Fishing Reports ~ Lake of the Woods
Provided by Pete and Terri
JR holding 42" pike
(released)
Todd with 28 1/2" walleye
(sleeper house)
Adam with 24" walleye
(released)
Nice Pike!
8 yr old Meghan with two nice
walleyes (sleeper house)
Ken Fredrick holding 30"
walleye
Merri with 24" walleye
(released) Portable fishing
Jeremy & Becca holding 27"
walleye (released from sleeper house) caught at
7pm
Kevin with huge
eelpouts
Brian holding 23" walleye
(released) sleeper house
Becky's 27" walleye
(released)
Dave
Eliason holding 23 1/2" walleye (released)
Randy Zimmer with 29" walleye
(released)
Eric with 29 1/2" walleye
(kept)
Greg Schulte with 25" walleye
(released)
Patrick with 22" walleye
(released)
WINTER
REPORTS
February 2, 2012: Been
kind of quiet here the past few days with just a few people out
fishing. Dale & John did okay out deep keeping 14 fish the first
day out, eating fish and then another 9 the second day. Cory
and Randy fished the afternoon today and kept 9 . Bob's group were
in a sleeper house and had pretty good fishing. They caught lots
of fish and took home fish.
January 30, 2012: Amber &
David spent a few days in the sleeper and had good fishing. They
ate fish and are taking home limits. David released a 23" and Amber's
biggest walleye measured 18 5/8". They also had some 17" fish.
They had a good time, taking home 2 walleyes and 14 saugers. David,
Luke, Matt and Cody had slow fishing keeping 15 fish. Matt released
a 27" walleye. Way to go Matt! Kraig Sr, Kraig Jr &
Paul were in a sleeper house. They said Sunday was a good day. They
caught one eelpout and kept 8 saugers/walleyes.
January 28, 2012: Greg,
John & Brad used their wheelhouse going out of Adrian's Road to
30' of water. They had great fishing keeping 8 the first day out and
another 6 today. John's largest fish was 17" and weighed 2.2 lbs. 14
yr old Brad is on his first walleye fishing trip and did very well
catching some nice walleyes with his biggest weighing 5 pounds and
he also caught a 19" that weighed 2.1 lbs. They also had a 19 1/2"
walleye that weighed 2.2 lbs. They kept nice 15, 16, 17 and 19"
fish. Deb, George & Glen had a super weekend catching lots of
fish. They said the am was very good and the pm slowed down for
them. They caught their limits but no slot fish. They had 18"
walleye and 18" sauger for their largest fish and said they kept six
fish at 17-18". Tom, Steve and Chad limited this weekend and also
released a 23" walleye. Todd, Ron, Garrit, Kevin and Brad had a good
time catching lots of fish and filling out. Todd caught a nice 28
1/2" walleye on a chartreuse/glow stopsign. They also released 20",
23" and 24" walleyes. Gerry, Dolly, Troy, Kim and Cody said that
Friday was great. They limited, ate 20 fish on Friday night and
then caught another 20 keepers to take home on Saturday. They had a
great time. Dolly released a 25", Jerry released 22" and 23", Troy
released a 20 1/2" and Cody released 21" and 23" walleyes. Way to
go!! Dan & Gary were in a sleeper house and did very well
catching around 100 fish. They ate a bunch and kept 12 to take home
that measured 15-16". Dan also released 20 1/2" and 23" walleyes.
They said they caught mostly saugers. This was their first time
walleye fishing and also staying in a sleeper house and they really
enjoyed it.
January 26, 2012: Neil,
Gary & Jim had fantastic fishing today and yesterday. They
caught lots of fish, took home limits, ate fish and Jim released
a 20"walleye. Al & Joyce fished today and kept 12 fish
which included one 19" walleye and 11 saugers. They also released
two 23", 20" and 21" walleyes. Way to go you two!!
January 22, 2012: Mark & Lori spent the weekend in a sleeper doing well.
This morning they kept
1 walleye, 2 sauger and one tullibee, plus 3 eelpout. Yesterday they
kept 4 walleye, 6 saugers and 2 tullibee. Mark & Shawn kept
8 yesterday and another 8 today to get their limits.
January 21, 2012: Some
groups are still experiencing an excellent catch while a few others
are not. Scott's sleeper group said it was slow for them with the 4
of them keeping only 13 fish. Shawn's group is also in sleepers
and they are having a great time catching lots of 17" fish and
saying they caught 12 nice keeper walleyes their first night out.
They also released a 23" walleye. Pat's group had awesome fishing
getting their limits of walleyes and saugers easily on Friday. Dan's
group did well. Nate's group said they had a good bite on Friday but
that today was much slower.
January 19, 2012: Dean
& Jane were in a sleeper house. They caught 30 fish and missed
5-6 bites. They ate a couple of meals of fish eating all 13 inchers.
Everything they kept measured over 13" and they had a 19" and
released a 21" walleye. They had a good time. Randall, Jason, Amanda
and James were in a sleeper house for one night. They caught 14
fish, kept 2 and released a 20" walleye. Jim, Cody, Jessica and Gary
said they had a light bite and kept 10 walleye/saugers. Gary
released a 22" and they also caught 5 tullibee and one pike. Rod
& Mark kept 6 fish on Thursday, ate them, fished Friday and kept
14 more.
January 17, 2012: Jim
& Bernie fished two days having kind of slow fishing. They kept
8 their first day out and another 10 the second day. No big fish
caught. Adam, Kyle, John, Junior and Chris had really good
fishing. The one day 9-10am was great with the fish biting steady.
They did well with gold Mepps spoons, Demon's, green glow Macho
minnows tipped with shiner heads. Adam released 22" and 24"
walleyes. Junior released a 42" pike which is the biggest fish he
has caught ice fishing. They really had fun with that. They had nice
keepers getting four saugers at 16", three 17" walleyes, plus two
18" and a 19" among their keepers. The KATO Wolf Pack had another
successful trip this year. Scott, Beau & Greg went home just 2
fish short of their limits so they did well. Arne, Derrill, Chuck
& Dick caught 55 fish each day. They kept 20 the first day out,
ate fish and caught enough the second day to finish getting their
limits. They also caught 2 tullilbee and their biggest walleye
measured 20" which they released. Jim & Larry had really good
fishing. They caught 60 fish each day, limited plus ate fish for 2
nights. Their largest walleye measured 18 1/2" and they kept 16" and
17" fish. Their smallest keeper was 16" so they had a really
nice pail full.
January 15, 2012: Travis
& Ordean stayed in a sleeper house catching lots of fish. Their
largest keeper measured 19 1/4" and they kept lots of 14-15" fish.
They ate fish in the sleeper and took home their limits. They also
caught 20" and 30" eelpout. Billy & Adam fished a few hours
today keeping 2 walleyes plus 14 saugers. Ross' group were in
a sleeper house and said they "did good". Lars, Lance, Dave, Tony,
Ken and Dan used their portables fishing in 29' of water the first
day keeping 29 fish. Their second day they fished in 32' of
water and kept 38 fish. Their biggest walleye measured 23". Gary,
Jim, Steve and Butch "fishhog" had great fishing. They caught 102
fish for 3 days of fishing (two were tullibee) with the 3rd day
being best, catching 51. They kept 12 walleyes and the rest were
saugers for their limits. Jeff, Mary & Steve used portables and
had good fishing in 32' of water. They fished about 6 miles
out getting away from everyone. They had really nice saugers
with one measuring 17". Mary released a 21" walleye and Steve
released a 24 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys. Jeff lost a big one.
Matt, Rich & Tyler fished today keeping only 6. They threw back
lots of small fish. Colder temps on the way this week. We have 17
plus inches of ice.
January 14, 2012:
Michelle, Steve, Gene, Gloria, Cheryl & Clint had a
good day of fishing keeping 32. Gene lost a big one and also broke
his line on a second big fish. John, Andy, Terry, Bruce, Lynn,
Adam,& Tony kept 32 on Friday and another 32 today. They
released 22" and 24" walleyes. They had a good time. Jason, Dale,
Kevin & Nate kept 11 fish and had nice 16 and 17". They also
released 21" and 23" walleyes. Dan, Annette & Brian fished in
28' and also 23' of water and said the bite was about the same in
both placees. They kept 12 fish today and will head out for more
tomorrow.
January 12, 2012: Neil
& Tom fished two days getting their limits, catching 52 fish
each day. Tom released a 22" and his biggest keeper measured 19".
John & Kevin caught 40 fish for 2 days.
January 10, 2012:
Darren, Rob, Reed, Aron, Dick, Raylyn & Larry had very
good fishing the past 2 days. The first day out Dick and Ray kept 10
nice keepers. They caught lots of small fish and said today was
a good day being especially fantastic in the one house. Larry
was the eelpout "king" this year catching an enormous one. Rob was
saying "Victory" as he limited and was very happy. Ray released
a 21" walleye and the group went home just 4 fish short of their
limits. Mike, Jim and Andy had slower fishing than a few days
ago keeping 14. Mike released a 21 1/2" walleye. Horst, Norbert,
Jerry & Jim had good fishing catching lots of fish and saying it
was the best they have seen in years. Amber & Charles are here
from Texas with Charles Sr and Grandma Rose. 1st day out they
caught 30, kept 9, 2nd day out they caught 28 and kept 10, 3rd day
out they caught 21, keeping 9. Amber released a 23" walleye and Rose
released a 21 1/2" walleye. Way to go girls!! They had a great time.
Ben stayed solo in a sleeper house and said it was slow for him but
okay. He ate 6 fish on the ice and didn't keep any to take home. He
caught lots of little saugers he released and he also released 24
1/2" and 29" walleyes. Way to go Ben!! Jeff, Roger and Jonathan
had good fishing catching 12 the first day and keeping 10. They
caught 28 the second day, keeping 12. Jonathan released a 23"
walleye. Jeff also caught 2 tullibee with one being very big.
We had misty rain last night and high of 40 today. It was 43 here
yesterday. Most of the snow that fell a few nights ago has melted.
Colder temps on the way for Thursday.
January 9, 2012: Rod,
Jennifer & Eric spent the night in a sleeper house doing very
well keeping 21 fish. Rod released two 25" walleyes. Way to
go!! Chris, Logan and 5 yr old Abby were in a sleeper house
with Grandpa coming along for the weekend. They had a great time
catching lots of fish. This was Abby's first time in a sleeper house
and she loved it.
January 7, 2012: Kent's
group did very well and had fantastic fishing. They released 20",
21" & 22" walleyes. They also had a 12" perch and limited on
walleyes and saugers. They had a great trip. TJ's group in a sleeper
house had "awesome fishing". Chuck, Jerry & Ron said they had
the best day ever taking home limits. Larry, Lenny, Mike & Steve
said their first day out was fair and 2nd day was good. Mike
released a 22 1/2" walleye. Mike, Mark & Kayla had a good day
limiting on fish. Dale, Jason, Dan, and Henry were in a sleeper
house for one night limiting plus releasing 21" and 23"
walleyes.
January 5, 2012: Larry's
group kept 18 fish today. Larry & Ron caught 80-100 fish and
took home limits. Jim, Cody, Jessica and Randy fished one day
limiting on walleyes and saugers. Jim, Bernie & Ralph kept 21
fish and lost some big ones. Travis & Adam fished 1 1/2 hours
this afternoon catching 20 fish and keeping their limit of 16.
We have 16" of ice or more now. Morris Point Resort and Adrian's
Resort are letting pickups out onto the
lake.
January 4, 2012: Awesome
fishing for our groups the past two days. John, Jake, Jimmy &
Greg fished two days and said they got their fish getting 10
saugers today and 8 walleyes to finish off their limits. Yesterday
they kept 6 walleye, 6 saugers and 2 perch. Bill's group
"smacked em" keeping 33 fish yesterday. Al & Joyce had super
great fishing today saying it "was the best ever" since coming up
here for the past 20 years. They threw back tons of keeper sized
fish and took home their limits of very nice size fish. Jerry,
Dustin and Brady "did real good" taking home some
walleye and saugers with the largest measuring 19" plus they had one eelpout, which
is Jerry's favorite fish.
January 2,
2012: Dave, Gordy, Dewey & Tim said their second day of
fishing was much better. They caught mostly saugers and had 3
walleyes. Dave released a 25 1/2" walleye. Way to go Dave! Bob &
Kevin used portables going out of Zippel their first day, saying it
was slow at first but they started getting bites around 3pm, keeping
7 fish. The second day they fished out of Morris in 30' of water
having excellent fishing catching 60-70 walleyes. They kept nice
17", 19", 19 1/2" and released 20", 21" and also some saugers that
were 13-14". They had a really good time.
January 1,
2012: HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
Way too windy for portables with gusts up to 60 MPH and of course,
we have a cold front. We got around 3 inches of snow yesterday and
it is blowing all over on the lake today. The ice pushed in towards
the shore where we cross the hump and the guys had to chisel out a
spot for crossing. Yesterday the fishing was great with Kathy,
Keith, Merri and Mike "slamming em" out in front of Pine Island in deeper
water. Merri released a 24" walleye and Ryan released a 22". They
kept mostly saugers and had a great time. Jeremy, Bobbi & Becca
stayed in a sleeper house having great fishing. Jeremy was
assisted by Becca catching a 27" walleye plus he released a 21" and
24". Way to go!! Becca released a 20". They kept 10 walleyes and
released 8 more. They also kept 9 eelpout with 3 of them over 10
pounds, released 3 pout, kept 12 saugers, released 7 saugers,
released 2 tullibee. They lost a few nice ones. Adam, Travis, Grant
& Cooper fished for an hour or so before dark keeping 6 fish.
Crystal, Scott & Nick fished the afternoon only keeping 10.
Mark, Frank, Mark & Doug used portables fishing 28' of water and
catching their limits. They threw some back they should have kept
for their limits They planned to fish Sunday but the winds kept them
off the ice, so they went home a few shy of limits. They also
fished in 30' of water one day catching 50 fish. Randy, Liz and
their kids Andrew, Tierney & Quinn stayed in a sleeper house
doing pretty good. No slot fish but they caught 30
some fish. The cold front shut the fish down for them.
Greg, Kim and kids Troy, Tyra, Brandon and Pam stayed in a sleeper
catching a half pail of fish with all the fish measuring 14-15"
and up, largest measuring 17 1/2". They caught lots of little ones
and had a good time. Howie & Jana fished all day yesterday
and did really well getting a limit of nice size walleyes.
Howie fished a couple of hours before dark on Friday but no bites.
He also fished til noon today getting 4 nice saugers to take
home with their walleyes. They had fun. They also released lots
of small fish. Ruth fished for a couple of hours and caught one
keeper sauger. Matt, Tony & John kept 13-14 nice quality
fish. They fished a 1/2 day keeping 2 saugers. Dave, Tom, John &
Andy were in a sleeper saying they had a steady bite and did really
well. They caught lots of 14" saugers up to 15 1/2". Andy
released 23" and 25" walleyes. Way to go Andy!! They had 16"
walleyes and their largest measuring 19". Adam & Travis caught 8
keepers this afternoon. Tyler, Matt & Josh fished a couple of
days keeping 10 the first day and 18 the second day using gold jigs
with fatheads.They had a couple of 20" walleyes
on Saturday plus Tyler released 25" and 27" walleyes! Way to go
Tyler!! They fished til noon today and kept 12 more plus missed a
bunch saying today was the best fishing so far.
December 30, 2011: Hank, Ruby, Vivian, Don, Ryan and Hai kept 16 fish today.
Ryan, Owen, Mitchell and Bruce had really good fishing keeping 21
walleye/saugers plus two big eelpout. Kevin and Dan were in a
sleeper
for a couple of days and said today was the best fishing.
Stopsigns were working great and they ate fish and
took home their limits. Brian, Brian, Taso and Kevin were in
a sleeper house and caught a total of 139 fish with 129 of
them being walleye/saugers, 10 eelpout, one perch and one tullibee. They also
said that this morning was the best bite for them. One of
their eelpout weighed 12 pounds. They had a great time. Marty and
his 8 yr old daughter Megan stayed in a sleeper house a
couple of nights and did really good. Megan had a blast and wants
to come back next year. They had nice saugers, ate each nite on the
ice and also caught 4 eelpout. They had some nice 16" walleyes and
a couple of 17" walleyes.Richard, Lester, George & Vern limited saying Friday was their best
day. Richard released 20" walleye and 36" eelpout. Lester released 24 1/2" walleye
and Vern released a 21 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys!
December 29, 2011:
Larry, Pam, Susan, John, Babs, Scott, Becky, Skip and
Jeremy fished 3 days and had excellent super fishing getting their
limits the first day, having a fish fry and eating "a ton of
fish" while here. Rock'n'rolls and Gem'n'eyes, frostees and
forage minnows were working best for them. They released lots of
slot fish with some measuring 21", 22" and Becky released a 27"
walleye. Way to go Becky!! See photo above. They kept nice 17", 19"
and 19 1/4" walleyes for their biggest keepers. Tim, Donny and
Curtis did well getting their limits and also losing 2 big fish at
the hole. John, Brian, Tom and Louie had great fishing catching 108
fish in 2 1/2 days. Brian caught a jumbo perch, Louie got
an 18" sauger and John released 23", 25" and 26" walleyes. Way to go
John!! Jeff, Brian, Greg, Stoney, Merik and Aiden did alright with
Tuesday am being the best and slow in the afternoon. They also
caught a 28" pike. Warren's group kept 20 fish for a half day of
fishing.
December 28, 2011:
Jason, Doug, Matt and Tom caught 70-80 fish their first day
and limited plus getting one perch and 3 tullibee. Matt caught his
first walleye this trip. Jim's group had a blast and said they did
really well. They caught 60 fish. John and Jonathan kept 10 fish and
said it was a little slow for them. Mary and Scott stayed in a
sleeper house, ate fish and took some home but had slower fishing.
Scott, Ryan & Brent stayed in a sleeper house eating fish
and taking home 12 more. Scott released a 21 1/2" walleye and their
largest keepers measure 16 1/2", 17" plus a 16" sauger. They lost a
couple of fish also.
