November 23, 2008: No more deer to report. Pete saw many deer during the season but no big bucks so he didn't shoot. Eric hunted thru Saturday and saw a doe and a fawn but didn't get any shooting in. The lake was froze over on Friday but with the warm temps yesterday it opened back up. Our bay is still froze over. Warm temps predicted for all next week so it looks like we won't have ice til the temps get colder.

November 21, 2008: Happy Birthday Charlie Richardson!! Dave and Denny didn't get to shoot a deer this year - they headed for home.

November 20, 2008: Ryan Kelly from the Coon Rapids/Blaine area did very well hunting getting a 7 point buck, a nice doe and a fawn. Shawn Poppe got a spike buck. Dave and Denny are still hunting and Eric just arrived to deer hunt the last days of the season.

November 14, 2008: Ralph didn't get his trophy deer was said he was happy with what he saw in the woods, seeing a total of 34 deer; 11 of those being bucks. Dave, Ryan, Dave, Shawn and Denny are here hunting the second week of season. Shawn Poppe shot a nice doe. The rest of the group are still waiting for their deer. Raymie Hendrickson of Warroad shot a nice 10 point buck. Pete hasn't gotten his deer yet either. We are having colder temps here and still have a layer of ice on our bay. The lake is still wide open as is Bostic Bay and the Rainy river. Just a dusting of snow on the ground here.

November 11, 2008: Pete and I would like to thank all our veterans and troops for all the efforts and sacrifices they have made for our country. Our hunting groups are having a pretty good season so far. Bill Ramsay's group did very well with Bill shooting an adult doe, son 15 yr old Colton getting 2 adult does, 14 yr old Cheyenne Ramsay of Champlin shot an 8 point buck, a big doe and a fawn, her 12 yr old sister Cierra Ramsay shot an adult doe. Horst Graser of Prior Lake shot a10 point buck and Ralph is looking for that trophy buck. He has passed up shooting at two 8 pointers plus one 9 pointer. Aaron Blair of Monticello, MN shot a nice 10 point buck - see above and his cousin Travis McNevin of Isle, MN shot a spike buck. Aaron also shot a fawn. Jessie & Greg McNevin both shot fawns. We have more deer hunters checking in this weekend. There aren't very many hunters in our area this year. We have a thin layer of ice on the bay in front of the cabins today. The walleyes are biting and have heard they are catching them off the docks at the river resorts. Supposed to stay cold here and we have snow cover on the ground, but not much, just enough for tracking deer.

October 30, 2008: Fishing has slowed up on the lake in 10-18 ft of water and now they are catching them at 24 ft, out deeper. Also some are doing well on the river. The shiners have been running for over a week now. We returned from our Wyoming elk hunt with Pete shooting a big cow elk and Steve Bonneville of Champlin shooting a beautiful 6 x 6 bull elk. I fished a little but didn't catch anything. We had a good time visiting the Granite Creek Hot Springs and swimming in the very hot water coming out of the mountain. The view from the pool is spectacular with mountains all around you everywhere you look while you are swimming. We have 2 cabins left available for the deer hunt season. Give us a call if you are interested.

October 25, 2008: Jason & LaDonna had very good fishing starting out Friday morning at the Morris Gap and just getting out there to be rained on and it rained for quite awhile. They didn't have any raingear with so they came back to the cabin to dry off and then headed back out with their rainwear. They did well on Friday and Saturday catching 60-70 fish total. THe biggest fish was 18". They fished in 24' of water straight out from the Lighthouse Gap on Saturday and caught nice 17-18" keepers. They also had 5 jumbo perch. Water temp is still at 47 degrees. They also tried the river but didn't do well so headed back to the lake. They ate fish during their stay plus took home limits of walleyes, saugers and one pike.Cody, Larry and Paul hunted this evening for ducks getting 2 teal, 1 mallard and 1 coot. Dave, Dave, Ryan, Shawn and Denny are here bow hunting deer. Dave Kelly got a doe today. Jim & Rob fished the lake this morning and caught lots of little fish and kept one 18" walleye. They then headed to the river to try that.

October 23, 2008: Nice day with high around 50 and sunny, light winds. Pete, Terri, Steve and Matt went out for the late afternoon bite at Morris Gap. We anchored in 17 ft of water with orange and gold jigs being the hottest. The fish were biting pretty steady but lots and lots of small ones to weed through today. Pete caught and released a nice 26" walleye. We came to shore with 3 keepers. The shiners are running at night now and tonight they were really thick in the river and bays. More groups checking in for the weekend.

October 21, 2008: We had a very hard frost last night with the ground white and crispy this morning. The guys headed out for the river early this morning again today, coming back to camp around 2pm with their limits of walleyes and they are some very nice ones indeed! They also released a 20", couple of 21" and Kevin Bulau of Glencoe, MN released a 24 1/2" walleye. Way to go Kevin! They headed home with their limits plus ate fish each day. Green and glow white combination jigs worked best today. Very windy today and high around 52 degrees.

