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SUMMER REPORTS

Sherry with her 24" walleye

Jonny with his walleye

Cassie in action

Cassie with walleye

Josh with walleye

Kelli with 26" walleye in front of Pine Island

Adrian & Jimmy with walleyes

Pete's 44" northern pike (released) caught on 6 lb line

Sankara with his first walleye - 19 1/4"

Sierra with her first walleye - 19" 

Sierra with 34" northern pike (her biggest fish)

Jeremy holding his 29" walleye

5 year old Jacob and his grandma Sherry with her 31" walleye

June 27, 2009: Rainy and very windy today, too rough to get on the lake. Last night the bite turned on. Jake, Mitch, Matt, Andy, Brian and Dave brought in 14 keepers last night jigging with crawlers. Jake Tabbert of Inver Grove Hgts caught a 15 1/2" smallmouth bass, a nice perch around 13-14" and he also released a 22 1/2" walleye and a 27 1/2" walleye. Wow, what a fishing trip for him! He also caught lots of keepers and throw backs. Mitch Toborg of Inver Grove Hgts released two 26" walleyes plus a 26 1/2" walleye. Way to go Mitch! Matt Mikel of Inver Grove Hgts relesaed a 22" and 23 1/2" walleye caught on spinner rigs. They caught lots of 15-19" keepers. The group also caught lots of small pike and (3) walleyes in the 15-17" range trolling in Bostic Creek. Tim, Linda and Devin are having a good week. Tim Sann of Mosinee, WI released a 24" walleye and a 26 1/2" walleye. Way to go Tim!! They are taking home fish that are 17 1/2" to 19". Dale, Donna, Traylen and Kelly spent the past week here fishing and enjoying the sunny days. Thursday night they had a nice steady bite and caught 40 fish. During the week they released some slot fish with Dale releasing a 23", Kelly 21 1/2", Traylen released a 24" walleye and a 36" pike. Donna caught one pike and 3 walleyes. They headed home with close to their limits.

June 23, 2009: The bite was slower today but still catching some. Devin Sann released another big walleye today that measured 27". He is using spinner rig with crawlers. His grandma Linda Sann released a 25" and his grandpa Tim Sann caught a 19 3/8" for his largest. Chet and Sandy released all fish caught today. Yesterday Sandy kept an 18 1/2" walleye and a 19" on Monday. Francis and Jan spent a week with us and enjoyed the fishing. Jan released 22" and 25" walleyes. Her husband Francis released a 24" and a 21". Way to go Francis!!  They caught a lot of fish during their stay taking home their 8 fish walleyes, 5 perch,  plus ate fish during the week. Pete, Terri, Sherry & Merlin fished 3-4 hours bringing in 8 walleyes. We anchored and jigged with frozen shiners. We put back lots of small fish. Sherry Johnson of Williams released a 24" walleye. Way to go Sherry!! Beautiful weather here this week with lots of sunshine. We did get 3/4" of rain yesterday. Reports of hail in Williams.

June 22, 2009: Devin Sann of Westin, WI caught and released a 27 1/2" walleye today - Way to go Devin!!! That was his biggest walleye - he got a picture. I need to get a report from his group. Hot fishing today with everyone catching fish. Greg, Pam, Bill and Debbie had a super day with the group getting their limit of walleyes. Bill Conley of Baudette relased a 29 3/4" walleye. Way to go Bill!! Deb Zentner of Baudette released a 23". Pam Baker of Birchview Resort released a 26" walleye. Way to go Pam!! They anchored and jigged with frozen shiners. They kept all 17,18,19" walleyes. Billy's boat from Wigwam Resort was fishing alongside of them and they also caught their limit of walleyes for 6 on board. Paul from Wheeler's Point Resort was fishing a group in the same area and they also did well. High of 75 degrees today and very humid.

June 21, 2009: Todd and Scot headed to Knight Island and caught fish but said they were smaller size and today was slower. Sandy and Chet kept 6 walleyes today fishing in 20' of water. Sandy Burclaw of Wisc released a 20 1/2" plus a 25" walleye. Way to go Sandy!! Kelly & Traylen are here with his parents, arriving late afternoon yesterday. Kelly and Traylen went out in the evening for a short time and came back with their limit of walleyes. We are having beautiful weather with highs from 75-85 degrees this week.