December 26, 2011: Chris and his partner used portables and did very well
catching all big walleyes early in the day and throwing back lots of
them including many 20 inchers. They kept mostly saugers today.
They did land a beautiful 10 pound walleye today also. Dave,
Shannon, Dustin, Damon and Cole spent a
half day on the ice this afternoon keeping a total of 17
fish. Shannon caught a 30" plus eelpout. Their biggest walleye measured
18". They had a good time. Tom, Beau, Dennis,
Warren & Paul kept 27 fish today and said they threw
back around 10. Dale and Ken had a good day of fishing getting
out there early, saying the bite was all morning. They were done by
1:30pm plus Ken Fredrick released a 30" walleye he caught on
a pink stopsign. Way to go Ken!! Frozen shiners are working well.
The sleeper houses are on the lake and are already occupied.
We are not letting any full size vehicles out on the ice as
is too thin yet. We are using our Geo Trackers with carts behind hauling customers We
now have 12-13" of ice. We got a couple
of inches of snow this weekend.
December 22, 2011: Henry
and his two sons Trevor and Tyler spent a night in the sleeper house
catching lots of saugers. They ate 10 and took home 5 the next
morning. Said they caught 50 fish. Trevor released a 20" walleye and
Henry released a 24" walleye. Way to go guys!! Tyler's biggest
walleye measured 18". They had a fun time. Dan caught 40-50
fish getting his limit of 15-17 1/2" fish.
December 21, 2011:
Bruce, Kent, Chris, Lowell, Dave, Jim, Neil, Kenny and Jim
fished two days saying they had the "best fishing in years".
They limited on both saugers and walleyes and said they kept very
nice keepers and had a meal of fish. They also caught 3 eelpout,
Kent caught and released a 30" pike. Chris released a 21" walleye.
They had a great time. Brad and Mike limited for 2 days fo fishing.
Their largest fish measured 18". Bill and Harold caught 78 walleye
and saugers and said their second day of fishing was much better.
They caught lots of nice saugers and had a good time. Rod
& Missy fished two days and did very well saying it is the best
fishing they have seen in all the times up here fishing. Tuesday was
better than today. There was more noise on the lake with houses
being hauled out today. They caught 45 fish yesterday only
fishing from noon til dark. They threw back at least 10 keeper fish.
Missy caught and released a 23 1/2" walleye plus she caught a
19 1/2". Way to go Missy!! Pete and Terri joined them today for a
few hours before dark but it was kinda slow. Terri had 4 bites
catching 3 of them with one being a keeper around 15". The rest were
smaller. Pete caught an eelpout and also a few small ones. We did
get a couple more keepers. Bill and his two partners kept 17 fish
today having a great day. They were using stopsigns and said that
they couldn't keep the fish off of them.
December 19, 2011: Joe,
Dave, Gary, John, Erik, Peter and Josh Eliason had a super great
time while fishing the past few days. They caught lots and lots of
fish on gold lead head jigs with black eyes. Half of their fish were
17-19" and the remainder measured 15" to 16". Joe released a 22" and
Dave released a 23 1/2" pictured above.Steve and his 11 yr old son
Adam used portables and had "awesome fishing" setting up out past
all the fish houses and saying they kept 18 1/2" and 19" fish,
catching around 100 fish.
December 18, 2011: Loren
& 8 yr old Kyle had excellent fishing going out for the morning
til 11am, saying they had a great time and caught lots of fish and
it was well worth going out. They released a 20" walleye.
Yesterday was a slower day keeping 9 fish. Lance, Troy,
Zach, Jeff, Kyle, Lance, Eric & Chad fished the morning til 11am
and said it was slower for their group but they did keep 24 fish.
Yesterday they kept 53 fish and said they had a great time. Zach
"the chiseler" caught and released a 26" walleye. Way to go
Zach!!
December 17, 2011: Ben,
Tom & Aaron used their portables and did well catching nice size
fish in 19' and 23' of water. They caught good numbers of
fish and kept lots of 16-17" fish plus others. Each day they
released a 22" walleye. Jamie & Steve used portables and said
the fishing was unbelievable on Friday. Jamie released a 25"
walleye. Way to go Jamie!! Dick, Denver & Joe fished a couple of
days and had a good time keeping fish mesauring 14" up to 19". They
caught 50-60 fish the first day and Joe lost a big one in the hole.
Hey FryDaddy, Dick say's "you poor guy the fish are
biting". Ben and Jerry used their portables and limited on
walleyes. Ben Stone released a 30" walleye. Way to go
Ben!!
December 16, 2011: Jeff
& Guy fished for two days, limiting and ate a few
while here. Jeff released a 24" walleye. Way to go Jeff!!
December 14, 2011: Jerry
& Ben had a super day of fishing easily getting their limits
plus releasing a bunch of fish. They didn't get any slot fish. Denny
& Ross had a great day catching lots of fish, and keeping quite
a few 17-19" walleyes and saugers. They released a 21 1/2" walleye.
They fished Lake Cormorant by Detroit Lakes yesterday and caught
30-35 nice sunfish weighing 1/2 to 1 pound. Ken and Brian caught
mostly walleyes today. Warmer temps with misting all day. Colder
temp tomorrow with high of 20 above. We have 8-9" of ice on the
lake.
December 13, 2011:
Still great fishing happening on through the week. Greg's group had a
good time catching lots of fish. They caught their limits the first
day out. Randy Zimmer caught a beautiful 29" walleye he released and Greg
Schulte released a 25" walleye. Bernie released a 33" pike. They
kept nice walleyes measuring 16,17,18,19". They said today was a
light bite but they still caught fish. A couple of the guys lost big
fish. George, Brian, Clayton and Dale fished the past two days and
told me that it was the best fishing they have had in all the years
they have been coming up here. They kept all nice 16,17,18 & 19"
fish. Dale's largest fish measured 18", Brian released a 23",
Clayton released a 21" and George released 21" and 23 1/2" walleyes.
Way to go guys!! Quentin's group had great fishing today also
getting nice keepers. Ken & Brian fished two days and had great
fishing also. Mike fished alone catching 60 fish and released 22"
and 23" walleyes. He fished a half day-afternoon only using a
red/white stopsign. He caught all his saugers a foot off the bottom.
Tony joined him for a short time and caught 25 fish just before
dark.
December 11, 2011: A few
went out fishing for the day saying the morning was good til
8:30 or so and then the bite slowed down, with a bite here and
there. But the afternoon picked up again and they brought in some
nice fish. Lester and Ted had a great time this weekend eating fish
while here and taking home their limits. Lester released a 22"
today. His largest walleye was 26" this weekend. Pat & Mark had
a good weekend. Pat released 22" and 24" walleyes and Mark
caught a 18" and 15" today among others. They also caught a pike
around 9 lbs. They ate fish and caught their limits. Kevin, Scott
& John used portables fishing in 20' of water. They did well
limited on walleyes and saugers and kept nice 16-17" plus 18 3/4"
and 19" by Scott plus a 22". Kevin released 20", 22" and 24"
walleyes. John released a 24" walleye. Way to go guys! Scotty, Pat
& Don fished 25' of water moving farther out away from the crowd
of people. They had better fishing and caught nicer bigger fish on
8" of ice. They released one 21", two 22" and kept mostly 17"
keepers. Randy, Eric and Aaron did well keeping their limits of fish
that they caught in 14-15' of water using portables. Aaron released
a 26" walleye, Randy a 27" walleye and Eric kept a 29 1/2" walleye
he caught on a pink/gold jig. Way to go guys!! They also caught a
couple of nice pike. George & Tim did well yesterday catching
saugers measuring 11", two 12", 13" and 13 1/2" plus walleyes
measuring 17", 16", 15 1/2" and four 15".George released a 23 1/2"
walleye. Way to go George! Jerry and Vicki had a great weekend
throwing back 24" and 26" walleyes and they also threw back
18-19" fish. Randy and Ej went out and set up house in 20' of water
for the evening bite. In 45 minutes they had 8 walleyes measuring
16-18" plus 4 saugers measuring 13-15". They had great fishing. On
Saturday Ben & Natalie had excellent fishing using
portables. Ben released a sturgeon well over 30" and Natalie caught
one even bigger, in fact too big to bring up the hole after a 25
minute battle. They couldn't even fit his head up the hole so
they let it go. They also caught their limit of nice walleyes and
released 25" and 26" walleyes using a llittle rapala and also a blue
forage minnow. Saturday's weather was georgeous, you didn't even
need a shelter with most people sitting outside today.
December 9, 2011: What an
awesome day of fishing! We just experienced the best walleye
bite I have seen in 3-4 years for ice fishing, catching fish after
fish and having to put aside my second rod because it was just too
much to keep up with. Lester & I had a blast! We got to fishing
around 2:45pm with Les getting bites right away and putting 3 fish
in the pail before I even had a bite, but then they started hitting
on my jigs also. The first fish I put back was around 8 pounds and a
very nice walleye! Lester put back a 25" and I put back a 25" and he
also put back a 23" or so. We caught our limits easily and kept nice
big saugers that were 15-19" and so were all our walleyes. We also
put back many keeper fish and figure we must have caught around
50-60 fish within 2 hours. Frozen shiners and fatheads were
working with Les using a stopsign, of course, and I used a gold
rock-n-roll and a gold gem-n-eye. I don't think it would have
mattered what color we used. Want to say hi to Deb and sorry you
couldn't be here for the spectacular fishing. Tim & George had a
great day getting their limits and putting back a 22" walleye. John
and Jake also had a super day with Jake putting back a 25" walleye,
keeping their limits and catching 50 fish today. Pat and his
friend fished west of us out of Morris Resort, walking out with
their portables. They had a slower day keeping only 2 fish. Jerry
& Vicki had good fishing and kept 4 fish as they already have
some to take home from the day before. No trophy walleyes yet for
them. There are people on the ice everywhere out of the Morris
area. Sheriff's Dept called last night to tell us there is a crack
off of Pine Island and going north. It is not affecting our
fishing area.
December 8, 2011: Good 6
inches on the lake today. The guys pulled a fish house out to 19' of
water and fished til just before dark. Adam and Tony did well
catching some nice keepers measuring 17-18" plus a few smaller ones
and they also missed a lot of bites. Adam lost a big fish. Frozen
shiners worked best for them. Jerry & Vicki fished this
afternoon and into the evening doing very well. They caught their
limits of walleyes and saugers. Jerry lost a big one and he also
released a 21 1/2" walleye. Way to go!! More groups checking in
tomorrow. Gonna be cold tonight, around 10 below.
December 7, 2011: Pete
checked the ice today making it to 20 feet of water on the lake
before the ice thinned out to less than 5 inches. He found 5 1/2"
all the way out to that point. The bay has 8" of ice following our
trail out to the hump. We have a couple of people checking in
tomorrow that plan to fish with their sleds and portables and more
groups showing up with portables for this weekend. Not much for snow
around. Lots of activity on Four Mile Bay with around 30-40
people fishing for pike.
December 4, 2011: Looking at the
lake with the binoculars it has frozen over as far as you can see
and it looks pretty rough. There are a few patches of smooth ice out
there but lots of rough ice to get through. The north winds last
night blew all the ice chunks our way towards shore. Yesterday it
was froze over about a half mile out. The bay where the guys are
spearing pike has 7 inches. Still one thin spot off of Cyrus
Resort docks that needs to get thicker before we can pull our
houses onto the lake and of course, we need more ice on the lake
which should start thickening this week with the colder temps on the
way.
Lee (left)
with 41"pike & Mike with 43" pike
Lee
holding 42" pike (released)
Gary holding 41"
pike
November 9, 2011:
Been tough deer hunting this year. The guys aren't seeing
much for bucks. Troy saw a fork horn but didn't shoot, looking
for a bigger one. Aaron had a chance for a nice buck but his gun
miss fired. Today David Mattson got a nice big doe. Way to go David!
Otherwise hunters are seeing fawns and does but very few. The
bay is froze over around our cabins and all the way down to Cyrus
Resort, but open water past that.
November 8,
2011: Today Pete, Terri & Steve broke ice to get
out to the lake, fishing the later afternoon til dark, catching lots
of nice walleyes in 19 ft of water. We caught quite a few
small fish but no big fish. We brought in 11 walleyes all mesauring
16-19" and one sauger. Troy, Brian, Eric and Aaron also went
fishing and did well keeping 22 fish. Troy released a 27" and
the group also released a 21" and 23". They were fishing deeper
water than us. They had a great time.
October 23, 2011:
Todd, 11 yr old Connor, Chad, Brian, Kevin and Steve had
super great fishing the past few days. Kevin released two
24" walleyes, Steve released a 24", Brian released a 22", Chad
released a 20" walleye plus a big pike. 11
yr old Connor released a 21" and 23 1/2" walleye and Todd
released 22 1/2" and 24 1/2" walleyes. Way to go guys!!
They caught lots of 19-21" fish jigging while anchored. They ate fish
and took home fish. Jason & LaDonna had super great fishing getting their
limits easily before noon, eating fish and going back out and
getting more! They really had a super weekend. Lee
& Mark caught lots of walleyes and took home their
limits. Lee also caught a beauty 30 1/2" walleye on a gold
1/4 oz rattle jig with a golden shiner. It weighed 10.12oz. Way
to go Lee!! They also released a 25" Todd & Scot had super great
fishing catching 20 walleyes over 20" and also releasing 25",
27" and 27 1/2" walleyes, all up near Garden Island. They said they
were all alone and every time they dropped the jigs in they had a
strike. Pete, Terri, Charlie, Sam and Dawson fished today and kept
limits for everyone. Terri released a 22" walleye. They had a great
time. Weather still pretty nice this weekend.
October 18, 2011:
The past week has been terribly cold and windy out of the
northwest. No one has been able to get onto the lake with the 5
footers we are getting daily. Everyone has been fishing Four Mile
Bay or the river and they tell me the river has not turned on yet
and they are doing better near the lake. Craig's group had a good
time and did get some fish but not their limits. They did get a 29
1/2" walleye that they kept. Mike's group caught some walleyes and
then fished for pike one day and caught many of them. Jeremy's group
battled the elements everyday and did manage to catch enough fish
for a meal. 10 year old Blake caught his biggest walleye so far
measuring 16". Way to go Blake! Jason, Corey, Ralph and Doug
kept 9 walleyes for one morning of fishing and said it was too
windy. They headed home.
October 12, 2011:
Pete took Glenn & Amy out this afternoon for some
walleye fishing. They drove here all the way from Indiana. They had a good day getting their
limits of walleyes. Glen broke his line on a big fish and Pete
broke his line on a big fish too. Fred's group also did
well getting their fish.
October 10, 2011:
Jim's group had a great time catching lots of fish and
eating lots of fish while here. The bite was fantastic for
them. We had very high winds over the weekend
and it drove the boats off the lake. Mike & Tony
caught their limits. Most of the leaves are gone
now.
October 7, 2011: Very windy
today again with gusts up to 35 MPH. Some are managing to get out
and fish with the larger boats but is pretty rough. Even so the
walleyes are biting. About half of our leaves have fallen off the
trees. Seeing lots of grouse in the woods, even around the
cabins.
October 6, 2011:
Warm and windy today with higher winds out of the
southeast, than yesterday. Pete, Terri, Al and Joyce went out for a
charter doing well. They anchored and jigged with frozen shiners.
Blue/white/pink jigs worked best followed by gold. Everyone caught
their limit of walleyes and they also had 3 saugers. All walleyes
measured 17-19 1/4" except for two
that were 15" and 16"; really nice fish! Jim's group is having
fantastic fishing with everyone getting their limits, eating fish
and catching more fish. They are enjoying their vacation. Greg and
his friend fished on Wednesday and did well getting their limits of
walleyes and saugers. Lots of boats fishing Lighthouse Gap, Morris
Gap and along in front of Pine Island. 21 ft to 23 ft has been
working. Water temp on lake today was 54 degrees. The fish bite was
good near the Wabanica Church on the river today. The shiners
are running in the river and seeing lots of them some nights.
October 4, 2011:
Craig, Gene and his dad had great fishing getting some nice
fish and keeping their limits plus some nice perch. Beautiful
weather with light winds and sunny skies. Todd, Scot, Collin and Pat
spent a few days fishing and having super good days bringing in
their limits plus getting 12 nice jumbo perch with quite a few
meausring 12-13". They also released a 24" walleye. Way to go guys!
October 1, 2011:
Another great day on the lake with everyone getting their
limits. Todd, Scot and Collin are back for another weekend of
fishing. They went out around noon today and came back at 5pm with
their limits. No big fish caught but they had fun. South wind today
and sunny. Warmer temps on the way for the entire week with highs
from 75 to 80 degrees.
September 29, 2011:
Very windy today out of the northwest so no fishing from
the south shore for us. Pete went grouse hunting with Jiggs but was
windy and they didn't see any birds. Raymie shot two birds today.
Still lots of leaves on the trees but they are falling fast with the
wind.
September 28, 2011: Heather & Ed had a great time fishing the lake with Ed
saying"this is the best fishing I have ever experienced anywhere in the United States". Lowell and
Diane joined them for one day with the group
catching over 100 fish. Their biggest fish measured 19" and they caught mostly
14-18" keepers using frozen shiners while jigging. They fished in 27'
of water this morning before heading for home. They caught 30 fish
in 2 hours. Lowell caught the biggest fish of his life hooking
into a 38" sturgeon that he had fun battling.
Maurie & Scott limited out today and Ej limited out within a couple
of hours. Pete, Terri, Sherry, Carrie & 7 yr
old Jacob went out for the afternoon anchoring in 27' of
water jigging with frozen shiners. The bite slowed down a bit for the
afternoon but still pretty good. We moved a few times and
ended up back in 21' of water in front of the Morris Gap
to finish getting our walleyes which we did. We came in with our limits of walleyes
and saugers. No slot fish today, just nice keepers. Sherry was using a while/pink
jig that was hot today and gold jigs were working well also. Matt
aand Cooper went out yesterday and got their limits plus
released a 26" walleye. Way to go guys!!
