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Fishing
Fishing the Lake Pepin Area
The outwash of Wisconsin’s Chippewa River basin into the Great mississippi River forms 20 mile-long Lake Pepin. Over 85 species of game fish can be angled year round in these boundry waters. Whether you like bobber fishing, jigging, trolling, or casting, trophy-size lunkers are possible rewards.
Lake Pepin & Pool #4 Fishing Grid "Open Water"
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Walleye |
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Pike |
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Bass |
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Crappie |
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Catfish |
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White |
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Guide Services
Lake Pepin Guide
| Address: 212 S Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN |
Phone Number (s): 651-345-5801 |
Ken Poole's Lake Pepin Guide Service
| Address: 36146 HWY 61, Lake City, MN |
Phone Number (s): 507-254-1174 |
Loren's Waalkens Mississippi River Guide Service
| Address: 1010 Lyon ave, Lake City MN |
Phone Number (s): 507-251-8588 |
Fishing Contests
Contests in 2010
| Frontenac Sportsman's Club: February 1st Location: Frontenac Pond Primary Contact (s): Jimmy Siewert: 651-345-5035 |
Lake City Sportsman's Club: February 2nd Location: Lake Pepin Primary Contact (s): Club: 651-345-2901 Lenny Weber: 651-345-2715 Steve Mickelson: 651-345-4802 |
| 7th Annual Port of Call: June 1st Location: Lake Pepin Primary Contact (s): Butch Rothgarn: 651-345-2324 |
Master Walleye: September 2nd & 3rd Location: Lake Pepin Primary Contact (s): Jimmy Siewert: 651-345-5035 |





Sea Wing
Ohuta Park
Mississippi Steamboats
On April 28, 1871 "a lake monster is seen swimming in Lake Pepin". Since then, many people have reported sightings of an unidentified creature surfacing from the depths of Lake Pepin. The locals have given this shy and elusive creature a name; Pepie.