June 20, 2009: Jack, Charles and Randy had an excellent day of fishing near Garden Island. Randy called me to report the bite was "hot" in 10-14' of water and also trolling in 14-18' of water with shadraps was super. They fished around Knight Island and landed a smallmouth and a couple of pike. Randy said "it was the best trip ever". His grandfather Charles relesaed a 21", Randy released a 21" and Jack released a 21 1/2" and a 27". Way to go guys!! Yesterday they fished Knight Island with the group getting 10 perch including a 12" as the biggest. They caught some saugers with the largest at 16 1/2" and released the following slot fish: Jack Kipka released 20 1/2", 21" plus the 24" he caught earlier in the week. Charles Kriefels biggest walleye measured 18 1/2" and Randy Kriefels released a 25" walleye. They ate fish everyday while here plus took home their limits of walleyes. Jan Carlson of Guttenberg, IA released a 25 1/2" walleye she caught on a crawler. Way to go Jan!! Her husband Francis say's it is a good thing he brought her along as she is outfishing him by a long shot. Yesterday they kept 4 walleyes using leeches and crawlers. Jan caught a nice new rod n reel off the bottom of the lake. Jim & Kathy had a nice stay. Kathy Litscher of Wisconsin released a 21 1/2" walleye. They took home 9 fish in the 16-19" range and ate lots of 14-15" fish while here. Todd & Scot had excellent fishing saying they could have had their limit in an hour. They went across the lake and moved around quite a bit, catching fish most spots. They released quite a few 20" fish and a 22". They also kept 2 perch and limited on very nice walleyes. They used leeches, crawlers and frozen shiners. They also tried downrigging for a little while, but that didn't produce any fish.

June 19, 2009: Kelli, Jesse, Josh, Cassie and Jonny Woodford of Champlin went out on the charter boat with Pete for a half day of fishing. They had super fantastic fishing with the family getting their limit of walleyes plus 3 saugers. They jigged in 29' of water with frozen shiners and leeches. 6 yr old Jonny caught a 16" walleye for his biggest plus he caught several more. Josh caught two walleyes at 18 1/2" and Jesse got the largest at 19 1/2". No slot fish caught. They had a fish fry so they could go out on the water again. Tonight they kept two measuring 15 1/2" and 16 1/2". Kelli caught two slot fish with one at 23" and the other measuring 26". She was using a gold spinner with a frozen shiner. Way to go Kelli!!  

June 17, 2009: Cloudy today with some wind but still rather nice for fishing. Jim & Kathy are here for a week fishing, bike riding and sightseeing. They caught 5 nice walleyes measuring 15". Jack, Randy, Charles and Jamie came in around noon today with their limits of both walleyes and saugers. They fished in 8-15' of water. Jerry, Ginny and Bertie went out for another half day on the charter with Pete. They had better fishing today with the fish biting right away in 34' of water. Then they tried 30' of water and did even better catching nicer size fish including one 18". They finished getting their limits to take home.

June 16, 2009: Jack Kipka did well fishing alone today with him getting (3) 14" walleyes near Lighthouse Gap. He also released 3 small fish and a 24" walleye. He caught the big walleye in the Morris Gap at 9:30 pm, just before dark. Jerry, Virginia and Bertie fished a half day with Pete on the charter boat today. They had a slow start getting one small sauger as their only fish up til 11:30am. Then they found a better spot that netted them 1 sauger and 9 walleyes. Also Jerry Gove of Trego, WI released a 21" walleye and his sister-in-law Bertie Niehoff of Mondovi, WI released a 23" walleye. Pete released a couple of slot fish also. Way to go guys! Bob stopped by the dock to tell us he had a "bad day" as he didn't get any keepers, just small fish. He was onto asparagus picking for the remainder of the day.  Beautiful weather today with high in mid 70's and lots of sunshine. Yesterday we hit 84 degrees and was very muggy out.

June 14, 2009: Beautiful weather today with sunny skies and temps around 75-80 degrees. Julie, Chris, Amber, Aaron, James and Tyler all spent the weekend at the lake. They fished on Saturday with the group getting 6 small walleyes, one perch and Tyler landing a big walleye. Tyler McIntosh of Argyle, MN caught a 29" walleye in 20 ft of water using a gold hammered spinner tipped with a crawler. It was the first fish of the day caught. He didn't want to drag it around on a stringer so they came back to shore and put it in the freezer and went back out but said they couldn't find their exact spot again.