September 25, 2011:
Fantastic bite happening today, lots of walleyes being
caught just right out front at Lighthouse Gap and also starting
to move into the Morris Gap. Heather and Ed had a super day
catching 69 walleyes and saugers today. They are anchored using
shiners. Pete, Terri & EJ fished Saturday evening just before
dark catching around a dozen or so and keeping 3 saugers and 3
walleyes while using frozen shiners. They were biting
light hitting best on white and white/pink jigs. Ed and Heather
fished the Light house Gap and caught all small fish they released.
Hear tell there are lots of grouse this year. Pete and Jiggs will be
going hunting soon.
September 24, 2011:
We just returned from our elk hunting and trout fishing
trip to Wyoming. Pete hunts the Bridger Tetons for elk while I fish
the Hoback and Granite Rivers. The elk were tougher to find this
year with Pete and Sam (guide) riding the horses in the mountains
hunting. They didn't see much of anything the first 3 days and on
the 4th morning they heard lots of bugling and Pete shot a cow. This
year the water was higher than previous years and the spring runoff
had changed the river. Some of my "honey holes" were no longer
there. Fishing was tougher this year but I managed to catch my
biggest cutthroat so far, getting a beautiful 19" that was fat. In
fact, all the trout we caught (all 3 of them) were fat and healthy
looking. I caught another one around 10-12". Alex is a guide from
the Sleeping Indian Outfitters Ranch that went fishing with me
for the day. She caught a nice 16" or so. We released all the
fish. We didn't catch anymore but had a fun afternon hiking up
and down the river trying many spots. Waders are recommended. Pete
and I had a great time at the ranch, as always. On the way home we
spent a night in Thermopolis going swimming and soaking in
the mineral hot springs. Then we spent a night with some friends on
the way home. It was a great trip and we are glad to be home.
September 18, 2011:
Scot, Tanya, Todd and Patrick have been fishing and getting
lots of nice walleyes. They had to deal with some high winds this
past week.
September 9, 2011: Bob, Marlys,
John & Pat are here for a week of fishing and relaxing.
They have been doing well getting some nice walleyes each day,
mostly on crawlers. They haven't caught any saugers though. They had
Pete and I over for dinner last tonight and we all enjoyed the meal
and visited. Steve Nelson and his partner are fishing the mornings
and bear hunting the evenings. Their first day of fishing they
didn't get any down by Zippel but they only fished a few hours.They
haven't gotten a bear yet. Pete did a charter taking out Dave,
Rob and Steve. They had a slower day, taking most of the day to get
their limits but they got their walleyes and saugers. We have
been having hot sunny days with hardly any wind and today no
wind at all. Very hot on the lake, bring your suntan lotion.
September 5, 2011: Pete
ran a half day morning charter taking out a couple of guys from
Missouri that are up here bear hunting and already have one bear.
They are bow hunting bear but wanted to try some walleye fishing.
The morning started out slow for them but soon they found the fish
and came back to the dock with their limits of walleyes and saugers.
No slot fish released today. Everyone else checked out this morning.
It is a beautiful day with a high of around 70 and sunny with
light winds.
September 4, 2011: Pete
and Grant (Randall's Resort) took out our group for a couple of days
of walleye fishing. Joel, Jay, Don, Mike, Nick, Jeremy and Ben
braved the waves again today. The boats didn't leave the dock til
10am this morning, waiting for the winds to die down. They ended up
fishing in 3-5 footers with the wind out of the north but managed to
catch enough fish to replace what they ate the day before. Jeremy
caught and released a 27" walleye. Way to go Jeremy!! Yesterday the
winds picked up in the early morning and they headed right out front
of Morris Resort and put down the riggers. The bite was so
fantastic the fish were on the lures as soon as Pete got them
down. They limited on walleyes and saugers in just 45 minutes for
both boats! The fastest the charters have ever limited and been back
to the docks out of our place! They came back by
10am with coolers full of really fat walleyes, plus
they released some slot fish. They decided to come in as the waves
were getting bigger and it was too rough out there. The guys ate
fish for lunch and dinner. Rebecca and Dennis were here for a few
days. They had some motor problems so weren't able to fish much and
then the winds came up and was too rough to stay out on the water.
They said they enjoyed the scenery and liked the area even though
they didn't get to fish much. Goose hunting is also open. Some
hunters around and lots of geese. We are seeing some ducks on the
bays already and the leaves are starting to change just a bit.
Already getting down in the 40's at night here.
September 2, 2011: Happy Birthday
Kevin Olmstead! Another fantastic day of walleye fishing
with downriggers. Phil, Tammy, 16 yr old Matt and 10 yr old
Dixon went out for a great day of fishing. They caught really
nicekeepers with Tammy getting the largest walleye measuring
19". No slot fish today but really fat keepers plus they got their
saugers too. They had a great time.
September 1, 2011: Pete,
Terri and Al & Joyce went out for a day of bait fishing. We
headed down towards Graceton Beach and put on some spinner rigs
tipped with frozen shiners. We caught about 7 keepers and then
switched to crawlers and leeches. Crawlers worked well at first and
then we switched to leeches with white spinner blades with a red eye
working best. Al caught a nice 25-26" walleye he released and he
also caught a nice 36" pike that he had fun bringing in. He released
the pike. Both fish fought pretty good. We caught some dandy fish
bringing in our limits of walleyes and saugers. Joyce released a 20"
walleye also. It was a sunny and windy day but the wind was out of
the south so no big waves on this end of the lake. Kevin and Billy
both had charters today and they were downrigging near us and doing
well with that also. Fishing has been super here the past month. We
finally got some rain with the rain gauge holding 7/10th's, but we
need more. Very dry here.
August 28, 2011: Another
great day of fishing with Pete taking out Dennis and his son Ross.
They had a great time using the downriggers and getting some nice
fish, all measuring 16" to 19". They threw back five slot fish with
the largest measuring 25". Way to go guys! They came in with their
limits of saugers and walleyes. Tomorrow they are going to try for
pike in the bay. We are having some georgeous weather here and still
no rain. No bugs either with the dry summer we are having.
August 27, 2011: Happy Birthday
Tony Karp & Shane Exum!! Beautiful day on the lake.
Shane, Dave & Joel had an excellent day of fishing bringing in
18 keepers. Yesterday was too windy. They did go out of Zippel
Bay to try and avoid the big waves. Their largest walleye
released measured 24". They had a great fishing trip. Brad, Billy,
Jeff and Jeff Jr. caught their limit of walleyes but no
saugers. Brad Walen released a 29 1/2" walleye that he caught
on a jig tipped with a leech. It was the third fish caught on
the trip. Way to go Brad!! Pete took Jeff and Melissa out for
a half day charter and they did very well at the 9 footer. They came
in with their limits of walleyes and saugers and Jeff released
a 24" walleye. Way to go Jeff!!
August 26, 2011: Happy Birthday Vicki
White!! Not much fishing today with high winds and big waves on
the lake.
August 25, 2011: Pete
took Dennis, Casey and Steve out for a day of fishing. They had a
fantastic day getting their fish in no time with limits of walleyes
and saugers. They downrigged just north of the 9 footer. They also
released a 24" walleye. Ward and Marsha have been fishing on their
own and doing well with downriggers. They limited on both walleye
and sauger and also released some nice walleyes measuring 24" and
26". All their keepers were 17 inches and up.
August 21, 2011: Pete,
Terri, Rod, Traci, Jill and Kevin went out on the charter today bait
fishing north of the 9 footer. It was a little slow at first but
then Tracy started getting into some nice walleyes. Terri caught a
nice sauger and then Jill and Kevin stated getting bites. They were
using spinner blades with crawlers and leeches and jigs with
frozen shiners also worked. They kept around a dozen and
then the wind died down so they switched to downrigging and the
fish started hitting immediately. They had their limits in no time
at all. No slot fish today. Mike, Dennis and Lee had a super day of
pike fishing with Mike Venzke landing a big 43" pike and
Lee Schlais landing a beautiful 41" pike. Mike said they were using
slurpees, beetle spinners and Lee was using Duck tails. They are
getting them mounted. They also put back a 31 1/2" pke and threw
back 3-4 small ones. They kept 5 small pike on Friday. Saturday they
went on the charter boat with Pete for walleyes and had an excellent
day of fishing even though they had pretty big waves out there.
They came into the dock with their limits of walleyes and saugers
they caught off of Long Point while downrigging. They had nice
18-19" walleyes and also released a 24" walleye. They had a super
good time. Kurt & Terri went blueberry hunting and said they
were pretty much done.
August 20, 2011: Kurt
& Terri downrigged and limited out their first day getting nice
17-18" fish. They released a 25 1/2" and also a couple of 21"
walleyes. Way to go!! Craig, Jodi, 1 yr old Makaila,Carol and
Ron went out on the charter today with Pete. They fished down near
Zippel and had good fishing bringing in limits for both walleyes and
saugers. They released a 24" walleye and had a great day of fishing.
Makaila did good on the boat and had fun.
August 16, 2011:
Doug, Karen, Doug and
Stacy went out for a half day charter hoping to replace the
walleyes they ate last night. When they left the dock the skies were a
little cloudy and it was pretty gray out. It sprinkled just a
tad and then the sky cleared up making it a beautiful day
with south winds, which is perfect. They fished right out front in deep
water and did very well getting their fish which were all healthy
fat ones. They had a great time and headed home with their limits of
saugers and walleyes. We are seeing lots of saugers caught this
summer.
August 15, 2011: Scot,
Todd and Collin went out for the morning and caught lots of big
walleyes today. Collin released another walleye over 28". Way to go
Collin!! He is looking for that 30" to mount but hasn't found it
yet! The boys headed home with their limits of fish and they also
ate fish while in camp. I'm sure they will be back one more time
before the summer is over. Pete headed out on the charter boat with
Doug, Stacy, Doug and Karen on board. They had a slow start in the
morning but it soon picked up and they did great in 33 ft of
water bringing in limits of nice walleyes plus 5 saugers. Doug
Walton released a 25" walleye. Way to go Doug!! They got lots of sun
and had a good fishing trip. Blue glass, baby bass, clown and
purpledescent have been working for downrigging among many other
colors.
August 13, 2011: Happy Birthday Lori
Peterson!! A little slower fishing today but they are still
biting and they caught bigger fish today. I think the thunderstorm
we had last night must have spooked the fish a little. We got
another inch of rain last night. Todd, Beth, Nancy, Scott, Keith and
Lori went out for another day of charter fishing. They did well
bringing in nice fish plus they got all their saugers to take home
and their walleyes. They ate fish while staying at the resort.
No big fish today with Beth getting the largest walleye measuring
21". They had a great time and the weather was beautiful.
Craig, LaDonna, Justin, 5 yr old Brandon and 9 yr old
Callie had a good weekend of fishing. They got their
limits plus ate 2 meals of fish. Callie released three 20"
walleyes. Way to go Callie! 5 yr old Brandon released a 24"
walleye. Way to go Brandon. Justin caught some nice walleyes
measuring 25", 27" and 27 1/2". Way to go Justin!! Craig
released 24" and 26" walleyes and said they also put back
a couple of 22" and 23". Way to go Craig!! Todd, Scot, Collin &
Pat are having a great weekend catching lots of fish and putting back lots
of slots.
August 12, 2011: Pete
ran a charter taking out Todd, Beth, Nancy, Scott, Keith and Lori.
They had a slow start but after 10am or so the fish started to hit.
They downrigged at the 9 footer and also south of Garden Island
bringing in some fat fish. They had a full cooler of nice 17-19"
fish. They also threw back at least 10 slot fish from 24" up to 27".
What a day! Todd, Scot and Collin had a good day of fishing near the
9 footer bringing in their limits and putting back lots of slot
fish. Collin caught a 28 1/2" walleye on a purpledescent. He
released the fish. Way to go Collin!! Craig and Justin fished near
Long Point today and did well bringing in some nice walleyes. Very
nice fishing weather and hardly any wind today. The bugs were bad on
the water. We finally got 1 1/2" of rain last night that we really
needed. Tony & Tom caught 27 smallmouth today all measuring from
14" to 19". Some really nice ones and they had a blast. Tony said
his shoulder was getting sore from catching so many.
August 9, 2011: Too
windy for fishing today. The charter boats that tried to go out
ended up turning around and coming back in. Jamie and Steve fished a
couple of days using their downriggers and did very well. They
limited on Sunday. Jamie released 22" and 28" walleyes. Way to
go Jamie!!
August 7, 2011: A
fantastic day of fishing today, even better than yesterday! Pete
took out Jim, Jason and Jesse. They downrigged and got their limits
of walleyes and saugers at the 9 footer before 10am, all really nice
fat fish. Jim & Jennifer came all the way from Missouri for a
few days of fishing. They ate fish every night and had a good time.
Scot and Todd fished a couple of days downrigging. They limited on
both walleyes and saugers. They also released a 28 1/4" walleye
along with many more slot fish.Way to go guys!! Randy, James,
Amanda and Jason fished using one of our rental boats and went out
in the bay and around Pine Island for the morning. James caught a
small pike. No other fish.
August 6, 2011: A great day out on the lake today.
Pete ran a charter taking out Randy, Jason, Amanda and James. They started
out the day with 16 yr old Amanda catching a 29 1/2" walleye
and what a healthy fish! Very big! Way to go Amanda!! She is
getting the fish mounted. They downrigged at the 9 footer & came in
with limits of saugers and walleyes. Everyone is catching fish and
the weather has been super here. Kevin, Patty, Grandpa Dahl,
Michael, Danielle, Grant, Hayley, Cheyenne and Kadynn spent a week
with us. They caught lots of fish and ate many meals. Cheyenne
caught her first fish this week. Patty caught a 15" smallmouth. They
fished the "field" near Zippel. Still picking blueberries but not as
many as last year. Probably because we haven't had any rain for a
long time here.
August 5, 2011: The
charter boat headed out today with Patty, Grandpa Dahl, Michael,
Danielle, Grant and Hayley on board. Danielle went on her first
fishing trip and caught her first fish ever! She also got seasick
from the waves along with Hayley. They had a great day of fishing
coming in early with a full cooler of fish. They
limited downrigging and bait fishing. Grant released a 21 1/2"
walleye he caught on a crawler. They had a great time.
August 3, 2011: Happy Birthday to
Pete!! David and Keith had good fishing keeping their
limits and also releasing some nice ones. They kept two 16", 17" and
18 1/2". They also released a 21 1/2" walleye and 5-6 small
walleyes.
July 31, 2011: Charter
boat has been busy and headed out today again with Dave, Mike,
Wayne, Dan and Remmy on board for a second day of fishing. Yesterday
they kept 12 saugers and 18 walleyes downrigging. They released 4
slot fish. They had a fish fry last night and needed to replace
their catch and did well bringing in some nice fish. They had super
good fishing and fun!!
July 30, 2011:
Shane,
Diane and Carson kept 4 fish their first night out. Shane was using
crawlers and caught most of the keepers. Diane and Carson were using
frozen shiners and catching mostly small fish. The next day they
kept 8 including a 19" and the rest were 16-18". They caught 25 fish
total. Cory, Jackie, Tyler, Austin, Lloyd and Sue spent a few days
on the lake doing very well. Austin caught &
released 22" and 24" walleyes, Tyler released a 25" walleye and
Jackie released a 27" walleye! Way to go Pagenkopf family!! They
also released multiple slot fish in the 22,23 and 24" range. The
family went blueberry picking also.
July 26, 2011:
Wayne, Sherry, Amanda and Dan went on the charter boat with
Pete today. They fished 20' of water in the Zippel Bay area and
did really well. They kept 20 walleyes and 8 saugers. Amanda caught
a beautiful 30" walleye on a red lure while downrigging. She is
getting it mounted. Way to go Amanda!! The family had a really fun
time.
July 23, 2011:
Jason, LaDonna, Doug & Patty and Ron & Jessie
went out for another day of charter fishing. The weather took quite
a change with no sun today and rain showers for the entire morning
and into the afternoon. Very windy with big waves. Pete headed
across the lake up into the islands where they bait fished near
Little Oak and did well considering the elements. Jessie
Lewandowski released a 21" today. Way to go Jessie!! They
replaced the fish they ate last night and did bring in a couple of
more saugers to add to their limits. The fish were smaller
today.
July 22, 2011:
Pete did a charter trip today taking out Jason &
LaDonna, Ron & Jessie, and Doug & Patty. It was a
beautiful day on the water and on shore. Lots of sunshine and
light winds. They fished down around Zippel area using live
bait (leeches & crawlers) and had super fishing getting their
limits of 28 walleyes before noon, all very nice fish measuring 16
to 19" and very fat. Jessie Lewandowski of Glencoe, MN released a
26" walleye that was her first fish of the day. Way to go Jessie!!
Pete released a 41 1/2" pike that he caught on 6 lb line. He had fun
catching that big fish! Orange and gold spinners worked best today.
July 21, 2011:
Scott & Mary are the only customers in camp this past 2
days. They did very well fishing out deep in 30' of water off
of Lighthouse Gap with crawlers and spinner rigs, drifting.
Mary used a white blade with a red spot both days. They caught nice
16" walleyes about 4 miles out plus they caught a couple of saugers
they ate. They fished Zippel area the second day and did well there
also, releasing three walleyes measuring 22". They also caught
three just over 18" and four 16-17". They headed home with their
limits plus ate fish while here.
July 17, 2011:
Pete, Terri, Tony, Terri & Paul went out early this
morning on the charter. They tried bait fishing first but no bites
so went to downrigging the mudflats which worked very well. Started
catching fish right away and caught as many slot fish as keepers.
Terri Fischbach caught the largest measuring 25" and the group ut
back several fish measuring from 20" up to 25". Purpledesent and
dark red were working best. The group came back to the dock by 1pm
with their cooler full of limits. Very hot on the water and lots of
bugs up by the islands so bring your spray. Absolutely no breeze
today. The blueberries are ready at Zippel Park. Doesn't seem to be
very many this year and most are already ripe; only a few green ones
left on the plants. Havent' had a chance to check my other spots yet
and haven't had much for wind so the bugs were terrible for
berry picking, but the berries sure are good!
July 13, 2011:
Mike & Tony went out downrigging in 28' of water just
out front and limited out in about an hour. They said it was great
and the fish were nice keepers. We are having beautiful weather this
week with south winds today. Gonna get hot for this weekend.
