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Fishing Reports ~ Lake of the
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CHECK OUT ALL THE BIG WALLEYES BEING CAUGHT
THIS SUMMER!
THIS IS THE BEST SUMMER WE HAVE SEEN FOR BIG
FISH IN YEARS!!
6 year old Jacob with 27" walleye
(released)
Carrie Johnson's 25" walleye
(released)
Chanterelle Mushrooms
Bruce with walleye over 25"
(released)
Bryan with walleye over 25"
(released)
Rich holding his big walleyes
(released)
Virginia's 28 1/2" walleye
(released)
Ray with his 25" walleye
(released)
Keith Burry with his 29 1/2" walleye
(released)
Pete & Ruth with her 27" walleye
(released)
Cindy Weber with her 29 1/2" walleye
(released)
Ruth with her 27 1/2" walleye
(released)
Diana & Pete with her 25" walleye
(released)
Tom with his 29" walleye (kept)
Bob Farrell (right) with his 41" pike
(kept)
Al Albright (right) with his 30" walleye
Terri with 29 1/2" walleye
Bryce holding his sister Erica's 30"
walleye
Johnson family with Erica's 30"
walleye
John holding his 28" walleye
Mark & Sandy with walleyes
John with walleyes
August 28, 2010: The walleyes are
still biting. Pete ran charters this weekend taking out Todd, Beth,
Lori & Keith and Scott and Nancy. The couples had a blast this
weekend trying bait fishing and downrigging, with the latter working
best. Blue and white was the hot colored lure. The winds were pretty
strong on Friday but out of the south so still able to fish.
Saturday was beautiful with light winds. They caught a few slot
fish but nothing big, releasing a few 22" and 24" walleyes.
They took home their limits of walleyes and saugers. Shane and Joe
also did well - they brought in 10 keepers on Friday, ate fish
and went out Saturday again, getting a few more keepers to take home
their limit. Doug, Jenny and Russ fished the 9 footer and got some
nice fish. Lots of boats on the lake this weekend and everyone
is catching fish.
August 22, 2010: Andrea was the
leader today in the Kiefat boat getting the biggest walleye that
measured 26 1/2". Way to go Andrea Kiefat!! Craig followed close
behind with a 25" walleye and they also put back a 20", 23" and two
24" walleyes. All those big fish plus the 3 keepers they needed were
caught before noon! Today they said was the best fishing. The winds
picked up this afternoon and gusting pretty strong. The Kiefat
family headed home with their limits of walleyes plus 2 saugers.
August 21, 2010: Great fishing still
happening with the walleye bite staying strong right on through
the entire summer so far. As I said before in an earlier report,
this is the best fishing we have ever seen here for a summer season
- no kidding! Craig, Donna, Andrea and Matt used downriggers and
planers today, saying it was a little slower than yesterday, but
still great. Yesterday they limited on walleyes plus kept 2 saugers.
Craig Kiefat released a 26" walleye - way to go Craig!!
They also put back two 24", two 22" and one 20" walleye! Talk about
fun!! They had a fish fry so they can catch more fish
today. Pete, Terri, Merlin, Sherry, Carrie and 6 yr old
Jacob went out for a day of super fishing. We downrigged about 6
miles out catching fish right away. By noon we had 21 walleyes and 1
sauger. Carrie Johnson of Williams caught and released a 24"
walleye plus a 25" walleye. Her 6 year old son Jacob
Johnson caught and released a 27" walleye. Way to go Carrie and
Jacob!! We worked our way to Garden Island, pulled up the
rods and went further north on up to Oak Island for a very
nice lunch at Sportman's Lodge; the food was really
good. On the way back we put the riggers back down south
of Garden Island and that is where Jacob caught his big walleye. We
didn't get anymore right there and it was getting late in the
afternoon so we pulled them up and headed for the dock. It was
a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and light winds, just perfect
for going across the lake.
August 20, 2010: Dave and Andrea
spent a few days fishing and having lots of fun. They caught 20
walleyes jigging with fatheads and/or frozen shiners fishing
from 24' to 32' of water. They also kept 4 nice jumbo perch. They
had a great time. Scott and Mary headed for home with their
walleyes. They ate plenty of fish while here and also enjoyed the
beautiful weather. They drifted and/or trolled using gold
spinners with a little bit of chartreuse on the blade. They released
a 21" walleye. Wednesday was slower for them.
August 18, 2010: The fish are still
biting great. Mary and Scott had an excellent day on Tuesday
bringing in their limits of nice walleyes. They went out to 30' of
water and drifted with spinner rigs and crawlers. Everyone was
forced off the lake when the heavy rain started in the early
evening. Dave and Andrea kept one fish today but only fished for an
hour and then the wind picked up and the rain got heavy. Chanterelle
mushrooms have been abundant in the woods the past 3 weeks.
August 8, 2010: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TOM AT
RANDALL'S RESORT AND ALSO TO BILLY AT WIGWAM RESORT!! Peggy
and Craig went out for a half day charter with Pete and Terri. We
drifted with spinner rigs trying leeches, crawlers and fatheads.