June 12, 2009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDEE ANDERSON!! Very nice weather today, in fact, is our first nice day in weeks. Temp up to 75  and we actually got to wear T-shirts! Pete and I went looking for asparagus and got enough for a meal. We also looked for morels and only found 3. Eain Johnson of Williams found a bounty of big white ones yesterday. Harlan, Marvin, Pat, Jimmy, Fritz and Mark had some good fishing with the group taking home their limits of walleyes and only short 3 saugers. They also had 2 fish fries. They fished all day today and said it was slow, but around 6pm when the skies darkened, just before we received an inch of rain, the fish turned on and they caught 4 nice walleyes plus Fritz Wegscheider of Maplewood, MN caught a big walleye measuring 25". He caught a 27" walleye on a jig with a minnow in 18' of water at Lighthouse Gap, and he caught a 29" pike in front of the pine tree on Pine Island. Yesterday it was tough fishing out of Zippel area with them catching mostly smaller fish and getting a nice one here and there. They did get a 16" and 17" at Zippel, then headed over and fished in front of Pine Island and caught another 2 walleyes there. They said they mostly fished in 19-20' of water. Tony Bacon of Baudette is home on a week leave from the Marines and brought his mom and grandmother along for a day of fishing in the bay for big pike. He was using a homemade bait with a fly rod. He caught a 40" pike on it! He also caught two 20" and a 22" pike. Way to go Tony!

June 11, 2009: Phil & Carla had some good fishing with them catching 4 walleyes measuring 14, 14, 16 and 18". They ran out of bait last night the fish were biting so well. Hot Pink was good in the am and green/yellow in the pm. Carla caught a huge perch measuring over 13". They also kept two 13" saugers. They ate fish during their stay. Phil Guolee of Gleason, WI caught and released a 23" walleye. Way to go Phil! He also lost a big pike around 35-40" that broke his 6 lb line right at the boat.

June 9, 2009:  Phil and Carla fished for awhile today but it got windy and started storming. They caught 3 walleyes and 1 perch. Yesterday was a miserable day with cold temps and rainy, windy. Sunday they caught all saugers and kept 2 of them. Pat's group kept enough for a meal.

June 6, 2009: 26 degrees this morning! Had to scrape the windshields in town. Guess we are setting record low today. Cyrus Resort has a group of 18 fishing on 3 boats with Pete, Troy and Phil taking them out today and yesterday. Yesterday was tough fishing with 25-30 MPH gusts and very big waves, some 6-7 footers. The boats headed for Zippel hoping to hide from some of the wind. They anchored and jigged with Pete's boat bringing in 23 walleyes/saugers, Troy's boat came in early and kept 6 and Phil's boat kept 27. They said it was cold and rough and they all came in early and had a fish fry. Today they had fairer weather but still cold, lighter winds. They caught more fish to fill their limits for both walleye/sauger. Troy did better the second day. Lots of asparagus being found with pickings every 3-4 days. Still not finding much for mushrooms. Our oak and ash trees still haven't leafed out.

June 4, 2009: Ron and Alexia spent a week at the resort and had a good time even though the temps were cooler and more rain than you would prefer on vacation. Ron Osterbrink of Mosinee, WI released three walleeys at 21" and also a 22 1/2" plus a 24" he caught while trolling in the channel here on Bostic Creek. They threw back lots of 15'16" fish and t ook home the following travelers: (2) 16 1/2, (2) 17 1/2, (2) 19 1/4, plus an 18 1/2 and 18. Mark and Bruno headed home with their limits of both walleyes and saugers after spending a week here plus eating fish most everyday.  

