Mille Lacs Lake
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Oct 30, 2026
Tony RoachHOST
You know, particularly last year when we didn't have a lot of snow and you get a ton of light penetration, it affects fishing even in deeper water.
Tony RoachHOST
Most of the lakes that I fish are fairly clear, especially our large bodies of water like Mille Lacs, Leech, Winnie, very clear conditions.
Tony RoachHOST
And when you're fishing in those type of conditions, Lighting is a big thing.
Tony RoachHOST
But I want my ice camping experience, even when I'm sitting in my flip over hub, I want lights.
Max ManteyHOST
Like I see sometimes people kind of talking like, well, before YouTube and before social media, like, you know, everything was so secret and whatever.
Max ManteyHOST
But I mean, then we have all these guys on that talk about, you know, the heyday of Mille Lacs or Vermillion or these bites, Madison.
Max ManteyHOST
It's like there was really no secrets.
Max ManteyHOST
I mean, people were driving all over the states to go chase these things.
Tony RoachHOST
You know, particularly last year when we didn't have a lot of snow and you get a ton of light penetration, it affects fishing even in deeper water.
Tony RoachHOST
Most of the lakes that I fish are fairly clear, especially our large bodies of water like Mille Lacs, Leech, Winnie, very clear conditions.
Tony RoachHOST
And when you're fishing in those type of conditions, Lighting is a big thing.
Tony RoachHOST
But I want my ice camping experience, even when I'm sitting in my flip over hub, I want lights.
Kamden GladeGUEST
So within the long-range plan, one of the other priorities that we outlined was a focus on what we're calling our core lakes.
Kamden GladeGUEST
That ends up being Vermilion, Mille Lacs, and Minnetonka.
Kamden GladeGUEST
Just because they're the biggest stocked lakes, so they take the most fish out of our stocking program.
Kamden GladeGUEST
They also can absorb a lot of pressure from anglers and really help take some of the pressure off some of the smaller lakes.
Kamden GladeGUEST
For Mille Lacs and Minnetonka, those two lakes have already shifted over to yearling stocking starting last year.
Kamden GladeGUEST
But for Vermilion, we're holding off for now.
Kamden GladeGUEST
And the reason for that is starting next spring, we're going to be doing a two-year mark recapture population estimate out on Lake Vermilion.
Greg SayekHOST
Marge making the same, I'm carrying a bit of a load here, joke twice, because she's needing to sit down because she's pregnant.
Greg SayekHOST
The feeling that everybody knows everybody, like when the deputy walks in at the buffet and says, hey, Norm, I thought you was going ice fishing up at Mille Lacs.
Greg SayekHOST
And then he goes, yeah, after lunch, after we've also seen someone ask how his painting is going.
Greg SayekHOST
I mean, basically, you know, it almost seems like one big family and everybody knows everybody's business.
Bob St. PierreHOST
What's your presentation? How are you trying to catch a state record right now?
Jeff AndersonGUEST
Yeah, I mean, a state record, you know, I'd be fishing the big lakes inland in Minnesota, you know, the Mille Lacs, the Vermilions, the Lake Bemidji, Plantagenet, you know, Detroit Lakes.
Jeff AndersonGUEST
Those lakes that were all stocked, you know, 20 years ago, they have the biggest fish that swim in Minnesota.
Jeff AndersonGUEST
You know, we would approach it, you know, with big baits.
Jeff AndersonGUEST
Um, and you're casting big giant baits usually.
Jeff AndersonGUEST
And, um, and, uh, it's, uh, it can be, uh, can be, uh, with big rewards.
Bob St. PierreHOST
Why doesn't Lake of the Woods have a state record? You're pointing folks towards Mille Lacs or Leach or something.
Bob St. PierreHOST
What keeps the size of the muskies down on Lake of the Woods?
Paul LambertPANELIST
Yes, sir.
Paul LambertPANELIST
What lake is your cabin on? Mille Lacs.
Paul LambertPANELIST
Is it Mille Lacs? I just want to see how you'd say it.
Zach HalversonPANELIST
Mille Lacs.
Chris HawkeyHOST
Your champagne wishes and caviar dreams.
Chris HawkeyHOST
Or just a ticket away.
Steve McComasGUEST
And that's why I don't say they're good or bad, but they will certainly change a lake.
Steve McComasGUEST
In Mille Lacs, for example, the smallmouth bass fishery has dramatically improved overall.
Steve McComasGUEST
with the onset of zebra mussels at some expense maybe to the walleyes.
Steve McComasGUEST
But if you're a bass fisherman, that's good news.
6 MINS LATER
Ron ScharaHOST
In the heat of the summer when the walleye fishing is really probably not very good, the boat accesses are crowded.
Ron ScharaHOST
And a lot of the boats are bass boats, and they're from Arkansas and everywhere else.
Ron ScharaHOST
And Mille Lacs is ranked now in the top 10 in the nation in smallmouth fishing.
Ron ScharaHOST
Jeez.
Steve McComasGUEST
And that's why I don't say they're good or bad, but they will certainly change a lake.
Steve McComasGUEST
In Mille Lacs, for example, the smallmouth bass fishery has dramatically improved overall.
Steve McComasGUEST
with the onset of zebra mussels at some expense maybe to the walleyes.
Steve McComasGUEST
But if you're a bass fisherman, that's good news.
6 MINS LATER
Ron ScharaHOST
In the heat of the summer when the walleye fishing is really probably not very good, the boat accesses are crowded.
Ron ScharaHOST
And a lot of the boats are bass boats, and they're from Arkansas and everywhere else.
Ron ScharaHOST
And Mille Lacs is ranked now in the top 10 in the nation in smallmouth fishing.
Ron ScharaHOST
Jeez.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
And the thing is, you know, it was a big bait, big blades, big profile in the water.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
And it was at the time in Minnesota, especially Mille Lacs Lake, which is where I was at at the time, and Vermilion, and those lakes were kind of coming into their own.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
And the fish were so stupid, which was so much fun.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
And... you could literally catch them on a turnip.
7 MINS LATER
Gregg ThomasGUEST
Well, I mean, there's, you know, guiding, you do a lot of different, I see a lot of different things.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
Like I said, I've got 21 years of being in the boat with all different types of people.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
and uh well one story in particular we were out fishing on Mille Lacs Lake and it was back early on when the night fishing craze pretty much hit I I pretty much night fished for about three years um didn't see the sun that was it was pretty much a total night game and I'm out there with a couple a couple of guys and they're in the front of the boat I'm in the back and all I you know it's pitch black dark can't see your hand in front of your face and It's quiet.
Gregg ThomasGUEST
And we're fishing, and all of a sudden I hear this loud scream come from the front of the boat, just a squall.
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