Break out that ice fishing jacket and hit the water–you will be rewarded! It doesn’t matter what species you want to target, they are all feeding like crazy on medium to large minnows.  Walleyes are still found at various depths right now.  I recommend searching and fishing for them near sharp breaklines near shore.  You can’t go wrong casting jigs and rigs (including slip bobbers) at shallow weedlines, but you may find them as deep as 30’ and everywhere in between.  If you

With the seasonable weather finally rolling in, reality will be hitting us soon.  It was a good stretch though!  I will be putting my boat into storage next week, unless someone buys it off me first (see details below). While you shouldn’t count out mid-lake structure completely, fish can be found back where they started the open water season–near shore.  Fish “first” breaklines, closest to shore, and you should be able to find what you’re looking for.  Jigs and rigs (includi

Walleyes, and pike, and bass, oh my!  You’ll find them all in a variety of depths right now, as deep as 30’.  My customers and I have had...

Welcome! This Extended Edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report is released every week, and it contains even more tips and insider...

10-Day Forecast through October 3rd Let’s talk weather.  In my experience, walleyes are most active when weather is consistent for an...

Welcome! This Extended Edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report is released every week, and it contains even more tips and insider...

With my boat in the shop since last week, I reached out to the 330 Maniac, Scott Mackner to get the lowdown on what he’s been seeing this...

It’s a fun time to fish for smallmouth bass, walleye and bluegills in the Detroit Lakes area.  The best part is they are often hanging...

Welcome! This Extended Edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report is released every week, and it contains even more tips and insider...

Welcome! This Extended Edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report is released every week, and it contains even more tips and insider...

Welcome! This Extended Edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report is released every week, and it contains even more tips and insider...

Welcome! This Extended Edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report is released every week, and it contains even more tips and insider...

Thanks for reading this expanded edition of the Detroit Lakes fishing report. As always, you get a little more insider information from...

Welcome to the extended edition of the Detroit Lakes Fishing Report! Here you will find a few extra tips and tricks, compared to the...

Grab your rod and reel and get out to your favorite fishing spot–the fish are biting!  Here's the scoop. The largemouth bass fishing on...

Welcome to the Expanded Detroit Lakes Fishing Report! I share a little more insider info in this edition, compared to other places I...

You will always find a little but more here in my expanded report. :-) Thanks for reading! We are in the middle of an incredible panfish...

Water temperatures have stalled in the lower 60s on many lakes, due to rain and cool weather the past week.  The unpredictable weather...

Welcome to your Detroit Lakes Fishing Report! This expanded edition is only found on the Baxstar Fishing website, and it includes more...

These eyes were caught and netted at the same time!! We had a bit of a tangled mess in the end, but we didn't care!! Lots to report–here...