October 20, 2008: Happy Birthday Matthew Grimlie!! Great fishing on the river today even though the temps are pretty chilly today with a high of only 42 degrees coupled with a pretty cold wind. The Bulau group did well today getting some nice walleyes. They had a good fish fry tonight.

October 19, 2008: A little slower at the Morris Gap this afternoon and not many boats out on the lake with the wind today. Pete, Terri and Matt went out for the evening bite and caught 14 fish that measured 12" and under - all released. We also caught one 17" walleye and Matt Mickelson of Baudette released a beautiful 27 1/2" walleye he caught on a chartreuse jig. Terri caught a 6 lb eelpout on an orange jig. Dan, Donny & Steve fished today and did very well keeping 11 fish and putting back lots of little fish. Donny Berg of Thief River Falls released a 30" walleye today! Way to go Donny!! Jim and his son Frank fished the river this weekend. On Friday they fished the Birchdale area but did not do well, keeping no fish. Saturday they fished in and around the Baudette Bay area and did well getting close to their limit plus releasing some bigger fish, using jigs and shiners. Les, Howard, Doug and Jeff had a slow day yesterday with them getting 3 keepers plus a 2 pound bullhead.

October 18, 2008: Howard, Doug, Brian, Jeff, Kevin, Chad, Todd, Les, Jeff & Steve had an excellent day bringing in 25 walleyes and 15 saugers. They fished the Lighthouse Gap first but was very slow so they headed over to Morris Gap and the fish started biting right away. Brian released a 21" walleye. Todd caught two 18 1/2" walleyes today and they had some nice eaters. Last night Howard, Les, Doug and Jeff fished a few hours and kept 2 walleyes and 2 saugers. Pete, Terri, Merlin, Sherry, Carrie & Jacob fished the evening and kept 3 fish. We put back lots of little ones. The bite was much slower tonight. Tom and Jean from Randall's Resort fished yesterday and said the fish were bigger quality size and the bite was steady. Jim and Jim fished the river keeping 6 fish today. They also released a couple of 24" walleyes. Craig and Steve said that Thursday was very hot fishing with them keeping mostly 18" fish out of the Lighthouse Gap. They fished from noon to til pm and had their limits. Today the fish were smaller in size and didn't bite as well. 

October 13, 2008: Very wet weekend with rain falling most of the weekend. Our duck hunters did great with the cooler temps. Jared, Curtis, Max and Bryan hunted for 5 mornings with the group shooting up lots of ducks including 6 female & 2 male buffelheads, 2 bluebills, 1 widgeon, 3 female mallards and 1 greenhead, 2 teal; 1 green, 1 blue and 9-10 coots. Greg, Jessie & Brad were here for the early doe season but didn't get any deer.

October 10, 2008: Pete, Terri, Steve and Bill fished the evening bite and we did very well getting lots of bites. We were selective keeping only 16-17" fish and releasing all the rest. We put back 7-8 walleyes that measured over 17" and we also put back lots of 14" and 15" walleyes in addition to catching lots of small fish. We anchored and jigged with frozen shiners using up 4 bags of minnows; one bag a person. There were quite a few boats out there tonight and everyone was catching fish. Beautiful day with high of 65 and lots of sunshine and absolutely no wind til around 5pm when they picked up lightly, enough to make your hands cold while unhooking fish and baiting your hook, the bite was so good! Heard from Log Cabin Bait that all boats fishing the Morris Gap this morning did super in 9 ft of water and had their limits and back to shore early.

October 8, 2008: Dave and Matt fished the late afternoon and did well getting limits of walleyes and also releasing 20", 24" and 25 1/2" walleyes plus one pike. They came in just before the pouring rain started along with high winds.

October 5, 2008: Still great walleye bite most days depending on the winds and weather. Scot, Tanya, Todd & Dustin had a slower bite on Friday with them keeping 8 fish. They tried downrigging out front but that wasn't producing well so they headed across the lake to Crow Duck and tried the downriggers up there but still didn't do well. Dan & Joe did well though with downrigging. Joe caught and released a 23" walleye and Dustin Schneider of Monticello, MN caught and released a 66" sturgeon he caught on a blue glass rapala while rigging. He said it took 15-20 minutes to land the big fish. He also caught a 27" walleye the same day on a jig tipped with a minnow. He sure had a lucky day!! Pete, Terri & Matt fished the evening bite anchoring with jigs and frozen shiners. We had great fishing in 16 ft of water, bringing in 8 nice walleyes with one measuring 16", a few 17" and the rest were 18" and 19" fish. They were healthy eaters. Pete released a couple of bigger walleyes also. Saturday was slower for Pete, Matt and I with us bringing in 4 keepers, but all nice fish. Scot, Tanya, Todd, Dustin, Dan, Joe, Nick & Michelle said that Saturday was kind of slow but they got enough fish for a fish fry for the group. Nick and Michelle are walleye fishing for the first time and they did catch some saugers and Nick also caught an 18" walleye. They had fun. Today (Sunday) the group did really well with a better walleye bite happening using jigs. They fished the Lighthouse Gap and the Morris Gap and did well in both spots releasing lots of 20-22" walleyes. They did take home limits of walleyes for the group and were only short 3 saugers for limits. Saturday we had nice weather with temp around 65degrees and sunny most of the day. Sunday was cloudy with some sun and quite a bit of wind. Paul, Larry & Cody hunted ducks this weekend getting 2 ducks on Friday morning. They did see lots of geese but none close enough to shoot at. The weather was a little too warm yet for the ducks to be coming in steady.