July 10, 2011:
Another great day out there. Kevin is already on his way in
with his charter group and it is only 12:30 pm. Krafty just radioed
in and said he is fishing in 28' of water in front of the Pine and
already has their limits and coming into shore. Looks like its gonna
be another great summer of fishing! Matt Mickelson fished the
afternoon and limited out within a few hours. He also released a 26"
walleye. Way to go Matt!!
July 9, 2011:
A fantastic day of bait fishing and the downrigging has
also turned on. Pete, Kevin, Billy, Wiggles, plus quite a few more
charters took customers out of the Wigwam Resort. They are having
their annual Beach Bash. Some of the charters took off across the
lake to fish up in the northern islands while Pete, Kevin and Billy
decided to try the shallows off of Pine Island just out of the Light
house Gap. They drifted with spinner rigs in 6 to 15 feet of water
with all 3 boats limiting out in no time. Leeches worked best.
They all threw back slot fish. The boats that went north also did
very well bait fishing. Heard that Stony Point has also turned
on this weekend. Everyone is catching fish. Todd, Pat, Scot,
Tanya, Kedrick and LouAnne have been bait fishing and also
downrigging. They said the downrigging really turned on today
keeping them busy at the back of the boat. LouAnne had a really big
fish on that was pulling out all the line and then got away. She was
still talking about it the next morning. Todd released a 27 1/2"
walleye and Tanya released two 27" walleyes. They also released lots
of slot fish. Today was their best day of fishing. They also said
there was a large school of shiners in shallow and they hooked some
of them on their hooks. The fish fly hatch began a few days ago and
we are having a good hatch this year. Lots of them on the water and
the fish are full of them. Lots of sunshine this past
week.
July 7, 2011:
Rosella and Jim went fishing out of Warroad with a relative
and did very well getting their limits. They released three walleyes
measuring 23-24". They had a great time. They also went to Voyageurs
National Park and rented a boat for the day and said they had a
wonderful time. They were disappointed that Zippel State Park was
closed.
July 4, 2011:
Hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday. It was hot and
sunny here today with little or no wind. Pete, Terri and Ruth went
out fishing for the afternoon trying bait fishing first and getting
a couple of fish. Then switching to downrigging and doing much
better catching bigger fish and nice keepers. Ruth released 27",
24", 24" and 23" walleyes. Way to go Ruth!! Terri released a 21" and
Pete released a 28" walleye. They kept 15 walleye/saugers and
released lots of small fish also. Todd, Scot and Tanya bait fished
today near the border doing excellent getting their limits. Tanya
released a 23 1/2" walleye. Mark and his wife had great fishing and
caught their limits plus ate fish. Mark & Jason also did well
getting their limits and eating fish. Mark released a 24" walleye
and Jason released a 25" walleye. Way to go guys!! Lots of people
around for the holiday events and the big fireworks are
tonight!
July 3, 2011:
Slower bite today with everyone telling me they are having
a hard time getting any fish to bite,let alone a keeper. Mark and
his wife said it was tough out there. Jeff, Wade, Karen, Zachary,
Tom and Nick went on the charter boat for a half day of fishing. It
was very slow. They brought in 7 keepers and Tom relesaed a 22"
walleye.
July 2, 2011:
Brett's group had good fishing getting their
limits. Their biggest walleye measuring 19". Dylan, Joe and Jamie
had really good fishing with them limiting while fishing near the
border by Lighthouse Gap and drifting in 7 to 13 feet of water with
a jig and crawlers. Jeff, Wade, Karen, Madelyn, Stacy and Nick all
went out for a hald day charter with Pete. They used leeches and
shiners and had an excellent day of fishing coming back to the dock
with 28 keepers. Madelyn released a 21-22" walleye, Jeff released a
24" walleye and Tom released 22" and 27" walleyes.Way to
go
everyone!!
June 29, 2011:
Pete took Dennis, Casey, Steve and Jake out on the charter
boat. They headed out to the mud flats anchoring and jigging. They
did well there until the south winds got so strong the anchor came
loose a couple of times so they moved to calmer waters. They
headed up near Pine Island drifting with spinner rigs in
10 ft of water catching some excellent fish. They came in
with their limits of nice saugers and very nice walleyes by 2:30 or
so. Dennis released a 23' and Jake released 20" and 21 1/2"
walleyes. Way to go guys!! We had south winds and a warm
sunny day. Water temp today was 59 degrees. High around 90 for
tomorrow. Everyone is getting ready for the big 4th of
July events.
June 28, 2011:
Steve, Scott, David, Mike, Kenny and Keith went out charter
fishing with Pete for two days. They had a little tougher fishing on
Monday with cloudy rainy skies all day, bringing in 17 keepers but
releasing lots of slot fish. Today they had sunny skies and a better
day getting 20 some keepers and releasing more slot fish. Keith
caught a nice 27" walleye this morning as they trolled with plugs
out of the bay to the lake. He also caught a 25" walleye on the
lake. Steve released a 26 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys!!
Scott's son David was with for his first walleye fishing and
he caught his limit of walleyes plus released a 21". Way to go
David!! The group released many more smaller slot fish also.
June 26, 2011:
Super great time on the charter boat today for Mike, Lori
and Richie. They anchored in 31 feet of water jigging with frozen
shiners and/or crawlers with both working. They came into the docks
with some really nice keepers plus they brought in their saugers
that included some 15-16". Yesterday Mike, Lori, Kelly and Richie
went on the boat but was a slower day and the fish were smaller than
today, but they did put back a lot of slot fish both days. On
Friday Pete released 5 slot fish with the largest measuring 30"
followed by a 27" and 26" walleyes. Mike released a 26 1/2", Richie
relesaed a 26 1/8", Lori released a 23". They also released several
21", 24" and many small fish. Way to go guys!! Richie also
caught a tullibee! Merlin, Eain, Sherry, Carrie, Jacob and
Eli went out for a couple of hours this afternoon but the rain got
heavy so they headed in. They came back with 7 keepers and put back
5 small ones. Sherry released a 21" walleye. They fished out in
front of Pine Island jigging with frozen shiners. Haven't seen the
owls again but the lady slippers are blooming and also found an
Indian Mocassin bloom.
June 25, 2011:
Linda, Tim and Devin spent a week with us and had a good
time even though it rained quite a bit this week. They ate fish
while here and went home just one fish short for their limits. They
had nice 17-18" fish and only caught one sauger. Devon
released a 21" walleye and two 23" walleyes. Tim released a 25"
and Linda released a 23 1/4". She also caught a nice 20" smallmouth
out by the buoys. They used crawlers and jigged or
trolled. Traylen, Kelly and John also spent a week fishing.
They had enough eaters for their limits and ate fish. Traylen
released a 23" walleye. No charters this week and the weather
has been cool and wet.
June 19, 2011:
Devin, Linda and Tim did well fishing around the bay and
island. They brought in 3 keepers measuring 17-18" using crawlers.
Devin released a 21", Linda released a 23 1/4" and Tim released a
25" walleye. Way to go guys!! Cooler temps today with overcast
skies. No rain. Oyster mushrooms are out today. Matt and Barb found
quite a few in the woods. We have great horned owls that nested just
behind our house this spring and had 3 babies. The babies are now
out of the nest and flying around in our backyard and into the
woods. We can hear them squawking for food. About a week ago in
the early morning two of the baby owls were sitting just outside of
my bedroom window on the roof with the mother sitting in a tree just
10 feet from the roof. One baby had the wing and leg of a raven it
was gnawing on and the other baby was squawking and trying to get
it away from the other one. They sat on the roof for quite
sometime, about an hour. The second baby finally flew away and the
other one flew down to the ground behind the house and sat on the
lawn finishing his meal. The mother flew about 50 feet away and
stayed in the trees on the edge of the yard watching over her
babies. There are feathers all over on the ground around our resort.
I tried to get some good pictures but was tough as they kept
flying away. The following morning at 6am I took our puppy Jiggs out
to potty. I looked up at the roof of our house and one of the adult
owls was perched on the peak watching us. I quickly snatched up
Jiggs and went inside. They stuck around our yard for 2 days and
then moved deeper into the woods behind the house. We haven't seen
them for 4-5 days now.
June 18, 2011:
Pete took 4 people out of Wigwam Resort and they
fished under cloudy skies with drizzle and mist falling most of the
day. The fishing was fantastic with the group getting their limits
of fish easily and releasing lots of fish. Tony, Dick, Bob and Lee
stayed for a week of fishing doing quite well. Lee released two
big pike measuring 41" and 42". Bob released a 38" pike. Dick
released a 24" walleye and Tony released a 22" walleye. They also
released a half dozen slot fish that were just over 19 1/2".
Way to go guys!! They limited on walleyes and ate lots of fish also.
They did catch a few small saugers. They mainly drifted with
crawlers and trolled with plugs for the pike. They had a great
time. The three Jim's fished a few days and caught lots of
fish.
June 17, 2011:
Pete took out a group of 6 from the Wigwam. They had an
excellent day of fishing getting their limits and coming back to the
dock by 2pm. They drifted with spinner rigs tipped with crawlers out
of Lighthouse Gap from 9-15 ft of water. Today the weather was super
with lots of sunshine and very light winds.
June 11, 1011:
Milo, Adam, Steve and Jim had excellent fishing while here.
They limited on walleyes with lots of them measuring 16 1/2" and
also 18" and 18 1/2". Mile caught the first fish of the trip which
was a 25" walleye. Way to go Milo!! They also released a 23" and a
22 1/2". They mostly fished shallow in 6 1/2 to 7 feet of water
pulling crankbaits and/or plugs getting lots of fish after 9pm.
Milo hooked into a big sturgeon while walleye fishing that he
battled for 2 or more hours and it pulled the boat all the way out
to 29 feet of water, then broke his 4 pound test line. They got to
see the fish and took pictures. They had a great time. Arnie, Mike
and Gary had excellent fishing getting their limits and eating fish
while here. Arnie released a 25" walleye and Mike released a 36"
pike. Gary caught a 17" smallmouth. Way to go guys!! They also
caught 8 shiners while pulling plugs.
June 10, 2011:
Gary, Mike & Arnie fished today doing well
bringing in some really nice keepers. Pete did a charter for the
Wigwam today. They had lots of boats going and they all headed up
north to fish the islands. It was slow up there and Pete's group
came in with 11 fish.
June 9, 2011:
Windy and rainy today. Tom, Bob, Kurt and John caught lots
of fish the past few days using two boats and drifting, trolling,
jigging while anchored with all working well. They caught lots of
fish to eat plus are taking home limits. They also caught one jumbo
perch and a couple of bull heads. Tom released a nice 26"
walleye that he caught under the bridge on County Road 8. John
released a 27 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys!! They also got a limit
of northern pike. They had a geat time this year again. Mark spent a
week fishing the lake and doing excellent. Friday he caught 2
walleyes and 2 pike. Saturday while jigging he caught 1 sauger and 4
pike. Sunday he caught 14 walleye which consisted of eight 15",
three 16", one 17", one 18" and he also got a bonus with a 29"
walleye! Way to go Mark! Monday he caught two 16", two
15" plus 2 saugers and 2 pike. He had a banner evening pulling
plugs and getting lots of walleyes including four 15", two 16",
18" and a 20" plus 4 saugers. He has his limit so is releasing all
fish. Tuesday he went on the charter and caught 3 fish.
Wednesday he caught 1 northern (very windy and rainy). Thursday he
caught 24 walleyes including 22", two 20" a 19" and two 18",
three 17", two 16", two 15" and 6 saugers using a jig and
drifting. He said it was so steady on Monday night he couldn't keep
them off his hook and as soon as the sunset hit the water they
quit biting instantly. Water temp is 62 degrees.
June 7, 2011:
Pete ran a half day charter today taking out Jerry,
Virginia, Bertie and Mark. They didn't head out until
9am waiting for the rain to quit. It was sa chilly day but the
sun did come out later. They fished the bay behind Pine Island
trolling with rapalas and shadraps. They caught lots of fish and
came in with their limits of walleyes which were all nice sized from
15" up to 19". Yesterday Tom and Tony fished behind Pine Island and
caught their limits of fish also.
June 4, 2011:
Pete took the same group on the charter boat
today hoping to do better than yesterday. The bite was even
slower. They came in with 12 keepers. The day started out sunny but
soon turned cloudy and pretty much had clouds moving through all day
with short peeks of sun popping through. High of only 60
degrees today. Much warmer temps for next week. We went asparagus
hunting and found a whole bunch. Haven't had a chance to look for
more morels.
June 3, 2011:
Marlin and Jerry spent a few days fishing and caught enough
fish to eat. They also fished off the docks (too windy on lake) and
caught some pike. Jerry caught the same pike twice. Jerry went home
and Dusty and Lonny showed up to fish with Marlin. The wind was
still blowing hard and they didn't get to spend much time on the
water. Friday night they caught more than enough to eat plus lots of
small ones they put back. The water is very dirty from the high
winds out of the north, stirring everything up. Pete ran a charter
trip taking out Wally's group from Cyrus Resort. They had a tough
time finding fish that would bite and tried several different spots.
They ended up getting some nice keepers out of the Lighthouse
Gap in 20' of water jigging with shiners and leeches. Wally tried a
crawler for awhile but no luck. The water temp has dropped 5 degrees
with the colder weather. Bill and Gary went out for the evening but
only got one keeper. They are heading home with their limits
of walleyes and saugers. Mona, Deb and John also headed for home
after a great vacation. They took home their limits of nice walleyes
and saugers. Sorry you didn't make it this year again
Al.....
May 30, 2011:
Danny, Craig, Jeff, Steve, LaDonna and Wanda spent a few
days having excellent fishing. They limited on walleyes their first
day out and ate 19 of them that night for dinner. The next day they
replaced those fish and then ate another 15 that evening. The third
day they replaced the 15 they ate and are going home with their
limits. They also released lots of fish. Danny released a 22"
walleye and he also missed a big hog today. He got it halfway to the
boat and it got off. They had a great time despite the wind and
rain. It rained off and on Saturday and rained most of today. Sunday
was a georgeous day. Steve, Cheri and Andy fished around the south
shore of the lake Saturday getting their limits. They ate fish for
dinner. Sunday they headed across the lake to fish around Garden
Island. They said they should have stayed on the south shore as the
bite was slow up there and they had a hard time getting fish but
they did get their limits of walleyes and saugers. Cheri caught the
largest fish with the group releasing 22", 23" and 24" walleyes.
Blue was their best color and green, and they said any color worked.
Mike, Merri, Kathy & Keith had a great time fishing Knight
shoals. They limited plus released some slot fish. Kathy released a
23" and Keith released a 28 1/2" walleye. Way to go Keith!!
They had a family/friends fishing contest on Saturday and Keith won
1st place with his 28 1/2" walleye winning $275. Good job Keith!!
They also released a 21 1/2" walleye. Bill and Gary had a good day
saying they caught nicer fish today measuring 14-16" and they
had an 18". They were drifting and caught 10 fish in one drift.
Shiners, fatheads and leeches are working right now. Pete and I
picked some more asparagus today. Haven't had time to look for
mushrooms.
May 27, 2011:
Jim's group had a good day of fishing yesterday bringing in
their limits. Ron and Alexia spent a week fishing for walleyes and
pike on the windy days. They spent 3 days on the lake catching lots
of walleyes and released 20 1/2", 21", 22", 24" walleyes and also
put back 9 walleyes measuring 16-17". They took home all 18-19"
walleyes. They fished the channel and bay in 4-5 ft of water for
pike and released lots of small ones and also got their limit
keeping 22" and 25" pike. They released a 38" pike also. Way to go
guys!! Naomi, Kevin and Pat fished a few days and had excellent
fishing on the south shore. Naomi released three walleyes measuring
20" and 21". They limited on walleye and sauger and ate fish. Pat
also cuaght a nice jumbo perch. Gold was their best color followed
by chartreuse with a red eye and a silver spinner blade. They were
trolling. Mark, Sandy and John found about 20 mushrooms.
May 25, 2011:
Too windy to get onto the lake this morning. Mark, Sandy
and John went mushroom hunting - no report on how they did.
Jim's group just checked in this evening telling me they had tough
fishing on Red Lake today. Francis and Jan left this morning after
staying a week with us. They had good fishing with just a
few slow times in the mornings. They ate fish and took home
their limits. Drifting and trolling worked best. They released
walleyes measuring 21", 26" and three 24" walleyes plus one 19 1/2".
They also caught a 5 lb pike and a 10 lb pike.
May 24, 2011:
Pretty windy this morning out of the north with 6 footers
rolling into the gaps. The wind died down a bit this afternoon so
Kevin, Naomi & Pat fished from noon til 2pm in 28 feet of water
drifting and trolling. They had an awesome bite getting their limits
of nice 16" walleyes plus they got nice saugers to take home. Naomi
relased a 21" walleye today. Way to go Naomi!! Mark, Sandy and
John fished out near the Morris Gap this afternoon and
limited in 3 hours while drifting and/or trolling with jigs
and/or spinners tipped with leeches or
shiners. They also caught one perch and a small mouth
bass. Tom caught a pike over 30". Yesterday they went out for
the morning but only had 2 keepers. Temps have been a bit cooler
here and will be the remainder of the week. Highs in the mid 60's
all week. Ron and Alexia fished the bay for pike yesterday and have
3 or 4 nice ones.
May 22, 2011:
Pete and Terri went hunting for mushrooms and asparagus
after the fresh rainfall. We found enough mushrooms for a meal but
they are still pretty scarce. There were swarms of mosquitoes in the
woods, in fact the worst I have ever seen them. Bring your bug
spray! We found lots of asparagus with some already 2 feet tall and
others only a few inches or more. We had an excellent meal of fresh
fried mushrooms and asparagus on toast with cream sauce. Man was it
good! John, Mark & Sandy said the morning bite was fast using
leeches and minnows in front of Pine Island. They kept 9 walleyes
and one sauger. Sandy had a nice 19 1/2" walleye and Mark Jurca
released a 27" walleye. Way to go Mark!! John and Mark fished the
evening and kept 4 more walleyes.
