Minnesota guide Matt Johnson gives his latest Lake Minnetonka fishing report and report on the surrounding area lakes on February 4th, 2025.
Lake Minnetonka Fishing Report: 2-4-2025
The weather has been all over the place, but it feels like things are finally settling back down. Overall the fishing has been great. We are still catching plenty of panfish and anglers are catching lots of bass, northern pike, and walleyes in most lakes in the Metro area.
Ice conditions continue to be great. Most lakes in the Twin Cities have anywhere from eighteen to twenty-four inches of ice.
Lake Minnetonka Fishing Report: Crappies, Bluegills
Crappies and bluegills can be caught on most lakes in the Metro area. We are still finding a lot of fish relatively shallow. Most anglers seem to be focusing on the deeper basins for panfish, but we’ve had a ton of success in the shallow weed beds.
We have been targeting depths between six and fifteen feet of water, however we’ve had a lot of success in weed beds that are about eight feet deep and have tall weeds. The taller the weeds the better.
A 1/32-ounce Clam Pinhead Pro Spoon has been our best bait by far for bluegills and crappies. Multiple colors will work, but white and silver seem to be working well. The Pinhead flat out catches fish anytime, anywhere.
Lake Minnetonka Fishing Report: Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye
Right now is a great time to target bigger species like northern pike, largemouth bass, and walleyes. We’ve got about a month left in the game fish season.
Anglers can except to run into bass and pike while fishing for panfish in the weeds. It seems like the bigger predatory fish are relating direction to the schools of panfish. Like usual, tip-ups have been a great way to catch them. Medium sized sucker minnows and shiners continue to produce bites for northern pike, bass, and walleyes.
For those anglers looking to specifically target walleyes focus on main lake points, humps, and weed lines. Set lines paired with a minnow seem to be the best options, but a few fish can also be caught on jigging spoons tipped with a minnow head. The best bite is during primetime hours late into the evening and after dark.
