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 Tuesday, June 24, 2025, sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

If you are new, you picked the right week to start reading.  The best fishing of the summer is happening right now!  All species are biting, on every lake I’ve fished over the past week.  You’ll find them in 8’-16’, both in and outside the weeds.  Minnows, leeches, and crawlers are all good choices.  If you get into ‘em, go ahead and try any new plastics or lures in your tackle box to test them out–there isn’t a better time.  Largemouth bass have been voracious in dense weeds and on the edge of weedlines, as deep as 12’.  We’ve had some 50+ bass days already this week on my boat and they were a blast!  Pike are munching on panfish in 10’-18’, with reports of people landing fish up to 40” in the area.  Finally, muskies are very active right now, even attacking lures multiple times!  For those that know, give the Cowgirl a break and unleash the Bull Dawg.  Good luck everyone and Happy 4th of July!

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