Terri tried fatheads but no bites so she switched to crawlers. Craig
caught the first fish on a leech followed by Pete who was using
crawlers. The bite was slow the first half hour or so but we all
caught fish and put a couple of nice 19" walleyes in the box (caught
by Peggy and Terri). Pete released a 24" walleye. We had 8 keepers
but it slowed up so around 10:30 Pete put the riggers down; we
trolled for a short while before getting a small throw back
walleye. Then we got into some nice keepers and continued to catch
fish. Peggy caught and released a 20 1/2" walleye. All colors
were working on the riggers. We finished getting our fish and headed
back to the dock at 12:00. Peggy and Craig headed home
with their limits of fish. Light winds today, sunny
and hot. Still lots of blueberries being picked.
August 7, 2010: Craig and Peggy went
blueberry picking today in the woods and they also visited Bailey's
Blueberry Farm filling a couple of ice cream pails full there.
Pete ran a charter trip today taking out Charlene, Paul, Shaffer,
Andrew and William. They bait fished and had excellent fishing,
easily getting their limits of walleyes plus 5 saugers. After
they were done bait fishing they put the riggers down for
the ride towards home. Paul LaGrange of Champlin caught and released
a 28 1/2"-29" walleye. Way to go Paul!! The group had a fun time.
They went blueberry picking yesterday.
August 6, 2010: Pete took Craig and
Peggy out today on a charter. The wind picked up for a short
while this morning but then it settled down with the lake settling
down also. They bait fished the entire day in 32' of water and
got some nice fish. Peggy caught the first fish of the day. Craig
Dominise of St. Paul caught and released a 26" walleye. Way to go
Craig!! They also released a 23" walleye. They came in with their
limits of walleyes and saugers. They ate fish for dinner tonight and
plan on going blueberry picking tomorrow.
August 4, 2010: Larry, Stan and Roger
fished for two days doing well. They went out of Zippel area
yesterday as the winds were pretty strong out of the west. They got
some nice walleyes bait fishing, keeping lots of nice eaters. They
released a 25 1/2" walleye and also a 26 1/2" walleye, plus a couple
of 20 inchers and said they put back 7 slot fish total. Way to
go guys!!
August 3, 2010: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
PETE!! Pete did a half day charter today taking out a
family of 4. They bait fished and had a pretty good
day coming into the dock with 15 keepers and they put
back a couple of slot fish. They had a good time. Everyone is
still getting their limits of fish easily this summer. Very hot
and humid today. Scot, Todd and Tim tried fishing
for big pike in the bays. They caught 3 pike yesterday in
Zippel Bay using daredevils. They also caught a 25" walleye in 3' of
water on a daredevil! They were surprised to see that big walleye in
so shallow. They went home with their limits of walleyes and had a
fun weekend.
August 1, 2010: Another great day of
fishing for everyone on the lake. Whiskey, Snuffy, Dave, Mike and
Remmy went out with Pete for another day of fantastic fishing. They
downrigged and also bait fished, both doing well. They brought in
nice keeper walleyes plus 5 saugers. The biggest walleye today
measured 22 1/2". The guys easily caught enough fish to take
home limits. Todd, Scot and Tim had another great day out on the
lake, fishing the 9 footer using downriggers. They are looking for a
wall mounter but their largest walleye today measured 26". They also
caught a 28" pike. Another hot day with no wind and foggy this
morning.
July 31, 2010: Pete did a charter
trip today taking out Whiskey, Snuffy, Dave, Mike and Remmy. The
bite was so fast today in 29' of water they had plenty of fish
by 10:30am but continued to catch and release for another hour or so
and then came in for a shorelunch. Largest walleye today measured
26". They put back 5 slot fish today. Bait fishing is also working
but with a slower bite. Virtually no wind today and it was hot and
humid. Todd, Scot and Tim headed out early this morning to do some
downrigging. They came back in around 3pm with their limits of
walleyes and said they put back lots of 23-24" walleyes Todd caught
a 20" pike. Scot said they easily could have had their limits by
10:30 this morning but wanted to get a wall mounter so they didn't
fill their limits totally. Any color lure is working right now with
#5 shadraps working the best. Matt Mickelson of Baudette went out
this afternoon and fished in 32', bringing back his limit of 4
walleyes and 2 saugers. He anchored and jigged with frozen shiners.
July 30, 2010: Bruce, Brenda, Rachel,
Bryan & Matt had great fishing this past week. This is their
first trip here and they had a wonderful week fishing and golfing.
Yesterday they kept 9 walleyes plus put back 4 slot fish that
measured over 25". Way to go guys!! Tony and his group took out a
few small boats and they did well coming back to the dock with 22
fish. Sherry, Merlin, Carrie and Jacob went out bait fishing and
came back with 8 fish. Eain, Jesse, Ella and Waylon also bait fished
and came back with 12 fish. Another hot and sunny day.
July 27, 2010: Kurt and Diane went on a half day morning charter
today, trying bait fishing first. The waves were kinda rough
but they had lots of bites. It was hard to catch
them though; they hit fast and were gone. They did put one in the
box and then switched to downrigging. That worked out much better today with the
wind and waves. Not too windy but just enough to mess
with the bait fishing. They were back to the dock by 12:30 with
their limits of nice walleyes. No slot fish today. The Breidall's are out fishing
today and haven't seen them come back in yet. Yesterday they
went out for a short time in the morning and caught 2
walleyes. They came in as the weather looked bad with wind and dark
skies. Doug and Shirley went fishing with relatives and did very well, getting
lots of walleyes. Very hot and humid here yesterday.