September 27, 2008: Eain, Jessie and their kids did well jigging with minnows. Jessie Johnson of Willliams, MN caught and released a 28" walleye. The group brought in 22 keepers and had a great day of fishing.

September 13, 2008: Pete, Terri, Merlin, Sherry, Eain, Sara, Carrie & Jacob went out downrigging this afternoon and had fantastic fishing. Lots of boats out on the lake today with sunny skies and light winds. 4 yr old Jacob Johnson of Williams caught and released (with the help of his uncle Eain) a 27 1/2" walleye. Way to go Jacob!! Jacob also released a 20 1/2" and he kept a 19". Terri released a 21 1/2". Carrie Johnson of Williams, MN released a 25", 26" and a 20". Way to go Carrie. She was hot! Sara Johnson of Williams, MN released a 22" plus her and Carrie had a double with both of them releasing 20" walleyes. Sherry Johnson of Williams, MN released a 26" walleye. Pete released a 23". We figure we released at least 15 big fish today. Black/silver raps and the Wonderbread lure caught the most fish. We kept 28 walleyes and 6 saugers and had a blast!  

August 31, 2008: Super fantastic walleye fishing the past few days. Downrigging has really turned on this past weekend. Not a problem getting your limits of walleyes and we are also getting saugers. The charter boats are downrigging in 24 ft of water and deeper. The big walleyes are biting quite steadily with lots of slot fish being released back to the water. Pete and Tom ran charters today and yesterday and had super fishing with black/silver and wonderbread lures working best. Joel, Mike, Dustin, JW & Mike were on Pete's boat both days, and Jay, Ben, Greg, Jeremy & Nick were on Tom' s boat for 2 days. They limited on walleyes and saugers plus put back lots and lots of slot fish. Today was better than yesterday with bigger walleyes biting. Tom's boat released 18 fish that measured over 20". All keepers were 17" to 19". Pete's boat had 3 walleyes over 24" plus a 26". Nick Embree of VanMeter, Iowa caught a beautiful 30" walleye on the Wonderbread lure. Jeremy caught and released a 24" and a 25". Jay Hoskinson of Dallas Center, IA caught and released a 28" walleye and Ben threw back 3 slot fish. Way to go guys!! Pete's boat also released a pike around 40". Everyone said they caught nicer sized fish today. Todd, Scot & Patrick fished the weekend and had really great fishing also. Scot said they caught a lot of big fish and there must be a huge school of walleyes out there in 25-26' of water. Patrick Johnson of Elk River, MN released a 28" walleye. Way to go Patrick!! Scot said he had on a huge fish but it got away just before getting it to the boat. A pink X-Rap worked best for them today. Vince, Bruce and Brandon were fishing using live bait. They caught 3 walleyes and 3 saugers today and let go a few small ones. Brandon Schulz of Morristown, MN released a 21 1/2" walleye. He also caught a 5lb pike. Very hot today with temp near 90 degrees. High winds today with 35 MPH gusts out of the south.  

August 21, 2008: Dennis, John and Matthew went out fishing today using their downriggers. They had good fishing catching 7-8 fish. Matthew Puffinbarger of Derby, Iowa caught a 29" walleye today and what a beautiful fish. Way to go Matthew!! Pete, Terri, Charlotte, Sherry and Brittany all went blueberry picking for the morning. We found plenty of berries still but they are getting towards the end of picking. Very windy today with lots of sunshine and hot.

August 20, 2008: Pete ran a half day charter today taking out John, Charlotte, Dennis, Sherry, Matthew and Brittany. They had excellent fishing coming in with 21 keepers. Matthew Puffinbarger of Derby, Iowa caught and released walleyes measuring 20", 20 1/2". Sherry Fisher of Derby, Iowa released a 27" walleye and her dad John Fisher of Ottumwa released a 26" walleye. Dennis Vandenburg of Derby Iowa released a 21" walleye. Good fishing everyone! They also had a big pike eat the "Baby Bass" lure today. The black headed Wonder Bread Lure was the hot today along with silver/black shadrap.

August 19, 2008: The Fisher family went out this evening for a short while and kept 4 fish. Matthew Puffinbarger of Derby, Iowa released a 23" walleye.

August 17, 2008: John, Charlotte, Dennis, Sherry, Brittany & Matt went out fishing today using downriggers. They had a good afternoon getting 15-16 keeper walleyes. Black/silver raps worked best for them today. John released a 20 1/2" walleye. Pete and I mowed the lawn and did chores today.

