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Orr's Pelican Lake Fishing Reports

Plan your next trip with the help of our Pelican Lake fishing reports, created by experienced local guides. Reports are released early, mid, and late in the month during the fall, spring, and summer seasons. Highlights include weather and lake conditions, and details on which species are currently biting. Watch the full videos to find out where anglers are finding the biggest and best catches, including the tackle and techniques they used.  

Explore the Best Fishing Lake in Northern Minnesota

With over 54 miles of shoreline, Orr’s Pelican Lake is a prime destination for catching bluegills, large and smallmouth bass, walleyes, crappies, northern pike, and perch. Each season offers a unique experience enjoyed by casual fishermen and pro anglers alike. 

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August 12 Fishing Report

Not sure why, but it appears the smallmouth bass fishing really improved this week. Almost as many smallmouth as largemouth were caught. Crappie fishing was also very good for early...

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August 5 Fishing Report

Largemouth bass fishing right now is phenomenal. Many, many reports of 18 and 19 inch largemouth being caught all over. Chatterbaits and swim jigs are the best lures right now. Some walleye...

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July 29 Fishing Report

Bass fishing continues to be strong all across the lake. Rock piles aren't producing nearly as much as deep weed covers. As expected for this time of year, the large mouth bass bite is much...

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July 22 Fishing Report

The top water bite for bass fishing is really good. Of course, bluegill fishing also remains strong. While we only had a few crappie caught, the surprise this week was the number of decent...

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Mid-July Fishing Report

The crappie bite has been better than expected for mid July as several people reported catching good sized crappie while bobber fishing for bluegills. The bass bite remains very strong as does...

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Early July Fishing Report

Weather has been mostly hot with a mixture of thunder storms. On days when the weather is good the bass bite is unbelievable. Bluegill fishing is also very very good. Almost no walleye...

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Late June Fishing Report

Bluegill bite is going good! As usual, lots of good bass were also caught this week. Top water bite is good, senkos are hot and so are the Yamamoto Fat Ika. Full report is in the...

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Mid-June Fishing Report

While the bass and crappie bite remain very good, our surprise this week was the really strong jumbo perch bite! Numerous perch 12 inches or larger were reported being caught. Some top water action...

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Early June Fishing Report

Multi-Species fishing is very good. Lots of big bass being caught and so many crappie were caught this week. We continue to see good numbers of pike caught, but usually not very big. Some...

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2025 Late May Fishing Report

The weather was up and down a couple of times, but mostly warm and dry. Crappie fishing remains very strong and so is bass fishing. Outside of a couple of decent walleyes, the walleye fishing...

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Fishing Report Mid July 2024

Bass fishing has been pretty good in the mornings and evenings. Top water bite is finally hitting. Pad crashing is on fire. Soft plastics, swim jigs and square billed crank baits are best for bass...

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Fishing Report Late August

Water stayed really warm all through the Labor Day weekend. Air temps were above 90 degrees and the water temps were as high as 78 degrees in the bays. Bass fishing, particularly top water fishing...

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Fishing Report 08-03-23

Fishing has really slowed down during the middle of the day. From about 6:30 until 9ish the bite is good. Also good after 7 pm until dark. Bugs are really bad around dusk, but the bass bite is...

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Fishing Report 07-26-23

Morning and evening bite is good, middle of the day is pretty slow right now. The evening bite is especially good for top water bass fishing. Lots of families on the lake and kids are catching...

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Fishing Report 07-19-23

Very strong week in bass fishing. Lots and lots of largemouth bass as well as some nice smallmouth were caught by anglers. Chrome and blue rattle traps were the hot ticket as well as tube jigs....

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Fishing Report 07-12-23

Fishermen enjoyed catching walleye right at dusk this week on crawler rigs. Pike fishing continued to be strong, white spinner baits and chrome shad raps were best. Rattle traps also seemed to...

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Fishing Report 07-04-23

Bass fishing continues to be strong, particularly for largemouth bass. Soft plastics seem to be working best during the majority of the day with top water lures killing it in the evening and...

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