July 25, 2010: The
charter boat had good fishing today again, a bit slower, but not
by much. Pete took out Bruce along with his son Bryan and
daughter Rachel. They had a good day with the group starting out bait
fishing and then downrigging, which they had never experienced.
They really enjoyed that style of fishing. Brian caught a nice sized
walleye that measured 26". It flipped out of his hands right in the boat and into the water.
That was the only slot fish today. They came in with their limits of
very nice walleyes with some pretty fat ones in the cooler and they
kept a few saugers. They were anxious to have a fish fry right away.
Doug and Shirley are here visiting with family but haven't heard if
they have gone fishing.
July 24, 2010: Pete took Rich, Greg
and Mike out for their second day of charter fishing today with
everyone ready to smack the big ones again. The bite was a little
slower today but not by much. big walleye in two days! Way to
go Rich!! They headed out to the same spot they fished yesterday and
tried downrigging which worked beautifully. It didn't matter what
color lure you presented; they hit them all. When I opened the fish
cooler I could tell they brought in nicer sized fish with all of
them fat and measuring 16" and up. Rich Beattie of Champlin caught a
27 1/2" walleye that he released. This is the second big walleye he
has caught in 2 days. Way to go Rich!! The guys ended up getting
their limits of both walleyes and saugers plus they put back 15-20
slot fish the past two days measuring 20" up to 28".
The fishing has been phenomenal this summer and everyone in the
area is talking about how they have never seen such great fishing
and so many big walleyes. Blueberry picking is still happening also,
lots of berries and the chanterelle mushrooms are popping.
July 23, 2010: You just can't get better
fishing than what is going on here today! The walleyes
are hungry and hitting steady. Pete took out Rich,
Greg and Mike for an afternoon of fishing. They downrigged
straight out from the Morris Gap about 6-7 miles. Any color lure is
working and they are hitting them so fast it is hard to keep more
than one rod in the water at a time. Pete is scrambling all around
the downriggers and working his butt off with fish hitting as
soon as they get them near the bottom. Wonder bread lure,
clown, blue, black/silver, all working. They easily caught their
limits plus put back some big walleyes. After a couple of hours they
had their fish. They tried bait fishing with live fatheads for
awhile which produced a nice 29 1/2" walleye for Rich Beattie of
Champlin. He caught it on a spinner rig and released it back to the
lake. Way to go Rich!!
July 18, 2010: Fishing is still going
strong. Pete, Terri, Ray and Virginia went out for a half day
charter this morning. It was a beautiful day with a bit of wind and
waves around 2 1/2 to 3'. We headed out front, anchored and jigged.
It was slow at first catching some small ones and putting 3 keepers
in the box. Then we tried downrigging and that took off right away
with Virginia Snyder catching a 28 1/2" walleye and her husband
Raymond getting a nice 25" walleye. We did well bringing in our
limits of walleyes plus 3 saugers plus we put back quite a few slot
fish.The wind died down quite a bit around 10am. Lots of boats
out there. Hollywood did well on his charter with the group
downrigging and getting their limits in about 2 hours. Kevin and
Billy tried bait fishing up in the islands but that was slow and
they ended up coming back this way. Scott and Helen spent the
weekend enjoying the nice weather while celebrating their 11th
wedding anniversary. They had a good time doing other things - no
fishing. Everyone is picking blueberries and raspberries still and
man are they good! Our resort is quiet this week with one cabin here
for the week. Wigwam Beach Bash is this upcoming weekend. Come on up
and enjoy the festivities, we have plenty of room.
July 17, 2010: Pete ran a group out
charter fishing for Wigwam Resort today. He had 5 customers. They
bait fished for starters and were doing good at that, but then they
went to downrigging in the afternoon. They did well getting all
their fish plus putting back a 28 1/2" walleye plus more slot fish.
Beautiful day today.
July 8, 2010:
Wayne and Cindy went out with Pete looking to get the
remainder of their limits of walleyes. Today the fish were biting
even better and more agressively. They easily got their fish in no
time at all while anchored, using jigs again. Frozen shiners are
working the best without a doubt. They didn't pull in any big
fish today but did put back a few 20" walleyes. Another georgeous
day with stronger winds but just right for fishing. Pete and Terri
went blueberry picking and found lots of berries. Still some green
berries but plenty of ripe ones to pick and will be more ripening in
the next few days. The raspberries are also ripe.
July 7, 2010:
Pete ran a charter today taking out Cindy and Wayne Weber.
Ruth and Terri tagged along. We anchored out of the Morris Gap in
28' of water jigging with fatheads and also frozen shiners; the
latter working best. We started catching fish right away with Ruth
getting a nice 27 1/2" walleye on gold. She released her
fish. Cindy Weber outdid her just a few minutes later bringing in a
whopping 29 1/2" walleye on a chartreuse jig. Way to go Cindy!! Her
biggest walleye so far. Wayne is hunting for a 31" walleye which we
didn't see today. We proceeded to catch lots of nice walleyes and
released 10-12 slot fish today, all measuring from 20" up to 24".
We kept 6 nice saugers plus enough walleyes for a good fish fry
as Wayne and Cindy will be fishing again tomorrow. The morning
started out with light rain but that quit before we
boarded the boat, the sun came out, we had light winds and was a
perfect day. We tried some downrigging in the afternoon after
we ran out of bait. That worked well with blue being best.
