Mille Lac Crank Bite start??

I would think the Mille Lac Basin Crank Bite would be close to starting if not allready started. But I have never pulled them up there any insight on when the best time to do this is?? Thanks

I usually start trying to locate schools out in the Basin when the water temps hit around 65. I know they are out there earlier then that, but they really start to school up it seems around that temp!

What has been the temp up there recently?

We had 62-64 this weekend, for a surface temp.

big G

had the same temps as big G on friday and sat…never have pulled cranks out in the basin but we had a pretty good crank bite friday and saturday in shallow water

Fished Friday and covered a lot of water scouting for some suspended fish. Never really found anything that impressed me but we did manage to catch a few bigger fish anyways. You can read my report here: Crankin the open basin of Mille Lacs in May!