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 26, 2026

image links to the fishing reports overview page"In recent days, there’s been a lot of chatter about insect hatches. Some folks have reported seeing large scale mayfly hatches around the region. On Thursday, we did not experience mayflies, but there were several other, smaller bugs going airborne above the surface water. Gnats, Midge and Caddisflies in large numbers. On my graph, I could see clouds of what appeared to be larvae hovering over edges of soft bottom regions of the lake. Near the suspended clouds of larvae, I spied small pods of assorted fish. We identified some species by catching them; sunfish, small perch and pike, bullheads and walleyes were all boated in the same general location.

To a limited extent, other presentations worked on some of the fish species. We caught numerous northern pike, and a couple of walleyes using jigs and minnows. The sunfish, bullhead, more northern and some small perch grabbed spinners tipped with fathead minnows. Leeches attracted some bites, but I can’t recall catching any fish on them. The wiggle worming, 1/8-ounce live bait jigs tipped with night crawlers caught almost all of our ..." 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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