We put back lots of fish today. The Johnson
family did well this past week bait fishing and downrigging.
Stony Point was good and also the 9 footer. They caught lots of
fish and had fish fries plus took home fish. They had a great time
as always. No wall mounters for them.
July 5, 2010: Pete,
Ruth and Terri went out this afternoon for a few hours. We anchored
just out from the Morris Gap in 29' of water, jigging with frozen
shiners. We put back lots of slot fish measuring 21", 23 1/2", 24
1/2" and many more, can't remember all the sizes.
We finished getting our limits from the day before and had a
blast. They were biting very lightly.Raymie and Mya showed up
before we pulled anchor. They ended up with 4 keepers. Merlin,
Sherry, Carrie and Jacob were out fishing and had a good day.
They were out a little further than us and caught nice fish. Sherry put
back a 24" and Jacob also put a big one back. Carrie had a huge
walleye at the boat and just as Sherry went to net it the fish spit
the hook. They had a dozen nice keepers. Tom and Jean from
Randall's pulled up and fished near us for a while. Alex released
a 30" walleye according to Tom. Way to go
Alex!! Todd, Scot, Tanya, Patrick, Kedrick & LouAnn Johnson all went out
downrigging today and did very well getting lots of nice fish. LouAnn caught two
big walleyes, one at 27" and another at 27 3/4". Way to go LouAnn!! The
boys thought they were getting her a wall mounter today but not
quite. They will try again tomorrow. Lots of big walleyes being
caught this summer, more than we have ever seen! The fish are fat
and just beautiful this year! A little cooler on the water today
with a light breeze and not as hot. Was georgeous out there.
July 4, 2010: Happy 4th of July!!
Pete, Terri, Diana and Ruthie went out downrigging today.
This is our first try at the riggers this season as we heard the
bait fishing wasn't producing so well. We had a hit immediately
and continued to catch nice fish in 33 ft of water. We kept 9
fish Ruthie caught the biggest fish of the day measuring 27".
Way to go Ruth! Diana caught a 25" walleye, second in line. Way to
go Diana!! All of us released at least 2 or more slot fish
with most measuring 23-24-25". We kept nice 16-19" fish. Todd,
Scot, Tanya and Patrick had a good day jigging with frozen shiners.
They brought in some nice fish and fed the entire family tonight. We
came in early and headed to a BBQ party, ate food and played games
and then headed to town for the big fireworks event. They were
spectacular again this year, as always! Lots of boats on the bay
watching and tons of people on shore watching. Perfect weather for
outdoor activities this weekend! Hot and hardly any wind today.
June 29, 2010: Another great day on
the lake. The charter boat headed out this morning with Pete, Terri,
Al, Joyce and Greg on board. Not much for wind today with sunny
skies; was a georgeous day. The first spot we stopped at was slow at
first with Joyce getting one nice keeper. Then Al Albright of
Hastings, MN had his dream of getting a big walleye come true. He
caught and released a beautiful 30" walleye, his biggest. Way to go
Al!! We caught a few more small fish, pulled the anchor and headed
east to join some other boats. We caught more small fish and some
keepers, then moved farther north. We did well in that spot catching
lots of nice walleyes and saugers plus one perch. Terri caught a 29
1/2" walleye and also a couple of 23-24". Pete caught a couple of
22-24" and Al also caught 2 or 3 23-24" walleyes. We had a great
time. Greg decided to take a swim while we were out there. He was
baiting Joyce's hook when his fishing rod took off into the lake and
he tried to grab it, lost his footing and fell right off the back of
the boat! He climbed back in soaking wet and we all laughed. Then he
tied on a dare devil, casted it out and snagged the rod he lost.
Talk about lucky! We came in with 6 saugers and 16 walleyes.
June 28, 2010: Very windy today with
big waves on the lake. Pete cancelled his charter trip due to the
conditions. We waited til around 5pm and then headed out to do some
trolling with shadraps in the bay. Pete, Terri, Joyce, Al and Greg
trolled for about 3 hours. We caught lots of fish and ended up
bringing in 9 keepers for a fish fry. Greg caught a nice 26 1/2"
walleye. Way to go Greg!!
June 27, 2010: Slower fishing on the
lake today. Bill and his 2 fishing partners went out deep to 32-33'
of water but had a slow day with no bites. Greg tried trolling in
the bay for pike and not a single strike. Very windy today and big
waves on the lake. Kevin ran a charter out of Wigwam fishing "the
field" Zippel and Sandy Shores away from the wind. He said they
did well getting their limits.
June 26, 2010: Pete ran charter trips
the past two days taking out Ken, Keith, Mike and Stephen. They had
excellent fishing both days, coming in with 7 saugers and all their
walleyes the first day out plus they released at least half a dozen
slot fish. They ate 9 fish that evening and replaced those today
plus they put back many slot fish. Keith had an exceptional day with
him catching 3 trophy walleyes today. Each walleye
measured 28", 29" and 29 1/2". Way to go Keith!! Mike released
two 24" walleyes and a 20" walleye. Stephen released a 27" walleye.
Way to go guys!! Ken had a hard time catching keepers this weekend.
All his fish were thrown back as they were either too small or too
big. They had a great time and went home with limits plus ate fish.
