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Title: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: Mncrappie on Nov 22, 2016, 11:03 AM
I live in lonsdale and tried the faribault lakes and never have much luck for panfish. Any tips?  Spots? Most likely looking towards shields. I also hit up cedar by new Prague and I always get lucky there with big crappies and perch.
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: SUNNFISH 0))) on Nov 23, 2016, 02:44 PM
I always have good luck on Cedar for panfish, even caught some tiger musky this last spring. In the Faribault area I've had the most luck on Mazaska this fall. Fishing breaklines and inside turns caught nice size bluegill, crappie, and occasional northern.
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: 2cylinder on Dec 05, 2016, 09:04 PM
Hit up circle lake, limits of crappies and sunfish to be had
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: Mncrappie on Dec 05, 2016, 11:55 PM
Hit up circle lake, limits of crappies and sunfish to be had

I heard that lake is trash. I live minutes away and I've never caught or marked a fish even when I fish in the big groups of ice houses where they always are. Any tips? Just a general area of where to start?
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: 2cylinder on Dec 06, 2016, 05:10 AM
I heard that lake is trash. I live minutes away and I've never caught or marked a fish even when I fish in the big groups of ice houses where they always are. Any tips? Just a general area of where to start?
I fish on the south side of the lake by myself. Go in between the island and the weed bed on the south side of the island for an evening walleye bite. And during the day go 70 yards to the west of the weed bed for jumbo perch and 20 yards east of the weed bed for some more jumbo perch.
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: 2cylinder on Dec 06, 2016, 05:26 AM
And another tip, get out in early ice. Once late January comes the fish are done even I can't find them and I live on the lake. Mazaska is another lake where you can slay crappie and walleye by following structure and water depth.
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: drscholl14 on Dec 06, 2016, 06:55 AM
I heard that lake is trash. I live minutes away and I've never caught or marked a fish even when I fish in the big groups of ice houses where they always are. Any tips? Just a general area of where to start?

Yeah, don't fish where the big groups of ice houses are......
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: HardWaterHunter1 on Dec 06, 2016, 07:47 AM
Yeah, don't fish where the big groups of ice houses are......

Word. :icefish:
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: thewyler on Dec 06, 2016, 08:56 AM
french is probably the best lake overall around
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: 2cylinder on Dec 06, 2016, 01:00 PM
french is probably the best lake overall around
How do you fish that lake in the winter? Are you starting by shore and working your way out? I have never fished that lake in the decade I have lived down here.
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: thewyler on Dec 06, 2016, 01:17 PM
use the topo maps available from the dnr to find the structure, then do the footwork.
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: thewyler on Dec 13, 2016, 01:35 AM
Hey 2cylinder does your last name happen the start and end with a K?
Title: Re: Faribault lakes area. Preferable shields
Post by: luckycrank on Jan 13, 2017, 12:28 PM
How do you fish that lake in the winter? Are you starting by shore and working your way out? I have never fished that lake in the decade I have lived down here.
and usually the most populated