August 16, 2008: Keith, Kathy, Katie & Isaac went out for another day of downrigging. They kept 7 walleyes and one saugers today. Keith Ross of Isanti, MN caught a 30 1/8" walleye today that he kept to get mounted. He caught the big fish on a perch colored shad that has an orange bottom. At first he didn't think the fish was big as it was coming to the boat so easily but then he realized he had a much bigger walleye. He was very happy about it. Way to go Keith!! Pete, Terri, Merlin, Sherry & Jacob all went blueberry picking again today but we headed for the woods early in the morning to beat the hot sun. We each filled an ice cream pail by noon and then grilled some hotdogs for lunch and headed home to clean our berries. They are really nice berries this year and lots of them in the woods. Hot days predicted for all next week here.

August 15, 2008: Keith, Kathy, Katie & Isaac spent the weekend fishing and doing very well. They used downriggers and had great success. Their first day out on Friday they kept 10 fish and released lots of 20" fish plus some 24's and a 25" walleye. Pete, Terri, Merlin, Sherry, Carrie and Jacob went blueberry picking today, filling our ice cream pails. We had a picnic in the woods and enjoyed the hot day. Megan Linder (our neighbor) caught a 29" walleye today. Way to go Megan!!

August 11, 2008: Josh, Collin, Tim, Scot & Todd fished til around noon today and said the fishing was even better today compared to the weekend. They said they caught bigger walleyes including lots of 25" fish. Collin Orth of Princeton, MN caught and released a 27 1/2" walleye and Josh Strickland of Eau Claire, WI caught and released a 26 1/2" plus a 27" walleye. Way to go guys!! They had a blast this weekend. Our camp is empty now until Thursday night. Pete and I are going berry picking this week.

August 10, 2008: Super duper fishing this morning with a huge school of walleyes that are hitting steady on the shadraps while downrigging. Pete, Terri, Steve and Kathy went out for a day of downrigging and did very well. Steve and Kathy had a blast catching lots of keeper walleyes and also releasing many slot fish measuring from 20" to 23". No really big fish, maybe next time. We also missed a couple of big fish that got off before we could net them. The lures that were the hottest were white canadian and black/silver. We caught lots of 17-19" fish that are very fat and healthy. We also kept 2 saugers. Todd, Scot, Collin, Tim and Josh had a fantastic day today with their group downrigging and doing excellent. They released lots of slot fish today but no wall mounters. They said they had a blast and the weather has been a bonus with lots of sunshine and light winds the past few days. Charlene, Paul, Andrew and William went blueberry picking today before heading for home. They had a good time this weekend. Craig, Andrea and her boyfriend went out for the morning and had fish to clean also.

August 9, 2008: Happy 22nd Anniversary to Steve & Kathy Wirebaugh!! Excellent fishing today and beautiful weather to go with it. Collin, Tim, Josh, Scot & Todd downrigged today and caught many fish. They released 22", 23" and 24" walleyes. Pete ran a half day charter (morning)taking out Colleen, Nick, Phyllis & Gene. They did well replacing the fish they ate yesterday (2 meals) and then completing their limits of walleyes plus they had a few saugers. The best lures today were white and the famous wonder bread lure, which was lost on a  big fish today. Charlotte, don't forget to bring Pete another Wonder Bread lure if you can find one! It will be much appreciated! Gene lost a big fish at the boat but it got away from the net and took the wonder bread lure with it. Pete say's the walleye was over 28" and was big. Pete ran an afternoon charter after bringing in the morning group. He took out Shaffer along with his sister Charlene and her family including her husband Paul and their two sons 8 yr old William and 11 yr old Andrew. The boys have never been charter fishing and they loved it. They started catching fish right away and the afternoon bite was even better than the morning with lots of nice fat 17-19" fish. 11 yr old Andrew  LaGrange of Champlin, MN caught and released a 27" walleye he caught on a white canadian shadrap. Way to go Andrew!! His mother is sending us a picture so I will post it when it arrives. Charlene LaGrange released a 22" walleye. Black/silver shads are working great this weekend. Steve & Kathy fished the morning til noon or so and came in with 3 fish in the 17-18" range. They were using leeches. No report from Craig's family on how they did fishing today.

August 8, 2008: Craig, Donna & their son Aaron spent the day together on the lake using downriggers. They had a great day of fishing keeping 11 walleyes plus 3 saugers. Craig Kiefat of Maple Grove, MN caught and released a 27 1/2" walleye. Way to go Craig!! He showed me a picture of the fish and it was a beauty, nice and fat. Their daughter Andrea and her boyfriend will be joining them for fishing tomorrow. Pete ran a half day charter (morning) taking out Colleen, Gene, Nick & Phyllis. They had a slow start this morning but then found a school of fish and got into them pretty steady catching their limits of walleyes plus a couple of saugers. Colleen released a 20 1/2" walleye and Gene released a 21 1/2" walleye. White shads and Wonder Bread shad was working best today. The group was back to the dock by noon today. Steve & Kathy kept 2 fish this morning measuring 17" and 18" plus Kathy released a 21" walleye. They missed 3-4 bites while fishing with leeches. Georgeous weather here this past week and the downrigging has just begun.