Garland, Matt and Keith fished in 33' of water with the big
pack of boats. They had a great day getting all their saugers and
walleyes. Matt Mickelson of Baudette released a 27 1/2" walleye. Way
to go Matt!! Devin Sand caught his biggest walleye this week,
measuring 32". Way to go Devin! He planned on keeping the fish and
mounting it, until his Aunt Sandy let the fish flip back into the
water! And they didn't get a picture even. Too bad! He caught it on
a orange/yellow spinner tipped with a crawler. Uncle Chet also got a
big walleye with his measuring 31". He is getting his mounted. Way
to go Chet!!
June 24, 1010:
Fishing is still great. Devin, Linda and Tim got some
keepers today and also released a 24" walleye. Matt and Pete pulled
shadraps in the shallows this evening and did really well with them
catching fish right away. They were gone 1 1/2 hours and returned
with their limits of nice walleyes. Most boats are going out
6-7 miles anchoring in 32-33 ft of water and jigging while some
are still fishing around Pine Island and getting their fish but it
is a steady, fast bite out deep. Seems like people are catching fish
everywhere on the lake this summer.
June 23, 2010: Jan and Francis were
here for a week. The weather was the worst they have seen on this
lake with wind and rain, but they still caught lots of fish.
Jan released a 28" walleye. Way to go Jan!! They released numerous
walleyes in the slot, ate fish while here and took home their
limits. Kelly and Traylen are having fun fishing and relaxing.
Kelly Martenson released a 28 1/2" walleye. Way to go Kelly!!
Traylen released a 24" walleye. Way to go Traylen!! They have been
eating fish and also getting close to their limits for home but
have a few more days to fish.
June 21, 2010: Francis and Jan went
out this morning and released 3 slot fish in the 23-24" range. They
kept one small one so far. Tom is out fishing where we were
yesterday and already has 3 keepers in the box before 9am.
June 20, 2010: Man, the fishing just
keeps getting better and better! It was a wonderful Father's Day on
the lake fishing today. Pete, Terri and Matt headed out to 33
ft of water, about 6 miles out. Anchored and jigged with frozen
shiners and caught fish after fish. Terri's first fish was a nice 28
1/2" walleye that she released. Pete released a 29" or so, he didn't
measure it, just tossed it back, and Matt Mickelson released a 28
1/2" walleye too! We threw back lots and lots of slot fish measuring
anywhere from 20" up to 26" plus the over the slot walleyes. We
easily kept our limit of 18-19" walleyes, throwing back the smaller
ones. We caught lots of small saugers and walleyes and lots of
walleyes at 14-17" that we put back. Only a dozen boats or so around
us, but all catching fish. Yellow jigs (not chartreuse) and gold
jigs worked best tipped with a frozen shiner. Jerry Allen's boat did
super too, catching their fish easily. We caught most of our fish
anywhere from 6" to 5 feet off the bottom as they were following our
jigs up and hitting them. Tom and Alyse showed up just before we
left. They were using bobber rigs and catching fish. Dave, Pam,
Gary, Tom and Greg were fishing alongside of us and they were
hauling the walleyes in too. Tim, Linda and Devin drifted using
spinner rigs with crawlers, keeping 5 walleyes. They fished out from
Pine Island. Kelly and Traylen had a hard time getting the walleyes
to bite, so Kelly came into the lodge and we told them to try where
we fished. They will try that tomorrow. Beautiful day out there with
light winds, lots of sunshine and no rain!
June 18, 2010: Very windy and tough
traveling on the water today. Some of the charter boats still went
out heading for Zippel Bay, taking an hour or more to get there in
the big waves out of the northwest. Was hard to feel a fish even
bite on your line today. Not a very good day on the lake.
June 17, 2010: Another great day of
fishing. The charter boat went out taking Mark, Randy, Chuck and 10
yr old Sean. They had rough waves today but still caught fish and
came in before the winds really got bad. They did well getting the
fish they needed to replace and going home with their limits.
June 16, 2010: What a georgeous day
on the water today. Pete had a half day afternoon charter so I
decided to tag along with Randy, Sean and Chuck. Randy and Sean are
here from Portland, Oregon wanting to catch a few walleyes. 10 year
old Sean caught on quickly and caught many fish. Pete released a
26-27" walleye. Sean released 20" and 21" walleyes and both Randy
and Chuck released 21" walleyes. We came in with 9 walleyes and 4
saugers.We anchored and jigged with fatheads, frozen shiners and
also crawlers. We couldn't get them to bite on a leech
today. No wind today and was hot on the water. Mark Barclay had
a banner day with him catching and releasing a 30" walleye and also
a 25" walleye. Way to go Mark!! He also kept a 16" and a 19" walleye
today using crawlers. He really had a great day!
