image of jeff sundin 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.


Jeff's Current Fishing Reports June 16, 2026

image links to the fishing reports overview page"So far, this entire fishing season has just been odd, that’s the only way I can say it. There’s been things that happen at the times that you think they shouldn’t happen and there’s been things that don’t happen at the times that you think they should happen. On certain mornings, I go out believing that the fish probably won’t be active, but then they are.  Other days, I leave the dock believing that they will be active, but then they aren’t. That’s why my summation of the fishing season so far this year is that fishing has been “Constantly Inconsistent”.

This has been a week absent of any underlying “super-trend”. Instead, it’s been one in which erratic weather has forced changes in fishing patterns from one day to the next. Along with those daily changes has been inconsistency in the harvest rate for my customers. One day, like yesterday (June 12, 2026) the day’s catch looks great, but the next day, or maybe the previous one, maybe not so great.

Notice that I used the term harvest rate, and not the term catch rate. That’s because we generally catch a lot of fish, it’s just that sometimes we ..." Read >> More Current Fishing Reports


image of fishing guide jeff sundin"I want to be your Minnesota Fishing Guide! Let me take you on a guided fishing trip for memories that will last a lifetime." Jeff Sundin

Northern Minnesota is the perfect destination for your next fishing vacation. It's a multi-tasker's dream come true!

We can fish for Walleye, go after Crappies, or maybe catch Perch, Northern Pike, Bass and Panfish. They are all available within easy reach of the Grand Rapids area!

Nobody has more experience, no one works harder and nobody has more fun fishing than Jeff Sundin.

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Jeff Sundin is a full time, professional fishing guide, outdoor writer and photographer. Book Jeff for guided fishing trips, for fishing seminars, fishing promotions and media events. Click here >> learn more about Jeff Sundin.

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