Fishing Inconsistent With Cool Weather

This last weekend's cool, rainy and windy weather didn't heat up Mille Lacs fishing success. Guide Tim Ajax was out three times last week, hitting 12 fish with a lot of 22-24 inchers on spinnerbaits in 20-25 feet of water Wednesday. He had a couple guys out in Friday's windy weather, getting three slot fish pulling spinners and some crank baits on the gravel. He didn't get out for Saturday's Muskie opener but said he didn't hear of any big catches from fellow guides on that species. With water temperatures in the high 50s still, the best fishing hasn't yet turned on, Ajax said as fish are scattered all over in no real pattern. He's found them in 5-40 feet of water to this point.