June 13, 2010: Fish are
still biting! 11 yr old Erica Johnson of Williams caught
her biggest walleye today measuring 30". Way to go Erica!! Eain took
the whole family fishing and they did well keeping a dozen or so
walleyes. 4 yr old Lanae caught the first fish. 13 yr old Bryce
caught a 27" walleye yesterday while fishing with his Dad and
Grandma and Grandpa. Way to go Bryce!! They kept 8 nice fish
yesterday. Phil and Sean caught their limits of walleyes this
weekend plus Phil released a 23" walleye. Ron and Alexia had a good
week catching lots of fish and eating fish. They had a good time
inspite of all the rain and wind. Marlin, Todd, Kyle and Dusty all
had a good time fishing, catching lots of nice walleyes. Dave,
Chris, Grady and Mike had good fishing keeping 14-19" walleyes and
going home with close to their limit, just one fish short. Grady is
here from Arkansas. Dave caught and released a 29" walleye. Way
to go Dave!! We didn't get any rain today and the sun actually came
out for the afternoon and evening! Been awhile since we have seen
the sun up here.
June 12, 2010: Still raining and cloudy today with light
drizzles. Marlin and his 3 sons went out fishing this morning for a
few hours. They came back to the dock with 5 walleyes, all nice ones
plus they put back two slot fish mesauring 23" and 24". They said
the waves were getting pretty big for their boat so they came in.
Chris's group is catching a few walleyes today. Ron and Alexia had
good fishing this morning coming in with 19", 17 1/2' and 15"
walleyes. Ron Osterbrink released a 25" walleye today and also a 24
1/2" walleye on Tuesday! Way to go Ron!! They are using spinner rigs
with minnows and are trolling Bostic Creek. Some of our cabins checked
out today and new groups arriving. Pete took Beth and Jeff out on
the charter boat today. They had excellent fishing getting their limits quite quickly
plus released lots of nice 15-17" walleyes. They were catching so many nice
fish they brought in all 18-19" keepers. Pete threw back a 27"
walleye. Anchoring with jigs is working great. Some are drifting or trolling with
spinner rigs, some plugs are being pulled also. The northerns have been
biting on daredevils. The mayflies are beginning to hatch and the walleyes are
feeding on them. Our water level has come up dramatically and is
right about back to a normal level.
June 11, 2010: Conley and Dean are
here all the way from Pinedale, Wyoming. This is their first time
walleye fishing. They had a good time and caught quite a few saugers
and walleyes. They released a 23" walleye today. Pete ran a charter
taking out Marlin, Todd, Dustin and Kyle. They had fantastic fishing
in 31 ft of water jigging with minnows and/or leeches. Marlin
Schiefert released a 28 1/2" walleye. Way to go Marlin!! Pete
released a 26" and they also put back some 20" walleyes and a 21".
They had a great day and fishing has been super for everyone this
week. Tim and George did well taking home limits of nice fish. They
fished shallow in 7-11 ft of water with spinners and minnows. George
put back a 21" walleye. The Farrell boys had a fantastic week of
fishing, even with the rainy weather and windy days they fished
Bostic Creek, bringing in some of the nicest walleyes we have seen.
John, Bob, Tom, Kurt and Kevin trolled with jointed rapalas and
spinner rigs with leeches/crawlers. Bob and Tom Farrell are here
from Arizona and this is Tom's first walleye fishing. He did very
well catching a nice 29" walleye on a blue jointed rapala. He also
released a 27" walleye. Way to go Tom!! His brother Bob landed
a beautiful 41" pike and also a 23" walleye. Their brother John
released a 22" plus 4-5 more in that range. Their group is
taking home their limits of all nice walleyes measuring 18-19". They
said they caught nicer fish in the bay and creek compared to fishing
the lake. They also caught lots of pike. The walleyes are biting
pretty much everywhere!
June 8, 2010: Cloudy this morning and
is now lightly raining this afternoon. Slow bite this morning for
everyone. Ron and Alexia brought in two keepers and threw back 5
small fish. Conley and Dean got a couple of keepers today. John's
group had a nice northern I saw lying on the lawn waiting to be
cleaned. Not sure what else they got today.
June 7, 2010: Fantastic fishing
today, very exceptional bite. A few of the charter captains told me
today was the best day of fishing they have ever seen in all their
years of fishing this lake! Lots of nice walleyes caught today. Ron
and Alexia limited on the walleyes and also caught lots of saugers
today. They said it was the best fishing they have seen. The Farrell
family also told me "today was an awesome day of fishing". Jerry
& Merle had a super good day catching their limits of walleyes
measuring 18", 17", 15" and some 13" and back to shore by noon. They
fished in 10-20' of water using spinner rigs with crawlers. Jerry
also caught a small pike and a little perch off the dock. Water temp
68 degrees today. Marlin and Claire kept 7 fish today. John Farrell
caught and released a 37" pike plus another smaller one. John, Bob,
Kevin, Tom, Kurt and Erin limited on the walleyes today and said
they had really good fishing. Beautiful day today with lots of
sunshine and very light winds. Found some Indian Mocassin flowers in
bloom this past week. A few new fawns have also been seen this week.
June 4, 2010: Deb, Mona, John and
Gary fished all in one boat today. They headed out onto the lake
about 7 1/2 miles out. They said it was a fun day with everyone on
board catching and releasing a slot fish. John Tom had a super day
catching the his largest walleye ever; measuring 28". He released
it. Way to go John Tom!! Deb released a 21", Mona released a 23" and
Gary released a 24". Way to go guys and girls!! They caught lots of
fish and had a blast. They are all headed home tomorrow for Illinois
(to join Al) and Iowa . Hope Al didn't get too bored while everyone
was away from town. We sure wish you could have come up Al, maybe
next year. Rick and Steve ran up from Red Lake for a day of
fishing. They did super getting their limits of walleyes plus
Rick caught a 28 1/2" walleye. Way to go Rick!! Steve, Bob, Rob and
Eric did well in small boats catching lots of fish and saying
they had good fishing everyday and could have easily had their
limits each day. Bill, Richard and Jeff spent the week fishing on
their own doing well. Bill released a 27 1/2" walleye, Richard
released a 25" walleye and Jeff released a 23". They also caught a
39" pike. They wanted to get more pike but the water is pretty brown
in the bay so tough fishing there. They went home with their limits
of walleyes and saugers and ate lots of fish while here. Still
having nice weather with some rain showers in the mix.