June 3, 2009: Pete had a charter today and I tagged along with Mark and 92 year old Bruno. Fishing started out slow for us, trying the Morris Gap first. I caught one nice 18" walleye and that was it. We then headed over to Lighthouse Gap to fish alongside Paul from Wheeler's Point as his boat was catching lots of fish, mostly smaller ones, but some keepers in the mix. We fished there for over an hour and didn't add anything to the box. Mark did released a 15" and a couple of small ones. Then we headed out to 32' of water to join Billy from Wigwam. He was doing well with his group of 6. We anchored and jigged, but it took awhile before we got any bites. We were using fatheads and Billy had frozen shiners. The net was up and down like a flag on his boat. Then we started to get some bites and we did well catching more keepers and releasing lots of small fish. Around 2pm the bite stopped totally for us, Billy's boat and they quit biting at both gaps. We headed toward the Morris Gap and tryed drifting with spinner rigs in 20' of water. We did really well there getting bites immediately and adding some more keepers to the box. We came in 9 fish. Mark and Bruno are here for a week and were selective in keeping fish. Pete and I kept a limit of the smaller ones for dinner tonight.

June 2, 2009: Very windy today - no one on the lake. Tim and George headed home as did John, Denise and Dane. Pete and Terri went mushroom hunting today and found only about 10 of them. Still too cold I think. Also found a bunch of wild asparagus. Steamed it and was that delicious! First time for picking asparagus!

June 1, 2009: Pete ran a charter today taking out Tim and George. They had a great day of fishing with the guys bringing in their limits of walleyes plus 1 sauger and 4 jumbo perch by 1:30pm. Tim and George fished the bay in a small boat this evening catching a couple of small pike and they are positive they caught and released a 2.4 oz large mouth bass. Have never heard of any large mouth in our lake. John, Denise and Dane fished today doing well. They caught 30 fish and kept 10. Dane lost a big perch right at the boat and his dad say's it is the biggest perch he has seen in years. They wee using fatheads. Chartreuse was working well. They also caught two 14" saugers.

May 31, 2009: Very windy today, tough fishing. Mark caught 3 small walleyes. He also caught a sauger he was reeling in when it suddenly got harder to reel. A pike around 15 pounds had attacked his sauger trying to eat it. The pike got away. Yesterday was also windy so Mark Barclay of Chanhassen fished solo on the lake in front of Pine Island. He did very well trolling with a silver shad rap catching (3) 18" walleyes and released a 22" and 26". He had fun. Way to go Mark!! He caught a total of 13 walleyes that evening.

May 30, 2009: Cold and windy today. All cabins checked out today except for Alexia and Ron. They fished the channel in the bay with Alexia catching a nice 19 1/4" walleye and they also caught two pike. Bill, Jeff and Richard spent a week here and had a great time fishing. They took home their limits of walleyes plus a few saugers. They also released a 37" pike and three 38" pike.

May 29, 2009: Ron and Alexia arrived today and went out fishing this afternoon bringing in 5 walleyes measuring 14, 15, 16, 17 1/4 and 19 1/4". Mona and Deb got 5 keepers today all measuring 17-18". Mona Jaudzimis of Carol Stream, IL released a 21" walleye today. Way to go Mona!! Mark Jurca of Genoa, IL released a 21" and his brother Tom Jurca of Coralville, IA also released a 21" walleye. Way to go guys!! The group of 4 are taking home limits of walleyes plus 2 saugers. Gary, Bill & Al caught multitudes of 14-16" walleyes the past week. Gary Deibert of South Elgin, IL released a 25" walleye. Al Heyob of Elgin, IL released a 23" and 24" and Bill Range of Palm Springs, CA released a 38" pike and a 25" walleye. Way to go guys!!! They drifted with minnows today. The 3 of them took home their limits of walleyes, all nice ones. The group from Illinois all had a great week and they missed Sandy not being here this year. Craig, Donna, Wanda, Steve, Jerry and Pat had a good time this past week. They fished the river on a windy day but didn't keep any, they headed to Morris Gap after the wind died down and kept 5. Steve Washkuhn of Siren, WI released 24" and 27" walleyes. Way to go Steve!! Wade and Ryan did pretty good and went home with limits. The group ate fish during their stay and also took some fish home. It has been a cold and rainy week. Not finding much for mushrooms but are finding some.

May 26, 2009: Happy Birthday Mom!! Still raining here with 10-20 MPH winds today. Some are fishing on the river and some are hanging out in their cabins.

May 25, 3009: Rainy and windy all day. Some went out fishing this morning but was slow. Mark and John caught a couple of keepers along with Mona and Deb in their new boat they just bought the day before they headed up here. They are really liking that big new boat! Cheri and Andy went out this morning and came in around 1pm. They said it was slow and they caught some small fish.