May 21, 2011:
Rain lightly falling most of today but warm temps and light
wind. Rich, Rick and Myron had boat trouble today and had to head
back into shore. Matt, Kent and Matt fished down near Zippel with
Kent Masterson catching and releasing a 23" walleye on a chartreuse
jig while using a drift sock. They brought in 6 nice keepers.
Francis and Jan have been fishing hard every day. No other reports
yet.
May 20, 2011:
Pete ran a charter today taking out Matt, Rich, Rick, Matt,
Myron and Kent for a full day. They had slow fishing but still
managed to bring in 22 keepers with the largest fish measuring 19".
No slot fish. They had beautiful weather all day with sunshine and
light wind. Francis and Jan came in with some nice fish today
getting therir limits. Ron and Alexia arrived this afternoon
and headed out fishing right away. They came in with 4 keepers, the
largest measuring 17 1/2". Fishing has been slower the past few days
with the afternoons being best.
May 19, 2011:
Matt, Myron and Rick caught 2 keepers this evening. Matt,
Kent and Matt had no keepers for the evening fishing. Mike,
Gary and Mark had a great fishing trip with them fishing hard
everyday and eating fish for every meal. Gary Hasch caught a
beautiful 29 1/2" walleye in 14 feet of water while trolling very
slowly. He released the fish. Way to go Gary!! He really had a great
trip! They also released a 22" walleye. Tom and Craig went out with
Pete for a full day charter and had better fishing. They caught
their limits of walleyes plus released a 36" pike.
May 18, 2011:
Pete took Tom and Craig out for an afternoon charter. It
was a little slow for them coming back to the docks with 6 fish.
They also released 3 slot fish. Francis and Jan had 6 walleyes and
one nice jumbo perch.
May 16, 2011:
Gary, Mike and Mark had a fun afternoon yesterday. They
fished for pike in the bay but no bites, then headed onto the lake
and Gary's first bite was a beautiful 41" northern pike weighing in
at 19 pounds. He released it. Way to go Gary Hasch!! The guys caught
their limits plus one jumbo perch. They ate fish and went out today
again saying the morning was very slow and it turned out to be an
afternoon bite. They released a 21" walleye and a 21 1/2" walleye
plus caught some more eaters. Beautiful weather with lots of
sunshine and south winds today. High around 78 degrees. Went looking
for mushrooms and found only 2. Will have to try to hunt for more
tomorrow. EJ found 6 mushrooms today. High of 76 for the next few
days so they should be popping up.
May 15, 2011:
Excellent walleye bite today again but just a tad
slower. Pete, Terri, Ruth & Vicki fished from 10:30am til
12:30pm and brought in 8 keepers, all measuring from 15" to 18".
Randy, Cory and Ray went home with their limits of fish plus ate
fish a couple of times and they threw back 15 walleyes around 15-17"
because they had their limits. More boats on the water today
with the wind dying down to just a slight breeze and no waves. Lots
of sunshine today. Went morel hunting for a couple of hours but
didn't find any. Have gotten reports that the mushrooms are popping
in central Minnesota. Dan and Matt caught their limits quickly this
morning and they also caught and released a 19 pound pike. Way to go
guys!! Everyone is catching their limits very asily. Some of the
females still have eggs in them and the males are still full of
sperm.
May 14, 2011:
Excellent fishing for the opener! Randy, Cory and Ray
limited this morning in 1 1/2 hours in 10 feet of water while
anchored and jigging with shiners. They said gold glittery jigs with
a red hook worked best. Their largest walleye measured 19 1/4". No
slot fish. Greg, Travis and Rick caught their limits easily this
morning bringing in some nice ones. Travis released a 24" walleye
and a 26" pike. Rick released a 26" pike also. Terri, Pete, Vicki
& Ruth fished in the afternoon for just a couple of hours (had
to get back to the lodge). They fished in 15 feet of water
anchoring and jigging with frozen shiners and fatheads with both
catching fish, but the frozen shiners seemed to work better.
They caught fish on orange, white, gold and chartreuse jigs,
bringing in 12 keepers. They also missed lots of bites. Around 30
boats in the Morris Gap this afternoon. Greg's group had a fish fry
and went out evening fishing, coming back to shore saying the
bite was the best they have ever experieneced up here. They
caught fish steady getting one bite after the other. They had a
blast!
March 31,
2011: We ended the season with some successful fishing and
lots of happy fishermen and women. Lance stopped in to tell me his
group fished out of Graceton Beach just driving way out deep with
the trucks and sitting on the ice. They kept 120 fish and had a
super great time. Neal and Greg's group had "spectacular fishing"
with the group limited on saugers, saying they "pounded them". They
tried walleye fishing out of Morris Point and got skunked in 17' and
21' of water. They fished the river on Wednesday and caught 27
walleyes plus 5 pike. They fished Four Mile Bay for pike and had
excellent fishing catching 3 pike over 40", two 39" and 3-4 that
measured 38", plus lots of 36, 35, 33, etc. Quentin caught the
biggest pike measuring 41 1/2". Hopefully they will send me some
pictures of their fish. Rich, Randy and Jim fished a couple of days
saying it was spotty at first. The last night they got into the fish
and headed home with their limits so they were happy. Morris Point
has closed their road to trucks, only letting out ATV's. Adrian's
also closed their road today, April 3rd. No access available at
any of the resorts in our bay either. The ditches have started to
trickle and the ice is thinning in the bay already. Lots of boats on
the Rainy River with the water open all the way to Clementson now -
landing not open there yet, but probably will be anyday. Will be
back with spring reports as soon as we can hit the open water!
March 28, 2011:
Steve, Patsy, Jenn & Simon fished 3 days using their
portables and moving around, trying different depths. This morning
they did their best just off the Morris washout fishing shallow.
Steve caught and released a beautiful 29" walleye. Way to go
Steve!! They also caught two 19", three 16" and two 15"
walleyes with Steve outfishing Patsy today. They also released a 22"
and 24", caught lots of saugers and they all headed home with their
limits. Jim fished the washout this evening and did
well catching 6 walleye and 3 saugers, saying he had a
very good flurry. He fished Long Point on Sunday but had a very slow
day. He did head home with his limit. Jeff & Mike used
their portables fishing off of Morris Gap and Pine Island. They had
8 saugers and 3 walleyes, plus one jumbo perch and one 3 lb pike.
They also ate fish. Robert, Jimmy, Dwight, Charlie and Chris tried
Long Point and did very well in 35' of water getting their limits
and eating fish every night. Scott, Kaylee and Josh kept 16 fish and
then another 16 little ones the second day out. Bruce
& 10 yr old Ben caught 15 fish and kept 9 of them while
fishing in 25' of water. Ben caught a nice 18" and they had nice
sized fish. Jeff's group kept 17 fish out of Morris Point and then
kept another 20 fish while fishing out of Long Point. Joe,
Simon, Joe and Jake caught 75 fish and kept 50 for 3 days of
fishing. They also caught one tullibee and Joe kept a beautiful 40"
pike that is going to the taxidermist. He said it is the
biggest fish he has caught and it was a really
nice looking fish. Joe released a 23" walleye. They said
everything was working for hooks. They had a great time. We have
taken all of our fish houses off of the ice for the season. The ice
is holding up just fine for now with the cooler temps. Morris Resort
will be letting people drive out thru the week as long as conditions
allow. We have customers fishing for pike in Four Mile Bay this week
and they are getting some nice ones.
March 22, 2011:
Jeff's group had an excellent day keeping 33 fish for 5
people. All fish measured from 14" to 19". No slots caught.
Yesterday they had a slower day and kept 17. They said they ate lots
of fish and had a fun time. No other groups in camp til Thursday.
March 21, 2011:
Paul's group used their portables fishing everywhere,
shallow and deep. They had pretty good success but worked hard for
the fish saying it was "up and down". They had a big meal of fish
and took home their limits of walleyes and were just a few
short of their sauger limits. They caught two 26" pike, 2 jumbo
perch and also released two slot fish. Jimmy, Chic and Roger had
awesome fishing using their wheelhouse in 24' of water just out
front of Pine Island. Roger released a 20" walleye, and Jimmy a 22
1/2" walleye. Dale's largest walleye measured 19 3/8". Doug's
group used sleds and headed up towards Bridges and Knight. They told
me the area was packed with people fishing everywhere and had never
seen so many before. It was noisy with lots of poeple moving
around and the fishing was okay. Ross's group were also fishing with
portables. They went out of Morris and kept 40 fish with the largest
measuring 18" and they had one 4 lb eelpout. Today they went out of
Long Point and caught bigger saugers measuring 15, 16, 17, 18 and
19" and headed home 5 fish short. They had a good time. We had some
warm temps this past weekend and drizzling rain, but the ice is
still holding out and safe out of our place. Morris Point Resort
will be open thru this next weekend and the ice is in good condition
there also per a phone call to the resort. Zippel Bay is still open
thru this weekend also but are discouraging wheel houses and cars
from going out.
March 19, 2011:
Steve, Homer and Carson were in a sleeper house for 2 days.
They caught very nice fish all measuring 15-19" and limited using
white stop signs and white Rockn'Rolls. They also used gold. Steve
released a 24" walleye and also caught a big eelpout. Jesse, Kevin,
Ole, Tim, Calen, Zach, Sean and Colton were in a sleeper house for
one night. They kept 24 fish which isn't too bad!
March 18, 2011:
Mike and Dennis fished for a couple of days in a sleeper
house. They had great fishing, limiting out and eating fish while on
the ice. They released a 21" and 24" walleye and Mike caught a nice
30 1/2" walleye at 9:50 pm on a red hook on a rattle reel. Way to go
Mike!! They also caught the 24" walleye about the same time the
following night. Their largest keeper measured 18". Sue, CJ, Dick,
Derek & Jay fished two days keeping 11 the first day. They kept
another 28 the second day and had much better fishing. CJ relaeased
a 20 1/2" walleye. They also had one tullibee. Jay said it didn't
matter what color hooks; they were all catching fish. They used
black, gold and pink hooks. Jeff, Rick, 8 yr old Tiffany
and 10 yr old Jeff Jr. fished a full day and kept only 4
saugers. The next day they fished til noon or so and kept another 5
fish with the largest walleye measuring 15".
March 13, 2011:
Jacob, Jeff, Jason & Nick had some good fishing keeping
34 saugers. Jeff lost a big fish also while in a sleeper house.
Ryan's group did very well using portables and heading up to the
islands. They caught 100 fish on Thursday, another 100 on Friday and
said that Saturday was very slow. Their largest walleye measured 19
1/4". Neal, Bryan & Denny were in a sleeper house catching
mostly saugers. They kept 6 on Friday, another 10 on Saturday and
caught one jumbo perch on Sunday morning. Randy, Shawn & Jack
had really good fishing in a sleeper house. They kept 22 sauger, 9
walleye, 3 jumbo perch and one pike. They also released an eelpout.
Their biggest walleye measured 16" and the other fish were 14" and
15". Black hooks, red hooks and gold hooks worked best. Nick,
Lowell, Pat, Walter, Glen and Jason took home limits of fish; mostly
saugers. They also missed a couple of big fish. Lowell released a
31" pike and he lost a big fish in the hole. Rayme, Rick, Fred, Pat,
Jon and Ben had slow fishing keeping 4 walleyes and 7 saugers. They
also lost a big fish. Brent, Kim, 7 yr old Kalvin and 5 yr old Kaden
kept 10 fish today. Kalvin spanked the walleyes catching 3 today. 5
yr old Kaden caught a small sauger. Red hooks worked best. They had
fun. Chuck & Hunter's group went out on their own keeping 8 on
Friday, another 12 on Saturday and another 6 nice saugers
for this morning. Ed's & Adam's group had slow fishing
keeping 8. Kelly & Laura had pretty good fishing catching
21 sauger, 7 walleye with 2 of them at 16 1/2", 1 eelpout and 1
tullibee while in a sleeper house. They had a great time.
March 9, 2011:
Randy & Susie had slow fishing keeping a total of 13
for 2 days; 4 walleyes with the largest at 18 1/2". Dave & Jesse
kept 11 fish the first day and another 7 the next day. Randy, Joe
and Julia kept 6 walleye & 4 saugers with 16", 17" and 18" sizes
the first day and kept another 2 walleyes and 9 saugers the second
day. They ate fish while here. Julia lost a big fish. Eric, Lynn,
Deb and Rick were in a sleeper house. They did pretty good eating
fish twice and taking some home. Jordan, David and Troy kept 6 the
first day and another 9 the next day. Jordan released a 23" walleye
he caught on a pink hook with a red bead. David used orange and Troy
was using white/gold. Brad & Chris took home limits
of saugers with 2 walleyes included. Addison, Travis & Cody
caught a bunch of saugers, 12 walleyes and 1 jumbo perch. They had
13", 15" and 19" fish.
March 6, 2011:
Rob & Shane had another great day fishing with Rob's
brother Kevin, their dad Arne, Rabbitt, Ricky, Jeff and Erin. The
group kept 20 fish today using their sleds and portables near Garden
Island and returning to the resort by 2pm. Yesterday they had a
decent day keeping 22 plus one jumbo perch. Friday afternoon
Rob and Shane arrived around noon and headed up to Garden. They were
back by 5pm with their limits of 16. Shane released a 22" walleye
this weekend. Way to go Shane!! Gary & Barb fished two days
keeping 10 on Friday including two 17" and two 19" walleyes.
Saturday they kept only 3 fish and Gary lost two big fish. They were
using single red glow hooks. Brian's group used sleds and portables
fishing near Garden Island doing okay keeping 5 fish Thursday, 19
fish on Friday and another 17 fish on Saturday. Mark & Heather
fished the afternoon and had a great time. They kept 7 saugers, one
jumbo perch and one 15" walleye plus Heather caught a
beautiful 30 1/2" walleye that she was jumping up and down
about she was so excited, telling us all about her big fish. She
kept it to get it mounted. Way to go Heather! She is sending me a
picture to post. Neil, Ross and Reed said they had a slow day
on Saturday keeping 6 fish which was enough to eat. Today they had a
better day keeping 21 sauger/walleyes plus one jumbo perch.
March 5, 2011:
Joe, Jack & Nathan kept 18 fish on Friday and
another 11 on Saturday. They had a couple of 16" and 17" fish and
Joe released a 23" walleye. 11 yr old Riley & Jim kept 14 fish
on Friday and a couple of 16" and 17" fish on Saturday. Riley
released a 22" walleye. Way to go Riley!! Larry & Ron had slow
fishing using their portables. They caught some small fish out of
Morris Point. Larry, Phil, Dan, Dustin, Wally and Sam did okay. Dan
caught lots of fish. Phil released a 21" and Larry released a 22
1/4" walleye. Way to go guys!
February 27, 2011:
A little slower bite today but still some nice fish being
caught. Neil, Dan, Rob & John kept 11 fish today plus Dan
released a beauty 28" walleye. Way to go Dan!! Yesterday they had a
better day keeping 16, all nice fish. Jason & Michelle
fished thru the weekend keeping 11 plus Jason caught a really nice
29 1/2" walleye on Saturday. Way to go Jason!! He kept
it and headed to the taxidermist. Tim and his partner
kept 4 walleyes and 10 saugers. Kevin, Adam and Matthew used their
sleds and fished south of Bridges Island. They kept 21 fish. They
tried the washout this morning and got nothing. No bites. Tony's
group fished out of Babler's plowed road and said they had good
fishing on Friday. They released slot fish measuring 20", 21", 22"
and 26". Way to go guys!! Saturday they caught a bunch of tullibees.
Adam & Krista stayed in an overnight sleeper for one night,
fishing the morning til 10:30am. They kept 8 fish with 3 nice ones
included, using plain hooks. Still cold with temp of 16 below
this morning. Warmer temps for this next week.
February 23,
2011: Pete, Adam and Tony went out for the early bite
this morning. They kept 3 walleyes & one eelpout. Tina
& Mel flew in from California to try their hand at ice
fishing. Mel had never really been ice fishing before. They
really enjoyed it and caught some nice fish using stopsigns and
lunar grubs. They kept 6 fish on Monday and caught 30 fish on
Tuesday; keeping 12. Wednesday they kept another 9. They ate
lots of fish while here. Their largest keeper walleye was
caught by Kristina measuring 17 1/2". She also caught a very nice
24" walleye she released. Way to go Kristina!! They had a great
time! Tony, Randy & EJ fished the evening keeping 4 fish and
missing some bites. Adam had 4 bites, throwing back 2 fish and
keeping 16" and 18 1/2" walleyes. He also lost a big one. Ben's
group fished a couple of days having slow fishing but they did
get enough to eat. Kevin, shawn, Shane and Ryan fished two days
keeping a total of 10 fish. They had a couple of 16 1/2", an 18" and
their largest saugers were 13". They missed lots of bites also.
February 21, 2011:
Larry, Chris, Derek and his 7 yr old daughter Amelia stayed
in a sleeper over the weekend. They had a slow bite keeping 6 fish.
Amelia caught 2 fish and had a fun time. The Carlson's were in a
sleeper for one night and kept 8 fish. Todd's group of 4 kept 9
their first day out and caught 6 the second day. 11 yr old Zach
caught 5 fish. John & Jennifer kept 3 fish on Saturday and
another 3 for a half day on Sunday. Todd's
group is fishing on their own and did very well at Bridges Reef. He
said there was a crowd of people fishing on the ice and
they had great fishing keeping lots of saugers - not many
walleyes caught. They tried at the end of Adrian's Road (13 miles
out) and said it was slow there. Jim, Joe, Patti & Tom took
their sleds up to Bridges reef and had good fishing. They kept 32
fish (only 3 walleyes) mostly saugers and let go probably 30 more
fish. Patti used a red glow stop sign and Joe used wonderbread, Tom
used pink. They had a great time.
February 20,
2011: David, Chad and Mike kept 14 fish including a
bunch of 13", one 16" and one 19" walleye. David & Bob caught 15
fish and kept 5. Was slow for them. Brian, John, 8 yr old Daniel and
16 yr old Andrew ate fish and kept 8 saugers plus 3 walleyes.
