You’re in for a real treat when you book a fishing trip with veteran guide Jeff Sundin.

With a long standing reputation for providing customers with fabulous Minnesota fishing experiences. Sundin's 40 years of experience as a full-time, professional guide has not only earned him the WCCO TV Best Of Minnesota viewer's choce poll, rating him as Minnesota's Best Fishing Guide, but in 2023, also landed him a spot in the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame.

Covering a huge swath of territory in north central Minnesota, his service area includes hundreds of lakes of every shape and size. Along with moderately sized lakes like Bowstring, Big Sandy, Bemidji and Pokegama, Sundin also provides service on famous walleye fishing destinations like Leech Lake, Winnibigoshish, Cass and Upper Red Lake.

Walleye are the most popular target species for his guests, but Jeff's expertise as a multi-species angler allows him to provide charters for every species that swims in northern Minnesota waters. He's well versed on a variety of techniques and he can take you fishing for Crappie, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike and Panfish on dozens of small waters as well.

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Jeff's Current Fishing Reports July 11, 2025

" With water temperatures reaching into the 77-to-78-degree range, fish metabolism is running high. So, fish species that become most active in warm water like bass, sunfish and rock bass are feeding fast, and often. I mentioned yesterday that in terms of catching walleyes, fishing action for panfish, perch and bass had been almost too good. “Too good” in the sense that small fish and bass, eager to get a meal, were gulping down our baits before walleyes could get to them.

That theory makes some sense, but isn’t easy to prove, is it? Thursday, there was some more evidence that helped bolster my belief.

My customers, Paul and Cindy agreed that we should re-visit a small lake that the Hippie Chick and I explored a couple days back. I’d given them advance warning that there would be a lot of “small fish” biting, and that we’d probably need to ..." Read >> More Current Fishing Reports

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