May 24, 2009: Mark & John had a good day keeping 7 fish. They went out early and the bite was pretty good but slowed down once the boats starting showing up. He said the fish went deeper as the pressure came on. They did get a few nice walleyes in 18 ft of water using crawlers. They also tried leeches which are working. Mark is sure missing Sandy and so are the rest of us. Wish you were here Sandy!! Miss your walleye cakes too! Gary, Al & Bill caught lots of 14-16" walleyes today. Al caught an 18" and Gary Deibert of South Elgin released a 26" walleye. Way to go Gary!  Jim and his wife Diane brought their kids Adrian and Jimmy Jr up for the weekend. They had excellent fishing. Diane Krzesowick of Elk River, MN released a 26" walleye yesterday and a 33" northern pike. Way to go Diane! On Friday Jim Krzesowick Sr released a 26 1/2" walleye, 21" walleye and he also lost a big pike at the boat. Jim Jr lost a 25-26" walleye at the boat too! Adrian kept a 19 1/2" walleye. Jim Jr. caught two nice keepers today. The family caught around 30 fish and kept 16 of them. Chartreuse with a red eye, silver jigs and orange with red hook worked great for them. They had good fishing all weekend and ate lots of fish. Cheri, Andy, Steve, Mary, Kevin and Naomi had slower fishing today but still got some. They brought in 16 keepers for dinner. Craig and Donna's group kept 9 fish trolling today. Pete and Terri went mushroom hunting and found around 20 mushrooms. They are hard to find this year. Haven't found any asparagus yet either. Eain, Sara, Walt, Shelly and all the kids, Bryce, Erica, Eli and Lanae all went out for the afternoon. They kept 16 fish. Very nice out with lots of sunshine today and light winds. Beautiful.....

May 23, 2009: Laura, Daryl, Mary and Richard caught 3 pike, 6 walleyes and 1 sauger trolling. Bill, Jeff and Richard kept five 16-17" walleyes and Bill Matoon of Britt, Iowa released two 25" walleyes plus a 23 1/2" walleye. Wow, way to go Bill!! His group is using crawlers. Cheri, Andy, Steve, Mary, Kevin and Naomi had a super day of fishing with the group limiting for all. They had a great big fish fry tonight. Naomi and Kevin forgot the net and lost two big walleyes at the boat, they came back in for the net and headed back out. Craig and Donna kept 7 fish today. Pete, Terri, Mary and Steve went out for the evening. We caught lots of fish but were selective keeping only 17" to 19" fish. We jigged first and right before dark we tried trolling shallow with shadraps which worked well. We trolled for 10 minutes and caught 4 walleyes bam,bam. They were nice 16-17" fish. We kept 7 walleyes.

May 22, 2009: Gary and Al limited on walleyes today. They also caught lots of little saugers. Cheri, Andy, Kevin and Naomi fished for a couple of hours this afternoon and came in with 10 keepers they wanted to eat right away. Then they headed back out for the evening bite. Laura and Daryl went out today and caught their limits trolling.

May 21, 2009: Gary & Al went mushroom hunting this afternoon and found about dozen of them. They also went out fishing for the evening but haven't seen them for a report yet. Al is back this year and we are happy to see him! Unfortunately, Sandy couldn't come up with Mark this year and we will miss her. Mark say's he misses her already and she always caught lots of fish. We are full for the Memorial weekend and it should be super fishing.

May 20, 2009: Fish are still biting. Pete and Greg went out this evening and fished in 5 ft of water jigging with frozen shiners. Only took them 2 hours to get their limits. Tom and Jean were fishing beside them and they also caught their limits. A few morels are being found here and there and looks like they are just starting. Pete and I haven't found any yet but the woodticks found me!

May 18, 2009: Happy Birthday Sankara!!

May 17, 2009: Georgeous weather today with hardly any wind. Peter and Terri went out on the boat today with Sankara and Sierra. We had great fishing bringing in our limits of 16-19 1/4" walleyes. Today is the first time Sierra and Sankara have caught walleyes and they really enjoyed it. Sierra also caught a 34" pike (released) and Pete released a 20" pike. No big walleyes today. Sankara caught the largest walleye at 19 1/4". We were back to the dock by 1:30 with our fish. Lots of boats out there today. We anchored and jigged with frozen shiners.

