Fall Patterns begin.
September 4, 2025
It feels like fall.
This last week the bass and pike are starting to slide up into shallower water on Lake Minnetonka. We are now catching fish in 8-15' of water. They have been up in the weeds. So, moving baits over the top of the weeds have trigger them to bite. They are finally chasing baits again. This is the start of some great fall fishing. You can still catch them on finesse bait as well.
The ice is now off of Lake Minnetonka and the open water fishing season has begun. Get your fishing rods ready to target them hungry crappies on the warmer days.
Once we get the warmer weather and the ice is off the crappies will move in. Try slow moving plastics or a bobber with a gulp alive minnow in the northern bays.
The warm weather will soon melt the snow and ice and we will be fishing for Largemouth bass and crappies in the shallow coves of Lake Minnetonka and other lakes.
