Mille Lacs Night Bite

[eyehead]

We were on the north end saturday night from around 10:30p.m.-4:30a.m. We mostly casted on the 10ft-15ft break, but we seen a couple boats that were up in like 4ft of water. Just curious to were you guys fish in the dark? Really shallow or the breaks. Thanks for any info it was our first time out at night

[Scott M]

I'm heading out on Fri and Sat. night on the north end working some shallow and deep spots....cabbage and humps shallow, weedlines deep if possible. Not sure what to expect but it will be fun no doubt. I'm gonna try a creeper, a cowgirl, a few other bucktails with big blades, and whatever else makes a racket. I'll also be running my headlamp behind the bait looking for wakes and eyes of follows. This will be my first time trying for them after dark. Any good advice?

[mtreno]

dont use your headlamp - it will scare the fish - i know its a bit scary when your bait is getting close to the boat and you have no idea if your rod is about to get ripped from your hands...... but you will get used to it - big figure 8's every cast.

the pond has been slow so far - night and day - but we did boat some huge walleyes on 10 in. believers the other day trolling deep in all the mayfly larva......

[Jim Hudson]

Mille Lacs or anywhere, personally speaking, I usually fish the same spots at night that I would during daylight hours or have contacted fish earlier in the day...

On the north end, up inside the weededge or on the outside edge can be good.... So it is a horse a piece at times.. Lots of fish using that north end.

[Muskie_Man]

Got a 44in pulling cranks out deep last week!!!

We did cast for awhile with no follows!!

As for night fishing the 44in was th first muskie this year during daylight!! The other five all have been at night from 10:30 to 10:45 all of them it's weird!

[Scott M]

Well, I learned some things. Water temps were 75 on Saturday, then got cold today as the lake got rolling.

I couldn't run the headlamp because the bugs were too bad.

All we caught were little northerns. I did find some new weedlines in both the north and south ends.

Trolling didn't pan out either. Spent most of the daytime on Saturday doing it.

It was fun to give it a try. I'll be back.