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 Imagine
spending your Minnesota fishing vacation on Big
Sandy Lake in Northern Minnesota. Many say it is one
of the highlights of their Big Sandy Lodge and
Resort vacation. This fabulous lake has three
rivers that flow into Big Sandy Lake, which gives
you the flexibility of fishing lake or river. The
lake is best known for its walleye, northern pike
and black crappies. Bullheads are found in the river
beds. Fishing for walleye is most popular in the
main basin.
Fishing Big Sandy Lake for walleye is fun, but
finding a large one can be challenging. The MN
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) stocked the
lake for walleye by various measures from 1917 until
1995 when they concluded that the changes seen in
walleye abundance were marginal compared to natural
growth. The walleye in Big
Sandy grow slowly and tend to be smaller on average
than other lakes with faster-growth rates. Northern
pike, yellow perch, black crappies and tulibee are
also primary game fish on Big Sandy.
When you're walleye fishing
Big Sandy Lake, keep the
following in mind. Walleye feed off of small fish,
worms, insects and crawfish. Naturally timid, they
prefer to r emain in deeper, darker water. In the
spring they move into shallow to moderate depths to
spawn. In the summer and fall, they can be found in
shallows in the morning and evenings and in deeper
waters during the day. Walleye prefer to avoid the
heat of the summer and some of the best can be
caught during sundown to midnight. In the winter,
walleye move slower in cold water, and can be found
in moderately shallows in the morning, moving deeper
as the sun rises.
Good luck and happy fishing!
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