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 WELCOME TO WALLEYE RETREAT

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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