Rapala Original Floater F03
Rapala
The wounded-minnow that started arguments in more Minnesota tackle boxes than we can count. Twitch it, drown it, or just believe in it.
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Cut Foot Sioux Lake
Itasca County water on the north side of the Winnie chain. Same neighborhood as Winnibigoshish, and its own page so it does not have to borrow the nickname.
Boat kit
Usual tray for this water
Picks from the species that actually live here, already on the gear guides. Click a card if you want it in the boat. We still will not invent a bite.
Johnson Standard Minnow Spoon, Gold, 2-3/4 inch, 3/4 oz
Johnson
The original weedless wonder still earns a seat in Minnesota pike boats. Cast it through pads and cabbage, keep a steady wobble, and tip it with a trailer if the fish want a little more meal. Gold 3/4 is the listing we can actually buy today.
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Clam Drop Jig, Size 12, 1/16 oz, Wonderbread
Clam
Minnesota ice-house tungsten with a flat tie-eye that puts the hook where soft-mouthed crappies keep their secrets. Small, dense, and weirdly charming in Wonderbread paint.
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Storm WildEye Swim Shad 03, Fire Tiger
Storm
Pre-rigged soft shad with holographic flash and that WildEye stare that looks slightly judgmental. Cast it along weed edges and riprap when Minnesota bass want a baitfish without the drama of live bait.
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Rapala Shad Rap 07
Rapala
Balsa with a job. The Shad Rap is the crankbait people name the way they name a truck.
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Rapala Minnow Spoon RMS-10, Firetiger
Rapala
Minnow silhouette with spoon flash, built to slide through greenery without a speech. Firetiger is the loud outfit for stained summer water when pike are parked in the salad.
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Usual suspects: Walleye, Northern pike, Yellow perch, Largemouth bass, Panfish
Cut Foot Sioux is the lake people staple to a Winnie report and then forget to give its own chair. It already has one. This is Itasca County water up by Squaw Lake and the Deer River country — about 2,771 acres, 78 feet deep. Winnibigoshish is the wide neighbor. This page is Cut Foot. (Minnesota DNR LakeFinder)
Usual suspects are walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth bass, and panfish. No secret perch pin. No invented chop. The strip above is the DNR book.
Bowen Lodge has been writing Cutfoot-and-Winnie reports through September 2026, and Fishrapper has been carrying the early-fall chatter — walleye, perch, and pike on the chain. Read those. We will not remix them into a fake “they were biting at seven.” If an MN Fish On note lands, it lives in Reports. (Bowen Lodge, September 4, 2026; Fishrapper)
What’s happening
We are watching the calendar. Nothing on the books for this water that we can stand behind. When a real lake day shows up, it will land here — not a daydream with a date slapped on it. See all of Events.