August 6, 2008: Pete and I went berry picking today and yesterday. There are lots of blueberries ready for picking along with some that are still green. We also found a patch of raspberries and picked about 6 cups. They are very sweet. We should be picking them for at least another week or so. Had blueberry pancakes yesterday morning and we are having raspberries with ice cream tonight! The chanterelle mushrooms are also ready. Lots of mosquitoes out there so wear long sleeves and bring the bug spray.

August 2, 2008: Kevin, Patty, Darlene, Larry, Dwane, Mike, Grant, Adam, Hayley & Kathy spent a week vacationing at our resort. They all had a great time doing lots of fishing, playing horseshoes and just enjoying good times with family. They caught lots of walleyes, sauger, some perch, pike and smallmouth bass. Kevin Whisney of Logan, IA caught a 49 1/2" sturgeon while jigging with a leech in the Morris Gap area. He battled the big fish for about half an hour and was quite excited to see what he had caught. See his picture above. Yesterday Merlin, Sherry, Carrie & Jacob went out for a few hours - Jacob caught one small fish, Sherry caught one small fish and a 20" pike she released and Carrie caught a 14" walleye. It was very hot on the water with little breeze. Todd, Scot & Patrick downrigged today up near Crow Duck and did super, catching their limits of walleyes. They said it didn't matter what color lure they put down, they had a hard time keeping up with the fish. Everytime they put a lure down they caught a fish. No big ones though. 

July 31, 2008: Kevin's family group of 10 had a super good day of fishing on Monday with them keeping 30 walleyes with 18" walleyes and lots of 17" walleyes. They are drifting with spinner rigs tipped with leeches and/or crawlers. Kevin caught a 19 1/2" walleye and he also caught a smallmouth bass. One of the grandson's caught a 19" walleye. No one else in camp this week. We are having beautiful weather here the past week and the fish are biting good.  

July 28, 2008: Kevin's group has been fishing and getting some nice eaters. The pail was full today in the fish cleaning shack so they are getting plenty of fish. No report today from them. Very hot out today and humid. No wind.

July 27, 2008: Mike, Kelly, Jeff, Lori & Scott went out with Pete for another day on the charter boat. They had a fish fry last night and needed 3 more limits today. The bite was slower today and it took awhile to get their fish. They came in with 10 nice keepers plus released the following slot fish: Jeff released a 21", Kelly released a 24", her mother Lori released a 24" walleye and Scott (Jeff's dad) released a 26" walleye. Kevin and his family are here from southern Iowa for a week. Kevin caught a 17" walleye and Larry caught a 14". They also caught some smaller fish. Kevin lost a big fish he fought for about 10 minutes til the line broke when it swam underneath the boat. He was excited and won't forget that experience. Adam and Mike caught some small pike off our docks they released. Grant caught one walleye and Patty caught two small walleyes. It was pretty hot today with no wind at times or hardly any wind at all.

July 26, 2008: Mike, Kelly, Jeff, Lori and Scott boarded the charter boat with Pete for a full day of fishing. They tried bait fishing first but was slow and then they went to downrigging, but that was worse for producing fish, for Pete's boat anyway. They went back to anchoring and jigging and did best with leeches. They brought in a nice catch including 17 walleyes and 2 perch. Kelly Anderson caught and released a 22" walleye and 24" walleye. Her husband Jeff Anderson released a 21" walleye. Mike Strachota of St Paul caught and released a 27" walleye. Way to go Mike!! Tom ran a charter out of Randall's Resort with his group downrigging. Jean told me they got some nice fish. It was a beautiful day with temp in 80's and 10MPH winds. We are expecting temps in the 80's for next week also. Summer has finally arrived in north country! Now if we can just get the rain to stay away. Lake levels are still high and no problems getting around with your boat. Just waiting to hear if the blueberries are ripe yet? Anyone been picking yet?

July 19, 2008: Rich, Terry, Jeff, John, Greg & Mike went on a full day of charter fishing today. They had a better day of fishing using live bait while jigging and they also used spinner rigs today. Leeches and crawlers worked best. Minnows produced little for bites. A nice day on the lake and lots of boats on the water today. No rain today. They came in with their limits of walleyes for everyone plus 7 saugers. John Brown of Maple Grove, MN caught and released a 24" walleye and Greg Jacobs of Andover caught and released a 25" walleye today. Way to go guys!! 

July 18, 2008: Rich, Greg, Terry, Jeff, John & Mike went out with Pete for an afternoon of fishing today. It was pretty slow and they were told by other boats the fish had just shut down and had been biting good earlier in the day. They came in with 9 keepers and the group had a fish fry as they will be fishing a full day tomorrow. Captain Tom from Randall's Resort ran a charter today trying downrigging and bait fishing and they came in with 21 fish. Grant also ran a charter for Randall's today and his boat kept 10 fish. 

