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 June 1, 2026

" It’s not easy putting into words, the sensation that I, along with Dick and Paul experienced on Upper Red Lake yesterday. Yes, the fish were biting, and surely, we could have taken lots of pictures of ourselves holding the pettiest ones. The thing is though, none of us were in the mood for that. Instead, our attention was focused gatherings other than just the fish in our livewell. Our attention was focused more on gatherings of families, couples and groups of friends who shared the lake with us.

The scene was the complete opposite of what we’ve seen on many lakes lately. We didn’t see as many of the glorious high-end rigs occupied by “super-anglers” who were “scoping” pods of fish and targeting the biggest ones for their social media pages. Instead, we saw dozens of boats, assorted sizes, shapes and colors, everything from huge pontoons, down to one couple who were fishing from a 2-seat paddle boat. Most of the boats were occupied by folks who were just out for a few laughs, a tug on their lines and for the lucky ones, an evening fish fry.

We commented, more than once, about the kids we saw, and how they all ..." Read >> More Current Fishing Reports

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