fishing by booking your own guided fishing trip through Joe Scegura ’ s Guide Service . Scegura works at staying on the fish year-round and offers fully guided trips on any of the Alexandria area lakes .
Scegura says his guided fishing trips are tailor made to what people want . “ Some parents want to give their young children a lot of fishing action ,” said Scegura . “ Others come from out of state to catch a limit of nice walleye . That ’ s when I use my past experience to narrow the long list of lakes down to a select few . I pride myself on being able to catch fish at any given time of the year .”
Alexandria is located in the heart of lake country in West Central Minnesota with dozens of good fishing lakes to choose from in the Alex area alone , and over 300 in Douglas County . The region is about a two-hour drive north of the Twin Cities Metro .
Scegura fishes all species , but specializes in walleye . He says what makes the fishing so special compared to other areas is the fishing never comes to a crawl in mid-summer . There ’ s always something biting .
“ With the glaciers that pushed through here we have everything from deep lakes to shallow lakes ,” Scegura said . “ This is why fishing is very good year-round . There is tremendous fishing early on the shallow lakes . Then come mid- to late June , the deep lakes start producing well . Due to the lakes being different temperatures at different times of the year , the lakes are always on different cycles . That ’ s what makes us so special .”
The reason fishing is so good for the opener in May is the shallower lakes in the area warm up much quicker . Scegura advises that when you come to fish early in the season , fish with minnows .
“ Early in the season you can find walleye near their spawning areas such as shallow rock and gravel areas near inlets and outlets ,” Scegura said . “ Generally , look in 9- to 10-foot water , trolling or jigging slow with a minnow .”
In June when weeds are booming , fish will follow the food out to these deeper weed areas . As a rule of thumb , 16-20 feet is a good depth early summer .
“ In August it seems like you took all the lakes and shook them ,” said the guide . “ The fish are all over the place . That ’ s when you have many more options and nearly any tactic can produce walleye .”
Photo by Joe Scegura
Photo by Paul Roberts
Photo by Joe Scegura
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