by Walleyedan | Aug 27, 2025 | Fishing Report, Open Water Fishing
It’s August! Lots of food in the lakes and a lot of the fish are well fed. Under the right conditions, things can be good but the best fishing is coming up later this fall. We continue to fish many of the lakes in and around the Brainerd area. Some of the walleyes are...
by Walleyedan | Aug 6, 2025 | Fishing Report
Fishing in the Brainerd Lakes Area has been good! Of course it’s not every day that we go out and hammer them, but more often than not the “bite” has been good. Walleyes are all over the board (depth wise) and they are eating pretty well on the days with wind or...
by Walleyedan | Jul 20, 2025 | Fishing Report
The fishing around the Brainerd Lakes Area has been good. When the wind blows and it’s overcast, the walleyes seem to be “in the mood”. If you just want the rod bending, you should be able to make that happen with either live or artificial baits. Leeches fished under...
by Walleyedan | Mar 30, 2025 | Ice Fishing, SnoBear
Hello from the BLA! The ice is receding from the shorelines and getting soft. I was out yesterday afternoon in the SnoBear on Gull pout fishing. We had 16” of ice with the top half a bit on the soft side. The burbot spawn is winding down, but we did still see a number...
by Walleyedan | Mar 4, 2025 | Ice Fishing
There is still a couple feet of ice on most area lakes, but this most recent melt down has made for some pretty slopping shorelines and landings. I was out last night in search of eelpout, and I was able to connect with a couple. One of them was a monster! They are...