They missed 6 nice bites this morning, fishing a half day. They also
caught lots of small fish. 8 yr old Daniel caught a nice walleye
measuring just under 19 1/2". John released a 21 1/2" walleye. Way
to go John!! Brian, Randy, Joel, Matt and Rob were in a sleeper
house and had slow fishing. 18 below yesterday and 13 below this
morning.
February 18, 2011:
Taylor & Mike kept 10 keepers plus they caught a 26"
pike. Ken, Marvin & Matthew were in a sleeper house for a few
nights. They had okay fishing catching 25 fish.
February 15, 2011:
Some big fish being caught lately - see photos above. Jim,
Tom and Taylor fished with portables the past few days. They arrived
on Sunday and fished the evening keeping 5 fish. Monday they had a
tough day keeping only 4 fish. Tuesday they fished the morning only
and had their best day, keeping 9 walleyes and missing lots of nice
bites in 18' of water. Jim Copeland landed a beautiful 29 1/2"
walleye he caught on a new jig just purchased called
a "charmer". He said it is the biggest walleye he has ever
caught and was getting it mounted. Way to go Jim!! Nathan, Doug and
Travis stayed in a sleeper house catching 26 fish and keeping
12 of them. They had smaller fish with the largest measuring
14". Mike's group of 3 released a walleye measuring 20
1/2". Jason and Lisa caught lots of saugers and 1 walleye their
first day out. The second day they kept 1 walleye and 4
saugers. Lisa lost of couple of big fish also.
February 13, 2011:
Drew and Erin fished out of Babler's road on Friday but had
a slow day. They caught one 14" walleye and 1 small sauger. Saturday
they kept 6 fish; four 14" saugers and two walleyes at 12" and 16
1/2". They tried out of Morris Road this morning and said it was
slow. Ryan, Brooke, Rick and Josh stayed in a overnight sleeper and
did fair keeping 14 fish. Jim, Joe & Chad also stayed in a
sleeper this weekend and caught lots of saugers with gold hooks.
They had a great time. Pete & Terri fished the evening bite
getting only 2 bites. Pete missed his and Terri caught a 15"
sauger. Pretty slow...
February 12, 2011:
Adam, Pete & Terri went out for the morning bite.
The fish didn't bite until about 7:30. They brought in 7
keepers; one 17 1/4" walleye and 6 saugers (all
12-15"). We also missed serveral bites and the fish were still
biting when we left at 9am. Gold jig-o-bit and a gold
spoon worked and pink Gem-n-eyes. We hated to leave but had
customers showing up for a day house. Matt, Barb, Emily, Cooper and
Nora fished from 11:30 am til 4pm. They only had 3 fish.
February 10, 2011:
Al & Joyce fished two days and had a slow bite. They
ate a meal of fish and are taking home one package to eat. Al lost a
big walleye just under the ice, it broke his line but he got to see
it.
February 9, 2011:
Tony & Dennis fished for 3 days catching the following:
caught 24 & kept 5 the first day, caught 18 and kept 3 the
second day, caught 22 and kept 11 the third day. They said
chartreuse swedish pimples caught their fish. Tony Manning released
a 38 1/2" pike. Way to go Tony!! Darren, Diane, David and 5 yr old
Brandon were here fishing and riding their sleds. David fished the
most moving around with his portable but not having much luck. He
caught a few keepers and he also released a 25 1/2" walleye. Way to
go David!! Steve and Bo were here using their portables and fishing
the washout in 17' of water. They had excellent fishing catching a
fair amount of walleyes measuring 16-18" and they also got a few
saugers. For slot fish Steve released 26", 28" and 29" walleyes. Bo
released 24", 26" and 30" walleyes. Way to go guys!! They really had
some fantastic fish using spoons!
February 6, 2011:
Most groups checked out today but a few cabins went out
fishing. Bob, John and Marty fished til noon and said they caught 5
fish - no keepers. Yesterday they caught 20 fish and kept 10, plus
one eelpout. Friday they also fished and caught 24, keeping 10 of
those. Terry & Kathy spent the weekend in a sleeper house. They
caught lots and lots of fish, released a bunch of small ones and ate
7 fish while on the ice. They have 10 fish to take home measuring
13-16" including one nice sauger. They also released a 21 1/2"
walleye. They had a great time. Glen & George had a good
weekend. It was a little slow for them but they caught some keepers.
They brought in 1 walleye and 4 saugers the first day out. Today
they have five 12" saugers plus 17" and 18" walleyes. Glen caught
and released a 29" walleye he caught on a red hook. Way to go Glen!
What a nice fish! Jason's group had moderate fishing and said they
caught enough to eat. Dave, Steve and Tim fished two days. They kept
20 fish and had a fish fry. Dave released a 26" walleye. Way to go
Dave! Kevin & Adam used their portables going out of Adrian's
road all the way to the end. They had a slow day, moving 3 times and
bringing in 3 keepers. They also caught a big eelpout. He said they
caught lots and lots of whitefish, saying you could easily catch 100
or more of them using Lindy darters. The weather was georgeous this
weekend. Snow is melting but still plenty of it around.
February 2, 2011:
Jim & Ralph were the only two guys fishing in our
houses today. They had slow fishing coming back to shore with 6
keepers including a 16" walleye. This was Ralph's first time ice
fishing.
February 1, 2011:
Arne and Derrill fished today again and ended up with 11
more keepers. Jim's group kept another 10 fish today.
January 31, 2011:
Arne and Derrill had an okay day out in one of our houses.
They kept 10 fish today and Arne released a 26" walleye. Jim's group
of 4 people only kept 5 fish today. No one else out fishing from our
camp today. Kent, Dan, Walt, Jim, Bob and Greg kept 16 fish on
Saturday and another 18 on Sunday including one eelpout and 1 decent
perch. They ate most of their fish and also ate the eelpout which
they said was excellent. A couple of the guys had never tried it
before and really liked it. Colder temps on the way. 18 below this
morning. High today was 4 below.
January 30, 2011:
Paul, Steve and Bo fished on their own out of Zippel and
did well. They didn't say anything more so that's it for their
report. Adam and his fishing partner were in a sleeper and they kept
9 fish. Chuck & Joel went out of Babler's plowed road using
their portables. They ended up moving in the early afternoon, had a
better bite and kept 8 fish. Brandyn & Justin were in a sleeper
over the weekend. They caught 30 fish and ate hearty both days. They
put back lots of 6-8" saugers. They caught mostly saugers but did
keep four walleyes measuring 14-16". Gerrit, Todd, Ron and Kevin
were in a day house. Friday they fished a half day and said that was
their best fishing. They fished a full day Saturday and another
morning half day today. They caught 30 fish and kept 8 of them. Ron
released a 21 1/2" walleye. Brian, Rick, Lisa and Echo were in a
sleeper house and did well using swedish pimples. They caught 19
fish and kept 18 of those with only one fish too small to keep.
Their fish all measured 14-19". They had a great time. Troy, Jeff
and Jared stayed in a sleeper house and did well keeping 20 fish. We
had a snowstorm on Friday that left 6-7" of snow in a matter of a
few hours. It was falling so fast we had a total whiteout and lots
of cars and trucks going in the ditches - couldn't see the roads at
all. Lots of good snow for the sleds, but stay out of the ditches as
they are really deep.
January 27, 2011:
Wade & Mark used gold and red hooks, keeping 26 fish
that measured 13-18". They fished two days and had to eat lots
of fish. Jerry & Marlin were in a sleeper house for only 24
hours. They had enough to eat and some to take home. Jerry released
a 25 1/2" walleye he caught on a small red hook. He said he caught
most of his fish on that hook. They had a constant bite from 9-11am.
January 26,
2011: Not too many customers in camp this week. Ben
came up alone and fished a couple of days. He had slow fishing on
Monday with no keepers. Tuesday he kept 3 small ones and today he
had better luck keeping 5 saugers and 1 walleye. He caught 11-12
fish today. Jim and Bernie fished two days. They kept 10 fish each
day for a total of 20 keepers. They ate some fish while here and
took home some nice ones that measured 18", 19" and 4-5 that were
16". Jim also released a 23" walleye. The guys moved all the sleeper
houses today and also some of our day houses. Will see how the bite
is in the new spot.
January 24, 2011:
Rob, Dub and 12 yr old Shane rode
their sleds to Garden Island and setup for fishing. They
said the ride up was really smooth and no problems getting to their
destination. They hammered the fish catching 120 fish on Sunday in
4-5 hours' time, keeping nice fish. They ran out of bait and
said they were busy with the lines going all the time. Dub released
a 21" walleye and Rob released a 23 1/2". Shane released 21" and 23"
walleyes and he also caught a huge eelpout. Way to go Shane!! They
headed back there today and were back to the resort by 4pm. They
caught 60 fish today, said they ate fish and are taking home their
limits.
January 23, 2011:
Very slow bite this weekend with the colder temps. Jeff,
Zach and Mitch had a really slow day keeping 2 fish yesterday and
another 4 today. They only had 3 other bites. Shawn, Dave and 11 yr
old Mason kept 6 saugers, no walleye on Saturday. Today they kept 4
walleyes and 6 saugers and had a better day. Dave caught a 40"
northern pike on a swedish pimple - he released it. Way to go
Dave!! Ryan, Jeff and Greg fished a half day today and kept 3.
Yesterday they kept 7 and they also fished the afternoon on Friday,
keeping one fish. Josh, Nate and Josh also fished a half
day til noon and they kept 6 fish. Yesterday they kept 4 and
they kept another 4 on Friday. Gary, Amber, Shane & Josh stayed
in a sleeper house keeping 16 fish. Jim's group of 6 kept 15 fish
they ate yesterday. Today they fished til 1:30 and kept another
9. 15 below at 6am.
January 22, 2011:
Lori, Brian, Byron, Roger, Ryan, Leonard, Joe, Jacob,
Carrie, Jeff and Carrie fished Friday and Saturday. They kept 30
fish the 1st day and another 21 the second day with measurements of
13, 14, 15, 16". Leonard lost a big pike in the hole and Jacob also
lost a big fish. Lori caught and kept a 29 1/2" pike. Harrison &
Larry ended up with 5 walleyes and a 29 1/2" pike they kept. They
released a 21" walleye. Kyle and Pete kept 6 fish yesterday. 34
below at 6am. Yesterday we had 43 below!
January 19, 2011:
Jeff and his two partners fished a half day today (am)
keeping 4 fish. Yesterday they fished out of Arneson's (full day)
and kept 7. They also fished Tuesday afternoon in one of our houses
and kept 4 that day. Jerry's group kept 19 fish. Chuck's group kept
15 fish. Mark and John fished two days keeping 9 saugers and 2
walleyes. They still had a good time even though the bite was slow.
Dean & Jane stayed in a sleeper house. They ate a dinner of
small fish and said the bite was slow.
January 17, 2011:
Another slower day of fishing but Brad, Harry and Mike said
the last 2 hours of the day they caught some nice ones. They kept 5
walleyes with Harry getting the largest at 19 1/2" and they had some
14-15" fish. Colder temps with low of 25 below for tonight
and supposed to be cold all week.
January 16, 2011:
Nick, Mike, Dennis and Steve fished the afternoon on Friday
keeping 3 fish and had one big eelpout. Yesterday they kept 19 fish
and had a much better day. Duane, Don, Wayne, David and Mark fished
two days. They kept 40 fish with 4-5 of them measuring 16" and also
had a 17" and one whitefish. Don released a 23 1/2". Way to go Don!!
Nick, Steve and Troy spent the weekend in a sleeper house. They
caught 16 fish and kept 8 of them plus one eelpout. They also ate
fish while on the ice. Colleen, Junior and 1 yr old Holly spent
the weekend in a sleeper house. They caught 15 fish and kept 7.
Mike, Brad and Harry had a slow day getting walleyes measuring 14
1/2", 17 1/2", two saugers and Brad released a 33" pike he caught on
a stopsign. They used mostly gold colored lures. Karl, Kerstin,
Jeff, Matt and Alisa had a slow day keeping only 4 fish. Bob and Les
used their portables keeping 5 saugers measuring 13" and one walleye
that was 16" for yesterday. Today they kept 4 more saugers, one
eelpout and they released a 21" walleye. Pete's group had some
pretty good fishing with them eating fish and taking home fish. Mark
released 20 1/2" and 23" walleyes plus he also caught a 8 pound
eelpout. Way to go Mark!!
January 13, 2011:
Rick, John and Brian had a fantastic bite bringing in
20 keepers with all walleyes measuring 15,16,17 with a couple
of 18" and an 18 1/2" and all saugers measuring 13-16". Green/gold
back with white eyes and beetle red jigs and red/glow treble
jigs worked for them. Emery, Curtis, John and Cody caught 100 fish
in 2 days, keeping 25. They threw back all fish 13" and under. Emery
released a 23 1/2" and he also caught a 19" walleye. Plain gold
hooks and glow red jigs worked best.
January 12, 2011:
Dick, John and Mike fished two days. Yesterday they kept 11
and today they kept 10 fish that were nicer in size plus one pike.
John released a 20" walleye. They threw back lots of 12" and
smaller fish and went home just 3 saugers short of their limits.
Tim's group fished two days and kept 17. Tom and Neil kept 5 their
first day and then another 13 today. They also released a 22"
walleye. The fish are biting on small red hooks and mostly
small jigs. We are fishing 26-28 feet of water right now.
January 11,
2011: Horst, Norbert, Jerry & Jim had a slow day
yesterday keeping 2 walleyes with one measuring 15 1/2" and
they had one sauger and a 23" pike. Today they caught 20 fish and
kept 6, all saugers. They caught lots of small fish. Kyle, Chris,
Dave, John and Adam kept 16 fish today and they kept 12 yesterday.
Their biggest fish measured 15 1/2". They were using chubby
darters. Janice and her partner stayed in a sleeper house this
weekend. They had excellent fishing catching 25 fish, eating fish on
the ice and taking home a bunch. Pat and Harlan fished 1 & 1/2
days getting 9 keepers. They put back lots of small ones. Dave
& Steve were here from Michigan in a sleeper house. They
had a great time, eating fish in the shack and taking some home,
They caught white fish, eelpout and their biggest walleye measured
17".
January 9, 2011:
Chuck, Ron and Jerry fished a half day today and brought in
9 keepers with the largest measuring 15 3/4". They had a fun
weekend. Drew and his two sons spent the weekend in a sleeper house.
14 yr old Alec caught a 14"walleye and 11 yr old Max caught a huge
eelpout. They had slow fishing but they drove their sleds down to
Zippel and visited the Ice Igloo Bar. They rented one fish hole for
an hour but didn't get any bites so they headed back to the sleeper.
January 8, 2011:
Chuck, Ron and Jerry had an excellent day catching 12 nice
walleyes and one perch today. Matt, John, Dave, Jeremy, Josh, Rick,
Jason, Mike and Shawn fished two days bringing in 51 keepers the
first day and another 30 some the second day (slower). They had a
great time as always! Josh & Valerie stayed in an overnight
sleeper. They had slow fishing but managed to catch 1 walleye and 5
nice saugers. They ate their fish while on the ice. Mike & Mitch
kept 7 on Saturday and today they kept another 11 nice fish. Brant,
Steve and Eric used their portables fishing out of Zippel
Bay in 29-30' of water. They kept 14 the first day and another
16 the second day. Their largest walleye measured 19 1/4" with their
smallest fish measuring 16", so they had some nice ones. Greg,
Kevin, Bob, Josh, Ross and his 10 yr old son Reed all fished in
27-30' using portables out of Long Point. Pink was the hot color.
The first day out they kept 25 fish. Their second day was slower
with them keeping 14. Ross Hedin released a 26" walleye and his son
Reed was very excited about seeing that big walleye come up the
hole. This was his first time fishing at Lake Of The Woods. Wally,
Bill, Tom and Jack fished two days and did very well. They kept 32
fish (limits) all measuring 15-16 1/2", very nice fish! Wally
released a 24 1/2" walleye he caught on a plain red hook. Way to go
Wally!!
January 5, 2011:
Francis, Jeff, Todd and Scott stayed overnight in a sleeper
house. They said the bite was slow with them keeping 5-6 walleyes,
12-14 saugers and they also caught some pout. Larry, Dick, Robert,
Tony, Raylyn, Reed and Bud kept 17 walleye/saugers on Monday.
Tuesday was better with them keeping 28 fish that were bigger in
size. They had a bunch of 17" fish. Larry says he "really loves Rita
and loves gravy", whatever that means! Paul, Bob and Bob kept 22
nice fish. Bob Goetz released a 26" walleye. Way to go Bob!! Brian,
Brian and Taso stayed in a sleeper house doing well. They ate fish
and took home limits. Taso released a 22 1/2" walleye he caught on a
zip lure. Both Brian's got 19" walleyes. They caught most of the
fish on rattle reels, using red hooks and Brian also
said he jigged with a small forage minnow and that
worked good. Dave's group kept a total of 23 fish with one 15" and
one 16" and a couple of perch. Marty and Brian were in a sleeper
house. They caught 5 eelpout - huge ones and took home their limits
of walleye/saugers - mostly saugers. Biggest walleye measured 19"
and biggest sauger was 16". They tried everything in the tackle box
and mixed it up. Sherry, Crystal, Samantha, Nicholas and Jacob
fished on Monday and kept 8. We had pretty nice weather on Monday
and Tuesday with warmer temps and lots of sunshine.
January 2, 2011:
Matt's group used portables and said that friday was a poor
day of fishing plus they got stuck with the wheelhouse, taking an
hour to dig it out. They kept 12 fish on Saturday plus
released 21" and 26" walleyes. Chris and his group stayed in a
sleeper house this weekend and weathered out the blizzard. The
winds blew up to 45-50 MPH and we probably got around 8-10" of
snow. Its hard to tell for sure how much we got. They did well
catching 40 fish and said they had a fish fry on the ice and have
plenty to take home. Jim and Jim ended up with some nice fish to
take home. They fished 1/2 day (afternoon) on Thursday and caught 4.
Friday they caught 22 and Saturday they caught 8. They kept limits
for both with all fish from 14-18". Fire Tiger jigging raps worked
best and they said they had to keep one jigging all the time.
