To many visitors, fishing in the Brainerd Lakes Area only gets better when the lakes freeze over. Almost all of the nearly 500 area lakes have excellent fishing for walleye, northern pike, crappie and sunfish.
Some lakes even offer lake trout fishing.
The most popular lakes have fish house rentals with plowed roads leading to many of the good fishing spots. Other lakes are hardly fished and can be reached by snowmobile or on foot. Local bait and tackle stores have gear and advice for visiting anglers.