July 16, 2008: Pete ran a charter trip today taking Amy and Bob out fishing and I decided to tag along, it was such a beautiful day. We anchored just out of the Morris Gap and jigged with frozen shiners and leeches. We had lots of bait stolen by small walleyes and saugers plus caught lots and lots of small fish. Every so often we caught a nice keeper for the box. We were catching so many little fish we moved and Pete took out to 9 mile -we anchored out there but not a single bite. So, we headed back towards Pine Island and tied on some shadraps pullling those in 7-8 ft of water and trolled along Pine Island heading west. We didn't get a single strike on the plugs but we did get to see the bald eagle on Pine Island sitting in a tree. We arrived back at the Morris Gap and anchored in the same area we fished earlier in the morning. We started catching fish right away and finished getting our limits of walleyes plus some saugers. Bob was using a gold jig, Pete had gold/orange on most of the day. Amy was using chartreuse and caught lots on that but then it slowed down for her so she switched to hot pink and she did really well with that color. I tried green/chartreuse and then switched to gold/orange. Amy is from Brooklyn, New York and her cousin Bob is from Wisconsin. They prepared their walleye filets 4 different ways and enjoyed all of them. This is the first time they have eaten walleye and they really liked it!!

July 14, 2008: Very high winds here this past weekend and tough fishing. Pete and I went to Moondance Jam for the first time and just got home. We had a great time and listened to some super good music. Cyrus Resort had a single cabin plus a duplex cabin burn down yesterday. The winds were so high the flames spread fast to the duplex before the fire department could get there. Luckily they were able to contain the fire, but unfortunately both buildings are totally ruined.

July 5, 2008: Larry, Debbie, Dave & Bev went out for another day of fishing. They had another good day and replaced all the fish they ate and are taking home limits of walleyes and saugers. Larry Howard of Muse, Oklahoma caught and releaesd a 28 1/2" walleye plus he also released a 22" walleye. His grandmother Bev Schoneck of Greeley, Colorado caught and released a 28 1/2" walleye also! Pete Fischbach of Baudette also caught and released a 28 1/2" walleye today and Debbie Howard from Greeley, Colorado put back a 22" walleye, so they put back 5 big walleyes today!! Way to go group!!  Keith, Kathy, Katie & Isaac had another good day of fishing heading back to the same area they fished the day before. Kathy was hot today catching lots of big fish. They released slot fish measuring 22 3/4", 22 1/4", two 21 1/2" that were a double catch and a 19 1/2". They were jigging with frozen shiners.  

July 4, 2008: Happy Independence Day!! Keith, Kathy, Katie & Isaac had a super good day of fishing. They anchored and jigged with frozen shiners in 35' of water. They caught 3 slot fish measuring 22 /34", 23" and 24". They came in with 12 very nice walleyes plus their limit of saugers. Yesterday they kept 4 walleyes after fishing the late afternoon. Pete ran a charter taking out Larry along with his mother Debbie and his grandparents, Dave & Bev. They are from Greeley, Colorado. They brought in 15 waqlleyes plus 10 saugers. Dave Schoneck of Greeley, CO caught and released a 26" walleye. Way to go Dave!! Larry caught a 22" walleye he put back. Todd, Pat, Scot & Tanya tried downrigging today with them keeping 7 walleyes. Ted has caught a few walleyes and also a big northern while trolling the bay. Sunny and hot today. The fireworks in town were spectacular this year, as always! Lots of people up town having fun.

July 3, 2008: Pete ran a charter trip today taking out Jim, Doug, Terri & Mike. They had a great day of fishing, bringing in their limits of walleyes all measuring from 15-19" with most fish at the high end, plus they had 5 saugers and one jumbo perch measuring 13 3/8". THey caught most of their fish on frozen shiners and they also caught a few on leeches. Georgeous day today with sunny skies.

July 2, 2008: Kevin ran a charter trip out of the Wigwam Resort today. They kept 12 fish. Krafty went out this morning and said the fish turned on at noon in front of Pine Island and they limited very quickly in 8-12' of water.

June 28, 2008: Very stormy weather today, high gusting winds to 40 MPH and rain all day. Pete did a half day charter taking out some guys from the Wigwam Resort. They wanted to give it a try anyway so they ended up fishing in Four Mile Bay. They caught 10 fish and had one keeper. They came into shore at noon soaking wet. The water level has come way up with the north wind today and some docks were underwater temporarily til the water receded in the evening when the winds died down. No small boats out today. These reports have been posted but my server has been down for days, sorry.

June 27, 2008: Aaron, Jason, Adam & Gary had an awesome time fishing the past week using crawlers. Aaron said they "caught a pile of slot fish" right around 14 of them. They released 23", 24", 25", etc. The group ate 5 meals of fish during the week plus went home with their limits of walleyes. They didn't catch any saugers but had one perch and one pike. Traylen, Kelly, Deb, Brad and Lindsey spent the past week here fishing and visiting Zippel State Park for recreation. They had a wonderful time. Kelly caught a 17" walleye and she also caught a 26" pike and a 27" pike. Way to go Kelly! Traylen did well catching lots of nice keepers. The group ended up with 3 limits to take home and they ate fish while staying here.