June 2, 2010: Another awesome
day of fishing in 32' of water, but lots more boats out there,
maybe 40-50 of them. Pete, Terri, Gary and Bill went out in the
early morning and started catching fish right away with a pretty steady
bite all morning. We had our limits of walleyes by noon plus put back
quite a few nice ones. We kept all 16-19" walleyes and one
jumbo perch caught by Pete. We also put back quite a few small
saugers. They were biting on gold, white and chartreuse. Fatheads
and frozen shiners both worked well. Deb, Mona and John fished nearby
and they also had great fishing. They had 10 keeper walleyes plus 5
saugers, then moved in closer to the Morris Gap near the buoys
and caught a 22" walleye they released. Sure wish Al was here.
Beautiful weather today with light winds and lots of sunshine.
Couldn't ask for a nicer day! Haven't heard how Bill's group is
doing yet. Steve and Bob caught a 18" walleye and a 32" pike today.
They have been fishing in and around Pine Island.
June 1, 2010: Fantastic day on the
water, lots of nice walleyes being caught. The charter boat fished
at 32' of water today with Bob, Steve, Eric and Rob on board. They
anchored using jigs tipped with fatheads and/or frozen shiners. They
caught fish after fish and easily caught their limits. Steve Hansen
released a 27 1/2" walleye. Way to go Steve!! Eric released a 21
1/2". They brought in nice keepers measuring 16-19". Only a couple
of boats fishing near them. Yesterday Steve released a 20" and Bob
released a 24" while fishing in a small boat out of Morris Gap. Hey
Al, how ya doing? We miss having you here with the group. Bill wants
to say hi to Jean and he is having a great time.
May 31, 2010: Tough weekend of
fishing due to weather conditions, high winds, rain and big waves.
Saturday the sun shined most of the day but was very windy and the
bite slowed after the big storm on Friday. The water is dirty quite
far out onto the lake now after all the runoff. Even so, Keith &
Kathy had excellent fishing in 31' of water. They had to move
shallower in the late afternoon as the waves were getting too big.
They moved into 18' in front of the Morris Gap and said they
hammered them on chartreuse with fatheads. They released 24"
and 25" walleyes. Their largest keepers were 19". They limited plus
kept a few saugers and 2 jumbo perch. Our other groups
didn't do as well with some coming in without any fish or just
a few. Craig's group brought in 22 keepers total
for Saturday. Sunday they kept only 1 but on Monday they did
well keeping 9 nice fish before heading for home. They released some
big fish with Steve putting back a 25", Craig released a 25"
and 26", Matt released a 22 1/2" and Andrea released a 22". They had
a good time. Andy, Cheri & Steve had slow fishing Saturday
bringing in 5-6 fish and another 4 keepers on Sunday, but Monday
they did awesome bringing in their limit of nice size walleyes,
largest measuring 19 1/4". They also had one jumbo perch.
They said chartreuse jigs worked best. They were done fishing
by noon and headed home. Dan and Matt fished the afternoon on
Sunday and brought in 6 walleyes plus 3 saugers. Charlie and Matson
arrived on Saturday. They caught 20 fish and kept 8 with a couple of
decent sized ones. Gary & Bill kept four nice walleyes all
measuring 18-19", one jumbo perch and also released a 24 1/2"
walleye. They have their saugers for taking home and some
of their walleyes. Pete will be doing a charter tomorrow.
May 28, 2010: Everyone went out fishing this morning but all were back to
the docks by 10am due to the weather. The winds picked up with
thunder,lightning and lots of rain with it raining pretty much all
day. Gary arrived safely but without Al this year. We will miss
having Al. Gary brought in his walleyes. He was the first boat
on the water this morning and the only one out there for as far as
he could see. Pete and Terri went mushroom hunting but didn't
find any. Mark and Sandy found one morel today. The lake level has
come up a little with the rain. Pete will be bringing our charter
boat to our docks tomorrow as we have been keeping it at Borderview
Resort on the Rainy River.
May 27, 2010: Mark, Sandy and John
found 6 nice morels today. They also have been fishing and did
excellent during their visit. Sandy released a 21 1/2" walleye and
Mark released a 25" walleye. Way to go!! They are fishing in front
of Pine Island now as the water is dirty from the rain and is moving
out onto the lake from the bay. But they are still hammering the
fish bringing in nice keepers measuring 16-19". Mark also caught a
nice pike and they caught their saugers plus 3 jumbo perch. They are
going home with limits. Sandy made her famous "walleye cakes" and
shared with Pete and I. They are fantastic! Kevin, Naomi and Pat had
excellent fishing using shiners they brought up with them. Naomi
caught a jumbo perch and Pat released a 25" walleye and a 23"
walleye. Way to go Pat!! They had nice fish to take home with
them plus they ate fish everyday. They said they are taking home
limits of walleyes and saugers and figure they must have caught
around 200 fish in a couple of days.