Jeremy, Becca, Todd and Grace ended up with a total of 17 fish after
keeping another 14 today. Becca caught a 7 lb eelpout. 30 below this
morning but no wind.
January 1,
2011: Lots of big snowdrifts around the resort this
morning with some up to 6 feet high on the lake and some at 4-5 feet
on shore. The wind really howled last night so is hard to tell how
much we got but there is plenty of snow out there. We were still
able to get the customers to the fish houses this morning. Resorts
with plowed roads are cleaning them up but is taking some time and
some roads won't be open til afternoon. Pete is plowing our
resort out right now and Tony is shoveling. At least it is light and
fluffy snow right now. Jim and Jim fished yesterday saying the bite
was best before noon with them keeping 14 nice fish. Jeremy's group
fished the afternoon and kept 4 - slowed way down for the afternoon.
December, 31,
2010: Kevin & Dan spent a couple of nights in a
sleeper house and did very well. They ate fish while on the ice plus
took home their limits of nice 17-19" walleyes. Dan released a 25"
walleye - Way to go Dan!! Pink was the hot color. Terry & Karen
fished two days keeping a couple the first day out; one 13"
sauger and a 15" walleye. They missed lots of bites. Their second
day was much better with them keeping 8 nice fish; five 16" walleyes
plus three 13" saugers. They also released a 23" walleye. They threw
back five 11" saugers. Fireballs and Rock-n-rolls worked well. Way
to go Atkinson's! Casey's group fished one day and kept 12 eaters
plus they caught a 34" eelpout and another pout that was pretty big.
The snowstorm missed us this time.
December 30, 2010:
Larry, John, Jeremy, Scott, Mike and Aaron had some
good fishing the past few days. They fished 3 days keeping 27 fish
the first day, 26 the second day and another 26 the third day. They
all ate fish while here plus put back some slot fish. Larry released
a 26 1/2" walleye, John released a 22" walleye, Jeremy released a
23" walleye, Scott released a 20 1/2" walleye and Mike caught a 12"
jumbo perch. Way to go guys!! They had a great time. Tim, Kurt
and Donny fished two days keeping 6 on Tuesday and another 12 fish
yesterday. They said they were catching small saugers right off the
bottom so they raised their jigs up to 3' off the bottom and
starting getting nice walleyes. Tyler and Ethan kept 8 fish
yesterday, all 16" and up. Tyler released a 23" walleye. Way to go
Tyler!! Randy and David had another slow day keeping only 4
yesterday and they kept 3 the day before. Craig & Peni stayed in
one of our overnight sleepers. They said the fish were finicky but
they managed to catch a few 14" saugers, two 17" walleyes, three 16"
walleyes and they released 21" and 20 1/4" walleyes that they caught
on the rattle reels. 16" of ice in most places. Check with resorts
before venturing out. We haven't gotten any rain or snow as of
4:30pm today. Just windy out of the north and colder temps.
December 29, 2010:
John & Bill spent a couple of nights in a sleeper
house. They didn't eat any fish but did take home their limits.
Joel, Jay, Ralph & Fred fished two days with them keeping 11
fish yesterday and another 6 today (they fished til 1pm) plus one
big eelpout. Richard's group said it was pretty slow - they kept 12
with one a little over 19", plus one pout and one whitefish. Andy
and his buddies used their portables. At 30' of water they caught a
few saugers and then moved in shallower to 24'. They kept one 19",
17", 15" and 14" walleyes and the rest were saugers. They also had
one eelpout. we are having much warmer temps this week. 14-15" of
ice where our houses are located. We are fishing 23-26' of water
right now.
December 28, 2010:
Jim, Mike and Luke fished the day and it was slow - they
only kept 2 fish, throwing back 10 small fish. Tyler & Ethan are
doing okay with them keeping 7 fish on Monday and another 10 today.
They caught some nice fish using gold gem-n-eyes. Matt, Karl, Phil
and Dixon had 15 saugers and 4 walleyes. White was the hot color for
them. Randy and David kept 3 fish for an afternoon of fishing plus
David released a 22" walleye.
December 27, 2010:
The fish are still biting. Adam fished Christmas day and
caught his limit of walleyes and saugers (nice fish) in 1 1/2 hours.
He said they bit from 10:30am and by noon his had his limit. Today
Larry, John, Aaron, Scott, Jeremy and Mike caught around 30 keepers.
Plus John released a 22" walleye and today is his
birthday. John said they bit up til around 2pm and then
quit for the day.
December 23, 2010:
All of a sudden this afternoon the bite turned on with the
customers coming in with some beauty walleyes. Bill's group "whacked
em" and took home some really nice fish. Tony, Terri and Ed also had
a super day catching some nice keepers. Terri released a 21"
walleye. They had 16-19" fish today and they started biting steady
about 3pm. Earlier in the day they were catching a fish about every
half an hour. No one fishing until next Monday - won't be another
report until Tuesday.
December 22, 2010:
Just a few people fishing out of our houses today. Stan and
Tim fished the morning coming in by noon. They had their best
fishing today getting nicer fish and had 3 nice walleyes. They ate
fish while here and are taking home their limit of walleyes and were
a few short on the saugers. Tim released a 24" walleye today that he
caught on a gold Gens worm. They were catching all their fish 1 foot
to 1 1/2 feet off the bottom today. Neil and Bruce fished on Monday
and Tuesday. They kept a total of 15 fish and threw back 7-8 small
ones. Gary's group had a good meal last night and said they caught
25 fish yesterday. Their largest walleye measured 19 1/2". Plain red
hooks and gem'n'eyes were working good for them. They all had fish
to take home. Ed caught 7 fish on Monday and said he had a great
day. Al and Joyce fished two days keeping 4 the first day out and
another 5 the second day out. They ate all of their fish while here.
They also caught a big eelpout.
December 19, 2010:
Well, the bite slowed way down for the weekend. Scott and
Kevin used their portables and moved around a lot. Scott got a 16"
walleye and Kevin got a nice 24" walleye in one of our houses that
they tried for an hour or so. Otherwise they had enough for a dinner
and caught a few small fish and thats it. Jeff and Guy spent
a night in a sleeper house and also had a slow time. They kept
4 fish. John, Louis, Tom and Brian fished a half day on Friday
keeping 4. Saturday they kept 11 and today they fished a half day
and kept another 4 including one nice one. They also caught a big
eelpout. Mike, Keith, Scott, Ken and Jim used their
portables trying many different depths at 18', 22', 28' and
31'. Nothing much going on anywhere. They fished 3 days and caught
mostly saugers. They kept 28 fish with two of them being walleyes.
Rod's group fished all day yesterday and ekpt 7 fish. Today they
fished a half day and kept another 14. Jesse, Barry and Dan fished
two days with a total of 32 fish caught; the largest being 17". Jim,
Brian, Jim and Scott had very slow fishing in our houses. They
fished the afternoon on Friday and a full day on Saturday, ending up
with only 4 keepers. Dick's group caught 35 fish and kept 24, mostly
small fish with the largest at 16". They also had a 7-8 lb eelpout.
Sherry, Merlin, Sara, Eain, Carrie, Eli, Lanae and Jacob fished the
afternoon yesterday. They kept 4 fish. Today Sara Eain, Bryce and
Lanae fished the entire day but it was slow with them keeping 5 fish
and one big eelpout caught by Sara. Happy Birthday to Sara
Johnson!
December 16, 2010:
The fish started to bite again and the temps have
warmed up a bit with a high of 10 above today. Larry & Dan did
very well getting their limits of very nice fish. Dan released a 19
1/2" walleye. They also kept one whitefish. Eldon and Ron kept 9
fish today and 9 fish yesterday. Ben and his partner did very well
yesteday getting their limits by noon. Danny and Larry did well
using Gem-n-eyes red/pearl and white glow. They kept their 16 fish
that included two 17 1/2" walleyes. Larry released a 19 5/8" walleye
and also caught a huge eelpout on 4 lb line. Mike and Val had a
pretty good day with both landing 27" walleyes right at the
same time pretty much, plus losing another big one. They had 5
keepers. Happy Birthday to Val! Jim and Carrie kept 2 walleyes
and 8 saugers with a couple of nice ones in there. Gold was good for
them with the best bite from 10am til 1pm. Carrie also caught a 26"
sturgeon. 12 inches of ice today.
December 15, 2010:
Jerry, Vicki, Larry and Joe kept 32 fish on Monday with 6
of them being walleyes, rest saugers. Jerry and Vicki Kral did the
best with them releasing lots of slot fish. Jerry caught 24 1/2" and
25" walleyes and Vicki also released a 25" walleye plus they
released two 22" and a 23". Way to go Kral's!! Larry released a 20
1/2". He said he had a good day. Jerry & Vicki went out
this morning as they needed a few more fish for their limits. Jerry
said today the fishing was the best day so far and was really good.
Ron's group said the fishing was "so-so" this year but they did eat
a meal of fish and took home their limits. Ron said they just didn't
catch as many as they usually do this time of year. I'm sure the
cold front that moved in didn't help. Brandon is the real man - he
got engaged on Friday night and left for his fishing trip with the
guys the next morning! We have 11 inches of ice right now. Just a
few more inches and we will be pulling the sleeper houses out.
December 14, 2010:
Greg's group did well. They caught 60 fish plus each house
got a slot fish today. Pete lost a big walleye in the hole today.
George, Brian, Clayton and Dale ate a meal plus have fish to take
home. George Plaman of Gaylord, MN released a 24" walleye that
he caught on a gold stopsign. Way to go George!! Bruce, Kenny, Kent,
Jim, David and Lowell had a slower day on Monday. They ate fish
Monday night and caught 8 walleyes plus 18 saugers on Tuesday. Bruce
caught a 17 1/2" walleye and he also battled a sturgeon for 15-20
minutes that measured 36". He had fun catching that one! Jim caught
a 20", David got a 17 3/4". They kept mostly 15-16" fish. Howie
didn't make it up with their group this year and we missed seeing
him. Hope you are doing okay Howie.
December 12, 2010:
Roy, Lester, Shane and Rich had a good time fishing the
past few days. They ate lots of fish while staying plus took home
their limits. Lester and Roy did better in one of our day houses,
while Rich and Shane caught smaller fish in their portables. Lester
released a 23 1/2" walleye and he also caught a 10 lb eelpout. If
anyone found a Vexilar on the ice, it was lost by one of our
customers. Jerry, Vicki, Larry and Joe are using their portables
fishing the washout. Brutal temperatures for those fishing on their
own with a low of -18 this morning and -34 for Saturday morning.
Vicki caught 2 sauger, Larry got 2 sauger and Jerry caught a 25"
sturgeon (they fished the afternoon til dark) on
Sunday.
December 11, 2010:
The bite slowed down tremendously for Friday and today with
the cold front that moved in. Scott & Mary kept some small fish
to eat, their largest walleye at 14". Mary caught a nice sauger that
measured 18". She also broke her line on a big fish that
straightened her pole out and then she lost another one. Tim and
George had two slow days keeping 4 small ones on Friday and then
another 7 today that included two decent fish. Bill said he had slow
fishing and then caught a 43" pike that he released plus he caught a
16" sturgeon plus 2 walleyes. Renee, Pete, Paul and Marion fished
the afternoon Friday and had a slow bite. Renee caught a nice
walleye and the rest of the fish were small saugers. Today they said
it was slow again but Paul caught and released a 23" walleye. Todd,
Keith, Gary and Dan had slow fishing keeping 8 today. Scott, Steve,
Greg and Kurt each took home limits. The largest walleye measured 19
1/2". They were using portables. Roy and Lester had good
fishing keeping 16 fish today. Shane and Rich are using portables
and had a slow day but did well the day
before.
December 10, 2010:
Lester and Roy had a slow day keeping 7 fish. Lester
released a 25" walleye. Way to go Lester!! Roy caught a 8 pound
eelpout. Ken, Brian and Paul fished on Thursday and Friday and did
well both days (before the cold temps). They had fish to eat while
here plus took home their limits. They also released two 22"
walleyes and lost a big one.
December 9, 2010:
The fish are biting. Jeff had good fishing
releasing 21" and 27" walleyes plus catching five 18-19"
walleyes plus many more. Pink and glow were his hot colors. Bill
said the fish really starting biting this morning at 10am. We have 3
people out fishing today and more checking in tonight. We are full
for the weekend. Lots of snow, about 2 feet on shore for the
snowmobilers. The lake doesn't have much snow - all blew off.
December 7,
2010: The fish bit yesterday. Bill did well in 18 ft
of water getting his limit of walleyes and saugers before noon. He
also released 22", 23" and 26" walleyes. Way to go Bill!! Jeff
fished also in 18 ft of water and he also kept his limit of walleyes
and saugers. These were the only two people out fishing yesterday.
We are taking more fish houses onto the lake today and will have
groups fishing Thursday and on into the weekend.
December 4,
2010: Pete, Tony and Grant checked the ice today.
From our cabins up the bay to the hump we now have 6 to 10 inches of
ice. After crossing over the hump onto the lake there is 7-8 inches.
They checked the ice for a third of a mile out on the lake. ATV's
with portables are fishing the lake today. Also some spearing in the
bay. We will be taking fish houses onto the lake tomorrow and
Monday.
December 2, 2010:
Pete and Tony checked the ice today finding 3-5 inches on
the bay. We have 1 1/2" of ice with 2-3" of water on top of the ice
and then another layer of ice. The lake has 3-6 inches of ice
depending where you go. Morris Point Resort
will be allowing access out of their place this weekend,
but probably will only let sleds and people on foot go onto the
ice. We have cabins available for this weekend if you want
to pay the access fee at Morris. We are not letting anyone out
of our bay yet as it is not safe. Talked to Scott at Cyrus
Resort today and he says the ice is very thin in front of his place.
One poke with the ice chisel goes right through. Will have to
wait for more ice on the bay.
November 30, 2010:
More snow and wind. We have another 4-5 inches today and is
very windy and snowing again this afternoon. Can't see out onto the
lake - whiteout conditions, can't even see the shoreline. Hoping the
lake didn't break open but will have to wait to see.
November 27, 2010:
The lake is froze over and has been for a few days. Today
there were a few venturing out on the thin ice, walking out at
Graceton Beach. There were a few portables setup out there. There
are a few spear houses on Bostic Bay also. Ice is not thick enough
yet for ATV's - only walking out so far. Checked the ice on the bay
in front of the cabins today and there is lots of slush and snow on
top of the ice, so didn't go very far. Will wait a few more days and
let it get thicker. We have had 2 good snow storms this week and
have about a foot or more of snow already. Matt walked out near the
Wigwam and fished along with 5 others last evening. He missed 2
light bites. He said only 2 fish were caught amongst the 6 of them.
He also said the ice was only 2 inches and not safe yet. Hey Bob
this report is for you!
November 25,
2010: We now have about 1 1/2 feet of snow on the
ground. The lake is still open as we have had too much wind. Temps
are getting colder and we should be ice fishing soon.
November 22, 2010:
Deer season has closed and all the hunters are gone. Horst
got a nice spike buck. No other deer harvested the remainder of
season. The hunters didn't see much for deer this year.
November 18, 2010:
Dave, Ryan, Shawn, Dave and Denny didn't see much for deer
this year. Shawn Poppe got a nice buck with 8 points, real nice.
Shawn saw a bigger buck but too far away. Ryan also saw a few nice
ones. Still have a few hunters in camp. In front of the
cabins the bay has frozen over and temps have dropped
quite a bit. We'll be ice fishing before you know it!
November 7, 2010:
Deer season is upon us and we have lots of hunters in camp.
Deer taken so far - Colton Ramsay shot a nice doe, Cierra Ramsay
also shot a big doe. Brian Weidema shot an 8 point buck and Scotty
Weidema shot a bigger 8 point buck. Aaron Blair shot a doe. Cooper
Mickelson shot a 7 point buck. Still lots of hunters staying thru
Monday and Tuesday. The walleye bite was pretty good this afternoon.
Greg, Travis, Troy, Aaron, Greg and Josh all went out fishing and
did well coming back by 1:30 with their limits. Matt and Cooper got
their 8 fish and headed in by 4pm. Steve, Pete and Terri went out at
2:30 and came back in with 7 keepers. Yesterday the fishing was
faster and nicer fish. Pete and Terri kept 7 nice walleyes measuring
16-19". Pete released a 22 1/2" walleye. Travis, Aaron and Troy
brought in 4 keepers and also put back some slot fish. Troy released
a 25" walleye and Aaron caught his biggest walleye ever, measuring
27 3/4". Way to go guys! Our weather has been so warm and sunny that
the guys are fishing rather than hunting part of the time. We had
south winds today. Temps in the upper 50's for the rest of this
week. Pete has pulled the charter boat out of the water.
October 31, 2010:
Pete, Terri, EJ, Tony and Terri Gilster went out fishing at
3pm til just before dark. They anchored east of Morris Gap with
quite a few other boats around, about a dozen or so. The bite was
slow with a few small sauger caught at first, then followed by Terri
Gilster catching and releasing a beautiful 39 1/2" pike on a
pink/gold jig tipped with a frozen shiner. They caught a few more
throw backs, pulled anchor and moved to the west more, anchoring in
12 ft of water. Nicer fish caught there including Tony
Karp releasing a 26" walleye, Steve Jordet (EJ) releasing a 26"
or so walleye and Terri Fischbach releasing a 28" walleye, plus
more slots released. They kept 17 sauger/walleyes and threw back
quite a few keepers. Pretty nice weather out there with
light southeast winds and sunny today. Tom and Jean
fished east of Morris Gap and caught lots of nice fish. Dan and
Terry fished today and did well. They anchored in 17' of water out
front and never moved. They caught their limits (mostly saugers) and
Terry Larson released two 28" walleyes today! Way to go Terry!! He
was using a chartreuse jig and caught one on a chub and the other on
a shiner. They had a great time. They have removed the buoy markers
from the channel so you may want to bring your GPS along.
