Fishing Report

Find out where fish are biting and bait to use in the area fishing report each week. Get Hooked in Detroit Lakes will give you an inside look from fishing guides on which area lakes are best bets for the fish you’re out to catch and the bonus experiences of being out on the water.

This is the area fishing report for Wednesday, March 26, 2025, sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

As you can see, the ice sure did a number on the Rossman access on Little Detroit this winter! The ice has gotten slushy near shore, too. I’d say it’s officially time to start prepping our boats for the open water season, as spawning crappies will be calling our names sooner than we know it! In the meantime, I’m sure many of you anglers are planning a Rainy River early walleye trip in the next few weeks. Some Rainy River public accesses are open right now, including the landing at International Falls, and the Pelland access further west. Hopefully the Birchdale access nearer Baudette will open up by this weekend, but it looks like a cold front is coming through, with snow possible this weekend. Only time will tell. I was planning to fish Rainy this weekend, but I am changing plans due to forecasted temperatures in the upper teens. That’s a little too cold for me! I’ll give you an update next week. Until then, get that boat ready!

Brady Baxter
Owner and Fishing Guide
Baxstar Fishing LLC
brady@baxstarfishing.com
701-261-3703