May 25, 2010: Matt and Cooper went
out this afternoon fishing in 16' of water. They had awesome fishing
coming back to shore in just a few hours. Matt said they caught
their limits within an hour and then used up the rest of their
minnows, releasing all fish and heading to the docks. Mark, Sandy
and John are having excellent fishing, catching nice walleyes and
saugers and having plenty of fish to eat. Francis and Jan have also
been doing well. Jan caught and released a 25 1/2" walleye that she
says was most certainly longer as Francis put his hand underneath
the fish while measuring it. Wonder what the actual measurement was?
Francis released a 26 1/2" pike also. They had a good time and
caught plenty of fish.
May 23, 2010: Happy Birthday Sam Richardson
and Happy 35th Anniversary to Sherry and Merlin Johnson!!
The fish are still biting and the beautiful sunny days
continue. Merlin, Sherry, Eain, Brice and Jacob spent the afternoon
fishing in just 16' of water near Morris Gap. They anchored and
jigged with minnows, doing excellent. They came in with their limits
of beautiful walleyes and released 4 big fish. Eain Johnson of
Williams released a 25", 26" and 27" walleye! Way to go Eain. Sherry
Johnson of Williams released a 27" walleye. They had a wonderful
day. Mark, Sandy and John came in by noon with 2 jumbo perch, one
measuring 13", 2 saugers and 2 walleyes.
May 22, 2010: Another good day for
everyone. Matt's group left for home with limits for all in the
group. They had a good time. Rich, Matt, Rick, Matt, Kent and Myron
fished today doing well and bringing in the fish they needed to get
their limits. Kent released a 20" walleye and Rich released a 21"
walleye. The winds picked up today from the southeast. Pete and
Terri found lots of wild asparagus for dinner tonight!
May 21, 2010: Pete ran a charter
today taking out Rich, Matt, Rick, Matt, Myron and Kent. They had an
excellent day catching lots of nice walleyes to eat and released
some slot fish. Myron released a 23" walleye and they released a
handful of 20" or so fish. They also had a couple of keeper saugers.
Donny and his partner did well keeping a limit of nice ones for both
plus they released a 27 1/2" walleye and a 29 1/2" walleye that they
caught in 30' of water. Way to go guys!! Everyone is still catching
fish!
May 18, 2010: Very good fishing since
the opener. Matt, Dick, Smiley, Mike and Dave checked in on Saturday
and have been getting some nice walleyes. Tonight Mike caught and
released a 28 1/4" walleye in 16' of water. He also caught a 24
1/4" walleye in 25' of water. Smiley released a 21" walleye in 25'
of water and Dave released a 26 3/4" walleye caught in 25' of water.
They have kept all nice 18" and 19" walleyes using jigs tipped with
minnows, mostly drifting. They have been fishing all
different depths from 10 to 28 feet.
May 16, 2010: Another great day of
fishing for everyone. Lots of boats on the lake this weekend and
beautiful weather. In fact, I think this is the warmest opener we
have seen in the 19 years we have been here. High
today around 75-80 and will be all next week. Cheri, Andy and Steve
had wonderful fishing. They went home with limits of 16",
17", 18" and 19" walleyes for all plus 2 jumbo perch and one nice
sauger. Andy released two 21" walleyes. They were jigging while
anchored and said the best colors were orange, green and
white/black. Pete, Terri, Ruth and Vicki went out this afternoon for
3-4 hours after a harvesting a bounty of morels from the woods.
We found around 200 mushrooms this morning and plan on having fish
with them! The goldens have started as we found 3 of them. The
fish were biting in 25' of water. We caught and missed lots of
bites. Ruth released a 21 1/2" walleye and Pete released a 21"
walleye. Ruth also lost a nice one around 25" right at the top of
water, so we got to see it and would have had to put it back anyway.
Vicki caught the first fish today and she also found the first
mushrooms! We came in with 10 keepers. Oh, by the way, the
woodticks are also out!
May 15, 2010: Opener: The morning
started out with a good bite and then slowed up a few hours later.
Pete ran a charter trip today taking out Eric, Lynn, Rick and Deb.
They had a great day of fishing with Deb catching lots of fish and
doing the best she has ever done. She released 3 slot walleyes
measuring 19 3/4", 21" and 23 3/4". Way to go Deb!! Rick released a
21". Eric lost a huge fish that went under the boat and straightened
out his hook. Pete released a 25" walleye. They anchored and jigged
with minnows and leeches. The group limited on walleyes and also
kept one sauger and one jumbo perch. Rick, Tom and Larry had a super
good day of fishing bringing in limits for the 3 of them all
measuring 17,18 and 19". They anchored in 16' of water and jigged.
Tomorrow Rick says they are trolling or drifting with spinner baits,
depending upon the wind. It was sunny today with a high around 75.
Terri, Ruth and Vicki went mushroom hunting today and brought home
93 morels. We sauteed them for dinner - they were delicious. We have
been finding morels for about 2 weeks now. Supposed to
stay warm thru next week with temps in 70-80 degree range. The
white morels should be popping up maybe!
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