Ryan, Shawn, Dave, Denny and Dave spent the weekend scouting
for deer and grouse hunting. They did well getting 10 grouse and
said they saw quite a few deer also. Heard thru the grapevine the
walleyes are starting to bite on the river. A lady fishing the river
caught a 33" walleye (kept) weighing over 12 pounds this
weekend.
October 27, 2010:
Cold, windy and rainy today. We have gotten around 2 inches
of rain since yesterday. Nobody in camp til deer season arrives.
Deer hunters bring your boots as the ditches are full of water. Low
of 24 for tonight and a chance of snow, but then warmer temps for
the weekend, around 50 degrees.
October 25, 2010:
Kevin, Steve, Chad, Brian, Gordy and Todd had an
excellent fishing trip with the group eating lots of fish and taking
home limits of walleyes and saugers. Each guy released a slot fish
as follows: Todd 20 1/2", Kevin 25" walleye and a 10 lb
pout, Steve 20 1/2", Brian 22 1/2", Gordy 21" and Chad with a 21"
walleye and a 36" sturgeon. Gold jigs worked best on the brighter
days and glow jigs worked on cloudy days.
October 24,
2010: Everyone heading home with lots of fish from the
weekend. Jim's group had excellent fishing. They caught fish
everyday. Thursday and Friday the winds were lighter with Friday
being the best day. Saturday we had cooler temps with east winds but
everyone still spent the day on the lake, all bundled up and they
caught fish. Gary's group caught lots and lots of walleyes and
saugers, ate lots of fish and took home a bunch. Gary caught a 4 1/2
lb walleye which was the biggest fish for their group. Ron caught a
5 lb eelpout and they also got a sturgeon. Bruce, Alvin and Ryan ate
fish on Friday and kept 14 more on Saturday. They released a 21"
walleye and 22 1/2" walleye. Lee & Mark did well yesterday
releasing a 19 1/2", 21" and 25" walleyes. They got their
limits including 3-4 walleyes measuring 17". Pete, Terri,
Robyn, Charlie, Sam and Dawson fished Friday, anchoring out of
Zippel in 23' of water away from the boat pack. They caught lots and
lots of fish with Pete releasing a 26" walleye and a 22". Terri
released a 23" and 25" walleye. 6 yr old Dawson caught his first
walleyes today getting 3 including a nice 19" walleye. His
brother Sam caught 11 fish today. Around 4pm they moved to the
Morris Gap and anchored in 12' of water, having a fantastic bite
there using frozen shiners. Gold, gold/pink worked best. They
threw back lots of small fish and came in with 21 walleyes/saugers.
Todd's group has been doing well, catching lots of fish.
October 22, 2010:
Don and Riley are here for the youth hunt at Zippel Park.
Riley hunted two days but didn't get a chance to shoot at anything.
He saw lots of deer but they were all too far away. Tim, Trevor and
Jordan fished the river yesterday and kept 2 fish. The lake was too
rough for their boat with northwest winds. Al & Joyce went on
the charter boat on Wednesday. It was a pretty nice morning but
by 1pm the winds picked up so they came in. They had 8 keepers.
The wind gusted up to 46 MPH this afternoon so everyone was on the
river for the remainder of the day which has been slow. The shiners
are running but still seeing mostly small ones, the bigger ones
haven't come in yet.
October 17, 2010: Too much wind the
past few days, lake very rough. Jason, Cory, Doug and Ralph had
excellent fishing today. The wind died down a little and they headed
out to 35' of water, jigging with frozen shiners. They had super
good fishing coming into the dock around 1pm with nice, fat
walleyes, all measuring 17 to 19 1/2". They cleaned their fish, ate
fish and went back to the same spot, leaving the dock at 3pm. They
returned with their fish and said they had a great bite again. Cory
caught and released 4 walleyes this evening that measured over 20".
Way to go Cory. They put back lots of 17-18" walleyes today. The
group also put back a 25" walleye. The hot colors were white/orange,
pink/gold and orange/gold. They fished the river yesterday but it
was slow with lots of boats on the river for Borderview's Chili Bowl
Fishing Tournament. Friday they fished on the lake and caught a
bunch of fish out deep, bringing in 18 keepers with the largest at
19 /12". They ate fish everyday. Pete and Renee spent a couple of
days, taking out a small boat for a few hours and keeping walleyes
measuring 17 1/2" and 19 1/2". They fished off the dock on the river
that evening (wind picked up) and kept a 15" walleye. Brian's group
did well catching 50-50 fish on Friday and said they had a good fish
fry. Gary's group did well last night keeping nice walleyes while
fishing in 18' of water at the Morris Gap. Roger's group had good
fishing out of Zippel Bay saying they caught lots of
fish.
October 12, 2010: Very windy today
gusting to 25MPH out of the northwest. Too rough on the lake today.
Lots of boats fishing the river but heard it was slow. Fred, Joseph
and Ben fished the river near the church, saying it was very
slow. Boats were moving around quite a bit looking for a better
spot. Gary, Arnie and Mike fished Zippel Bay catching 5 pike at
around 20". Arnie also caught a 20 1/2" walleye he released. Fred,
Joe and Ben fished 3 days and said they caught 50-75 fish daily.
They released a couple of 22" walleyes and a 25" walleye. They had a
good time. We had light rain this morning but sunshine the remainder
of the day. High of 61 degrees.
October 11,
2010: Super bite at the Morris Gap again tonight.
Pete, Terri, Tony & Terri went out for the evening bite around
4pm. Quite a few boats out there but not as many as the weekend. We
tried a new spot tonight, dropped the anchor in 11 ft of water and
caught 3 fish immediately. Then it got slow with a nibble here and
there and catching some small fish we put back. Awhile later Tony
caught his limit pretty quick with Pete right behind him. Then the
girls starting getting them also. Tony also caught a nice 25-26"
walleye he released. Nice fish! We came into the dock with our
limits of walleyes plus one sauger and had a fish fry that was
awesome. Mike, Arnie and Gary Hasch are all catching lots of fish.
Today they caught their limits of walleyes and saugers. Mike
released a 21" followed by Arnie releasing a 23 1/2" and their
dad Gary released a 25 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys!! Yesterday they
fished in 32' of water and caught some that they ate.
October 10, 2010:
Darren, Diane & 4 yr old Brandon went out this evening
and did well bringing in some nice keepers to replace the ones they
ate for lunch today. Darren said they were biting so quickly that
you had a fish as soon as you got your jig to the bottom. Gold jigs
and white jigs worked great. This morning they went on the charter
boat with Pete, Terri and Wayne for a half day. The group fished the
Morris Gap for starters and got 4 keepers in the box; 3 walleyes, 1
sauger. They were catching mostly small fish and it was a little
slow so they pulled the anchor and headed out deep to 32' of water
off of Long Point, sitting amongst 40 other boats anchored. It was
better fishing out there with Pete releasing 21" and 25"
walleyes. Terri released a 22". Diane caught her largest
walleye measuring 23". She was really excited. Darren also
caught a big walleye measuring 25" that was released. The group kept
18 fish. Darren & Diane are heading home with
their limits of walleyes and saugers, all very nice fish measuring
15-19". Wayne also took home his limit of nice fish. Dan & Matt
went out this evening having fun catching their limit of 8 walleyes
plus Matt Mickelson of Baudette released a 25" walleye. Way to go
Matt!! Pretty hard not to catch fish the past few days.
October 9, 2010:
Pete did a half day morning charter taking out Phil,
Tammy, Shanna and Joe. They had really good fishing coming back to
the dock with nice limits of walleye/saugers for a total
of 24 fish. They also caught one jumbo perch and 2 pike. Phil caught
a sturgeon around 10 lbs and measuring 40". He had fun catching it.
The group had a good time fishing. We are still having warm temps in
the upper 70's and sunny skies, hardly any wind either.
October 8, 2010:
Talk about perfect fall weather? We are having it for the
past week or so and everyone is really enjoying it except our duck
hunters. They are getting some ducks but could use some rainy cold
weather to move them down. On another note, the sauger/walleye bite
has been fantastic the past few days. Tony and Terri are fishing off
the dock on the Rainy River and have been catching some nice
walleyes. Terri released a 27-28" walleye. Francis and Jeff headed
home with their limits. Jeff caught a sturgeon around 50" and had a
fun battle. His dad Francis caught a 30" sturgeon. They released
both. Eain, Bryce and Eli went out for a few hours and brought in
their limits. EJ and Dan fished the evening last night, going out at
4pm. They limited within 45 minutes keeping fish that measured 16"
and up. Matt and Barb went out for the evening bite and caught lots
of fish, keeping 9 and saying they could have kept limits of both
saugers and walleyes but didn't need that many. Barb
released a 21" and another one around that size. Matt released a 21"
and 22". Ralph and Horst are building deer stands on their
property. Ralph has gotten 4 grouse this weekend.
October 6, 2010: We are having a
georgeous fall. Most all the leaves have fallen from the trees now
for easier grouse hunting. Pete went grouse hunting for a short time
before dark and saw two grouse; shooting one. The other one ran into
the brush and he never saw it again. Bill, Deb, Amanda and a few
more of their friends have had excellent grouse hunting. They are
getting lots of birds. They prepared grouse stir fry in camp, south
of Baudette. Francis and Jeff are catching lots of fish and only
need one walleye and one sauger for limits to take home. They have
released walleyes measuring 22 1/2", 24" and 25". Way to go guys!!
Stan and Roger fished two days catching lots of small saugers and
keeping a few nice ones along with some smaller ones. They
released 21" and 26 1/2" walleyes. Good job guys!! EJ and
Randy fished the Rainy River from shore yesterday and caught a
couple of nice keepers plus they released two walleyes that measured
26" each. The shiners have started running in the river, but
scattered and not full force yet.
October 4, 2010: Nice and sunny today
with south winds, very warm out. Francis and Jeff have been catching
lots of fish over the weekend. Today they said it was much slower
but they did release a 24" walleye. Roger and his partner fished
near Zippel and also near Pine Island. They got some fish plus
released a 26 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys! Pete, Terri, EJ and Matt
fished the evening bite at Lighthouse Gap and then moved to Morris
Gap. We anchored in 16' of water and caught lots of saugers, keeping
a few. Then at Morris we anchored in 10' of water and caught more
saugers and a few walleyes. We missed many bites and went through
lots of frozen shiners. The boat near us caught lots of fish also.
We put on shadraps at dusk and trolled through the channel but
only caught a couple. We brought in 7 keepers. Warm temps all
this week with highs in 60's and sunny. Come on up!!
October 3, 2010: Phil, Tammy, Laura and
10 yr old Dixon went on a charter trip today with Pete. They had
good fishing despite the cold wind on the water. Everyone bundled up
in warm coats. Laura released a 25" walleye today. Way to go Laura!!
Dixon caught 2 jumbo perch and some walleyes and saugers. They
brought in 21 walleye/saugers plus 3 jumbo perch. Larry, Parker,
Paul & Mike are here hunting ducks, geese, grouse and
fishing. The weather was way too warm for duck hunting but they did
get 1 canadian goose, 1 snow goose, 2 teal, 3 bills and 2
mergansers. Larry also got one grouse. Mike went out fishing one
evening and caught lots of saugers with the largest ones
measuring 14".
September 30, 2010: Today Pete, Terri,
Al and Joyce went out fishing. It was much less windy compared
to yesterday. We had a brisk breeze that warmed up with the sun
while we were anchored in 23' of water in the Zippel Bay area.
Jigging with frozen shiners worked great with Joyce catching the
first fish and continuing to out fish us all for quite some time.
The fish were biting lightly for the most part and you had to let
them have the bait for awhile before setting the hook. We caught our
limits of walleyes plus 6 saugers and 3 jumbo perch measuring 11
1/2" up to 13 1/2" (see photos above). Pete released a 26" walleye -
very nice! We also put back lots of walleyes and saugers. We had an
excellent day of fishing. New groups checking in on Friday for
fishing and duck hunting opener.
September 29, 2010: Pete is doing a
charter trip today with Al and Joyce Albright on board. It is very
windy today with gusts up to 30 MPH. They hid in the corner near
Zippel Bay and managed to catch a few with bait. Pete just radioed
at 1pm and said they have 4 walleyes, 3 jumbo perch and one sauger
and the waves are getting bigger so they are headed back to the dock
for a fish fry.
September 28, 2010: We have returned
from our annual Elk hunting trip in Wyoming. We arrived at the
Sleeping Indian Outfitters ranch on a Saturday before noon. Sam
(guide) and Pete took off on horses around 5pm and headed for the
mountains. They returned at 11pm and told me that Pete had already
shot his cow elk, just before dark. They gutted and quartered it and
stashed it in the trees to return the next morning and bring it down
off the mountain. The following day Pete and Terri floated
down the Snake River casting for fish. Terri caught 3 mountain
whitefish and also lost a big trout right at the boat - it
bite the line. Pete caught a very big cutthroat around 18" or
so. It jumped out of the net right at the boat so didn't get to
measure it. Pete also missed a few bites. We only fished about
3 hours. We had a great time and the scenery was beautiful. We
also fished from shore on the Hoback River and also Granite Creek
catching nothing on the Granite, but we caught lots of nice
cutthroats on the Hoback, measuring 16-18". We released all
fish. We swam at Granite Creek Hotsprings and also in
Thermopolis at the hotsprings. We visited with friends in Buffalo,
WY on the way home and also stopped in SD to visit Pete's sister
Diana. We are cutting up elk and the freezer will be full for
another year! The weather was georgeous on our trip. Temps ranged
from 70-85 degrees with lows around 15-35 degrees at night.
September 26, 2010: Donny Ryan is here
from Thief River Falls along with two of his old buddies who now
reside in Nevada. Donny, Michael and Nick fished a couple of days
through wind and rain. They had very good fishing getting their
limits while anchored using live bait in 20' of water in front
of Pine Island. Michael caught and released a 27" walleye and
Nick released a 27 1/4" walleye. Way to go guys!!
September 19, 2010: Jon's group
had great fishing with "Thursday being slow but Friday and
Saturday were awesome days despite the wind". Jon
Cichoski released a 26" walleye and Colin and Kelly McDonough
released a 29 1/2" walleye - not sure which one caught it. Way to go
guys!!
September 15, 2010: Pete took out
Ron, Patty, Steve and Julie for a second half day charter. They ate
fish yesterday and needed to replace those eaten. The bite
was slower today but they got their fish plus Steve caught a nice 24
1/2" walleye he released. Way to go Steve!!
September 14, 2010: Pete did a half day
charter taking out Ron, Patty, Steve & Julie. They fished the
afternoon in the Zippel Bay area using the downriggers. They found
the nice walleyes in 18' of water and caught their limits easily.
They brought in nice 15-19" fish plus Pat released a 20 1/2"
walleye. She caught the first fish of the day and the biggest. Brian
and Cindy are here from Wisconsin. They had an awesome day with
Brian catching a 50" sturgeon. He said the battle was fun. They also
kept a couple of walleyes and a couple of jumbo perch. Our weather
has been a little cooler the past week with highs in the low 60's.
Sunny today and the wind has finally laid down some today. It has
been very windy the past week. The leaves on the trees are already
changing with the cooler nights.
September 13, 2010: Bob, Tyler and
Petey bait fished today in the Zippel area. They did very well in
17-18' of water, anchored. Tyler Currie caught and released a 55"
sturgeon. They also released a 26" walleye and a couple of 22" and
23". Way to go guys!! They came in with their limits of walleyes and
threw all saugers back.
September 12, 2010: Pete ran charter
trips today and yesterday for Randall's Resort. He and Grant took
out 9 people. They did well both days; the first day bringing in a
total of 39 fish and then getting the fish they needed after having
a fish fry the first night. It was rough with high winds both days
but they managed to get some fish just off of Sandy shores. They all
had a good time.
September 10, 2010: Pete ran a charter
today for Cyrus Resort taking out Wally and Darlene and the gang.
The day started out miserable with pouring rain and wind. The group
still wanted to go fishing so they left the dock around 9am in the
rain. They fished in front of Pine Island in 20' of water
downrigging as no-one wanted to stand out in the rain bait
fishing. They did pretty well considering the weather, bringing
in 11 keepers. The rain continued for the entire day. Pete was
soaked through along with the rest of the group when they came in.
The walleyes have lots of shiners in their bellies now. The geese
are flying over, quite a few of them and we are getting up mornings
to the sound of guns going off.
September 6, 2010: Mike and
Delores went out fishing today. They are the only customers
left in camp today; everyone else headed for home. They fished out
of Rocky Point to get out of the wind, but still had wind. He said
the fishing was good and they came back to camp with their limit of
walleyes. They also released 4-5 small walleyes and saugers. They
are having another fish fry right now. Wild grapes are ready.
Merlin, Sherry, Carrie and Jacob went grape picking today and found
lots of ripe ones. They are making juice and jelly.
September 5, 2010: A super day for
fishing! Pete and Tom (Randall's Resort) took out Mike, Jay, Joel,
Mike, Nick, Ben, Jeremy and JW for two days of charter fishing.
Their first day out they had 3 foot waves out of the north, so they
decided to head for Garden Island and get out of the north wind.
Then arrived south of Garden at 10:30, so it took awhile to get
across. They downrigged and did well with both boats bringing in
their limits of walleyes. Mike Thomas of Mayer, MN caught a 29"
walleye that he kept and took to the taxidermist. Way to go Mike!!
He also released a 25" walleye. Jay released a 25" walleye and
JW Thomas released a 25" walleye. Nick released a 30" pike. Way to
go guys!! The group had a fish fry to make room for walleyes the
following day. They headed back to Garden Island again and finished
off getting their limits by 11 am. They went shallow and caught 6
smallmouth bass plus some nice walleyes - they released all of them.
Then they tried for northerns but no luck. They had a great time.
Tracy and Mason went out with 7 yr old Mason landing about a 5 pound
northern, pretty big fish for the little guy. Way to go Mason!! He
also caught a 14" walleye. Mike went out alone today, fishing near
Garden Island. He did well bringing in 4 walleyes and one sauger. He
and his wife had a fish fry.
September 2, 2010: Eain took his two
sons, Bryce and Eli out today. They did well getting their limit of
walleyes in 30' of water, using frozen shiners on jigs.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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