June 25, 2008: Aaron, Brad & Jason are having a great time catching lots of fish. They released two slot fish today at 23" and 25" andkept 6 fish with two of them measuring 15" plus a 18" and 19". Yesterday they caught limits for all 3 with all fish measuring 17-19". They released two 24" and a 23". Way to go guys!  Mark & Craig kept 7 walleyes today with the largest measuring 18". Yesterday they fished the Lighthouse Gap but no keepers so they moved in front of Pine Island and ended up keeping 4 walleyes with the largest caught by Mark at 17".

June 23, 3008: Jason, Aaron & Brad are having great fishing with the three of them catching and releasing 7 walleyes in the slot including a 24" and a 26". The first 45 minutes of fishing today they landed 3 slot walleyes. Aaron Brendes of Cedar Rapids, IA caught and kept a 28 3/4" walleye. Way to go Aaron!! The group has already eaten 3 meals of walleye in the past few days. They are using spinner rigs with crawlers and leeches with their keeper walleyes measuring 15-19". Yesterday most fish were 17" to 19". Beautiful and sunny today.

June 22, 2008: Mike, Tim, Gary, Ed and Mike went out for another day of charter fishing. The bite was a bit slower today but still good fishing. They brought in enough walleyes to replace the meal they ate plus they finished getting their limits of saugers for the group. Ed Roth of Brooklyn Center, MN caught and released a 39" northern pike. Good job Ed!! They had an excellent fishing trip. Bill & Deb went out this morning in a small boat saying it was rough and windy and hard to get onto the lake at 6:45 this morning. After the waves calmed down a bit they headed out onto the lake in front of Pine Island. They caught 15 fish and got their limit of walleyes plus Deb Zentner of Baudette, MN caught and released an 8 pound walleye plus about a 7 pound carp! Yes, you read that right, a carp. They were using spinner rigs with crawlers fishing shallow near the island. They were back to the docks by 11am. Matt and Barb went out just for a couple of hours and came in with 4 nice keeper walleyes they caught while pulling shadraps in front of Pine Island. Tracy, Dan & Steve went out and got their limits of walleyes today. Another sunny day here.

June 21, 2008: Pete did a charter today taking out Mike, Art, Tim, Mike, Gary & Ed. They had an excellent day of fishing catching nice quality fish. The first two hours of the day were the best with the group using fatheads while jigging and also drifting with spinner rigs. When the minnows were just about gone they switched to leeches and also did well on those. Pete caught and released a 22" walleye plus a 23" walleye. Mike Hanson caught and released a 23" walleye. They brought in their limit of walleyes for the group plus 5 bonus saugers. Ed made walleye dinner with a special sauce and then he bakes them in the oven. I think his recipe is the best one I have ever tried. Mmmmmm, good, I can still taste it while typing this report! This recipe and the walleye cakes recipe are the top two in my opinion. Pat & Dave fished in a small boat and brought in 2 walleyes. It was very windy today and pretty rough out on the lake for small boats. Jim, Todd & Paul went also went out in a small boat but said it was too rough and they came back into shore. We are having nice sunny days here finally with temp around 78 degrees today.

June 20, 2008: Today we had beautiful weather with light winds and temp around 75 degrees. Water temp is 62 degrees. Paul, Jim, Todd, Dave & Pat boarded the charter boat for a day of fishing. They had an excellent day coming in with their limits of walleyes plus a few saugers. They used fatheads and/or leeches with jigs. Pete caught and released a 24" walleye. They had a super great day! Tim, Linda & Devon spent the past week here and had some good fishing. This morning they caught 5 keepers to add to their "take home fish". Tim caught and released a 22" walleye. Way to go Tim! Tim also had his line broke on a big fish. Linda's largest walleye this week was 17". They only need 2 more fish to complete their limits. Matt's group came in with 6-8 nice walleyes tonight. They have been here for a week and are heading home tomorrow. They had a good time.  

June 19, 2008: Linda, Tim & Devon came in today with 6 keepers including (2) 16", 14" and some 12 inchers. They have been using spinner rigs for most of the week and also tried some jigging. Devon caught a 17" and 18" on a white jig tipped with a fake worm. Matt's group kept 7 more tonight while fishing in front of Pine Island.

June 17, 2008: Matt, Jake, Mitch & Andy did well today bringing in 9 keeper walleyes. They fished in 6-10 ft of water using jigs with leeches. Andy released a 23" and Matt released a 21". Way to go guys!! Hot colors for them were pink, orange and gold. The warmer temps are finally starting here. I think summer may show up after all!

June 14, 2008: Some sunshine today but still not summer here yet. Been pretty tough fishing with the weather conditions we have had the past week here but some are still toughing it out. Lance Jenson of Baldwin, WI caught (3) 25" walleyes today that he released! Way to go Lance!! Sure must have been fun. He also released a 22" walleye. He and Vaughn limited today while anchoring and jigging with frozen shiners in 15' of water at the Morris Gap. Chartreuse was the hot color for them. They kept (4) 18" walleye plus some 15" and 12". Zach and Ron kept 2 walleyes, 1 sauger and 1 perch. They also had a line broke on a big fish and missed more bites.