May 16, 2009: Very windy, rainy and cold today. Rick, Rich & Matt headed with their boat to Zippel and launched over there. They did well keeping 12 fish. Matt, Kent and Jeremy fished the washout this evening after the winds died down. They kept 10 walleyes and Jeremy Plaster caught a 29" walleye he is taking to the taxidermist. Way to go Jeremy!!

May 15, 2009: Got the official weight and length on Sherry's fish from the taxidermy. Her walleye weighed 10 lbs, 10 oz and measured 31 inches and had already spawned. Pete ran a charter today taking out Matt, Richie, Rick, Matt, Kent and Myron. Everyone dressed warm with temp of 34 this morning and windy. The sun did come out and it actually was pretty nice on the water for the most part of the day til the wind picked up and started raining around 2:30. The guys did well catching some nice fat walleyes in the 18-19" range, jigging with frozen shiners and live fatheads. They also had one big jumbo perch. Matt Spaulding released a 26" walleye. Pete released a 44" northern and they also released a 36" sturgeon. They had a great day of fishing bring in their limits of walleyes. The water level is high this year with no navigating problems for boats. Just wish it would warm up some. Still waiting to go mushroom hunting.

May 10, 2009: The bite was a little slower today but still very good. Beautiful weather with sunny skies and very light, light winds, much warmer out. Pat, Pete and Scott fished in Four Mile Bay yesterday near the Lighthouse gap along with many other boats. They caught their limits of nice walleyes keeping all 18 and 19" fish. They released lots of slot fish including a 28 1/2" and a 25". Scott said a boat next to them released 19 walleyes that were just over 20" plus they released 10 walleyes over 28". Merlin, Sherry, Carrie, Jacob, Steve, Pete & Terri went out at 10 am and we drifted again, moving very little at all. We fished deeper today as the skies were much brighter and caught our fish in 12-17' of water. Sherry Johnson of Williams caught a beautiful 31" walleye on a chartreuse jig tipped with a frozen shiner. She is getting her fish mounted. Way to go Sherry!! Her 5 yr old grandson Jacob Johnson caught and released a 27" walleye that he caught all by himself - no help except netting it and he caught his limit today! Steve was netting Jacob's big walleye when the net broke in half and Steve grabbed the fish with his hands. What an exciting time we had. Pete released a 25" and Terri released a 26" walleye. Steve Bonneville of Champlin released a 20" and a 23". Orange and chartreuse were the hot colors today. None of us have tried gold yet, imagine that? Steve used the same jig all weekend, never had to tie on a new one. We fished til 1pm and came in with 16 keepers. Bill, Nolan and Jake fished today and did well putting back a 25" and 26". Amy Gens of Baudette released 3 big walleyes today; 29 1/2", 29 1/2" and a 30". Way to go Amy!!! Everyone is catching fish!! We will be looking for morels soon and asparagus. Can't wait to make a meal of those plus walleye.

May 9, 2009: Great Fishing Opener Today! Sure seems like a long time since we have fished for walleye. Today wasn't too bad for weather and pretty fantastic for the fishing. We had light winds today and cloudy skies and a few scattered snowflakes fell throughout the day, but really not too bad for fishing. Lots of boats on the water today. Pete, Terri, Steve and Matt went out around 3pm and had a slow start for catching but within 1/2 hour we were into the fish and they bit well. Most boats were anchored but we didn't throw ours out as the winds were so light you barely moved along. We caught most of our fish in 7-12 ft of water. Blue and blue/glow and blue and black were good colors today with our overcast skies. We caught our limit of walleyes plus one sauger within 2 hours and were back to shore. All our fish were 16-19" and we put back only two fish over the slot, one at 20" and Terri caught a 26" walleye she released. Lots of big fish being caught today. Steve and Mike caught their limits this morning right away and had a great time. Nolan, Jake & Bill fished the morning and came in with their limits by noon. From what we hear everyone on the lake got their limits today. There are no emerald shiners to be found at the bait stores, only spot tailed shiners. We used shiners we had in the freezer left over from the winter and they worked super. Lots of walleyes being fried up tonight!