Bass are biting

OwenTyler bass.jpg — Owen Tyler of Ramsey caught this 4-pound largemouth bass while fishing in the Alexandria area on May 29. (Contributed photo)

By Eric Morken

June 09, 2020 at 7:47 AM

The Alexandria area has been a great bass-fishing destination in recent years and June should be another good month locally for those who are after largemouth and smallmouth.

Taylor Lake caught and released a couple largemouths on Lake Minnewaska on May 27 that weighed 4.25 and 3 pounds.

TaylorLake Bass.jpg — Taylor Lake caught these largemouths while fishing on Lake Minnewaska on May 27. (Contributed photo)

Owen Tyler, 12-years old from Ramsey, caught this 4-pound largemouth on an Alexandria area lake while fishing on May 29, and Zoey Garin caught her first bass of the year recently with a little help from her dog on the dock. Evan Blanchard, age 9, also did well while fishing on Lake Darling this year.

ZoeyGarin Bass.jpg — Zoey Garin caught this largemouth off the dock recently. (Contributed photo)

EvanBlanchard Bass.jpg — Nine-year-old Evan Blanchard (left) caught this bass while fishing on Lake Darling in Alexandria recently. (Contributed photo)

By Eric Morken

Eric Morken is a sports and outdoor editor at the Echo Press Newspaper in Alexandria, Minnesota, a property of the Forum News Service. Morken covers a variety of stories throughout the Douglas County area, as well as statewide outdoor issues.