lake options and both largemouth and smallmouth. I will be chasing Smallies on Grindstone and Round and have caught some big ones in there over the years.

[monstermoose78]

Mille Lacs would be my choice for smallies and do not forget about largies

[MuskieFever]

Ended up spending the day on Mille Lacs. Water was 54 on the basin and found 61 as the warmest in a few bays. Caught 7 smallies, one being a little over 4.5lbs and a pair of nice 25" walleyes. Not a bad trip for our first Mille Lacs smallie hunt. Frustrating day though, only found smallies in a 20yd x 20yard spot fishing 8.5 hrs and that was it. Will be back again soon hopefully for a 6 pounder!