June 12, 2008: Happy Birthday Sandee Anderson!!

June 11, 2008: Bob, John, Dave, Pete, Aaron, Kevin & Kurt spent a week here and experienced lots of weather changes with rain, high winds and a few sunny days. Overall, they had a good week of fishing despite the weather with the group eating 3 meals of fish and catching the following: Dave Arnold of Winona caught and released a 28 1/2" walleye. Kurt Farrell of Dodge Ctr, MN caught and released a 24" walleye and he also caught a 28 1/4" walleye that he kept. Kevin Farrell of Hinckley, MN caught and released a 38" northern pike. The group also released a 26" walleye and lots of 23" walleyes plus they figure they must have put back at least 16 walleyes over the 19 1/2" slot. They caught lots of eaters plus 4 smallmouth bass. Zach Nelson's group checked in yesterday and had a short time to fish between rain storms. They came in with one walleye, one perch, one northern. Today they caught some nicer sized walleyes with Lance releasing (3) walleyes all measuring at 21" plus he caught and released a 38" northern pike while trolling. Vaughn caught two pike, Ron caught a 19 1/2" walleye and Zach released a 21" walleye. We haven't had much sun here the past week. Pete and Terri found enough morels for a meal last Sunday including 3 yellows. Been cooler temps since then and haven't found anymore.

June 10, 2008: Herb & Chuck went out for another day of charter fishing with Pete. The weather was a little better today with only a few light sprinkles in the morning but pretty chilly temps at 48 degrees this morning. They tried drifting with spinner rigs but didn't produce much of anything, so they anchored and jigged. They did very well catching lots of small fish and about every 3-4th fish was a nice 17-18" keeper. Chuck Hong of Pelican Rapids, MN released a 22" walleye and he also caught and released a 41" northern pike. Way to go Chuck!! The northern was a georgeous fish, very healthy looking and fat and would have been a nice mount but Chuck wanted to let it live. Chuck got his big pike on while Pete was catching a walleye, which got tangled in with Chuck's line but Pete managed to net his 22" walleye, bite the line off and then bite his line off of Chuck's line where it had tangled and then netted the big pike. They said it was all very exciting and the pike put up quite a battle for Chuck. Pete released a 26" walleye, 22" and also a 20". They came in around 1pm to the docks with 10 walleyes, all very nice measuring from 17-19", plus 3 saugers and 3 jumbo perch. 7 year old Jimmy Short is here from Aurora, IL on vacation. He went out fishing with his Dad, Jim on Kevin's charter boat out of the Wigwam Resort today. Jimmy had an exceptionally lucky day today with him catching two 27" walleyes plus a 25" walleye - all released. Hey, way to go Jimmy!! It's gonna be hard for that little boy to beat his day of fishing in the upcoming years. Jim Sr. also caught a nice 24" but Jimmy still has him beat and is chuckling about that.

June 9, 2008: Pete took out Chuck and Herb for a day of fishing even though the skies were dark and cloudy with rain being eminent soon. They pulled some shadraps first but that didn't produce so they switched to jigging. They came in when lightning and thunder started in the area, bringing in 8 keepers with 5 of them being nice eaters and 3 of them were a nice size for taking home. It rained most of the afternoon. The lake level is up good and no problems with traveling in our bay.  

June 7, 2008: Pete ran the charter today again with a group of 6 from Cyrus Resort. They brought in 14 walleyes and 1 perch. The lake was very rough today with big waves and very windy out. Sunny skies though all day and pretty nice here on shore with temp around 75 degrees. Pete said it was a hard day of fishing. Kurt, Kevin, Aaron, Dave, John & Pete and Bob are all fishing today. One of them caught a 28 1/2" walleye today but not sure which one, but will find out. It is pretty windy on the lake today for small boats.

June 6, 2008: Very stormy out this morning with rain, high winds and 6 foot waves on the lake. Our group that booked the charter boat opted to stay on shore and wait til noon to see what the weather would bring. They decided to go fishing and left the dock at 1pm. It rained on them and was cold and windy and also very hard to fish. They brought in 5 walleyes and 2 jumbo perch, plus one northern. Kurt Farrell of Dodge Center, MN caught and released another 23" walleye today. Way to go Kurt - you must have the knack!

June 5, 2008: Dan, Doug, David, Roger, Marty & Ryan were out looking for quality fish today. They kept 5 walleyes and 1 sauger. They caught lots of small fish. Marty caught a nice heavy anchor today which he graciously gave to Pete for his boat. Thanks Marty!! Jim, Tracy, Wendy & Kenny kept 10 walleyes this morning using spinner rigs with crawlers. Pete took Mark and Bruno out on the charter boat today plus Shaffer joined them. They headed up the Rainy River for a tour and tried some fishing but the current was too strong and lots of grass and small debris getting on their lines and very hard to fish. You need a one ounce jig right now. We have had lots of rain the past week. They didn't catch anything. They headed back to the lake and caught many fish but only brought in 4 fish for a meal. They have been catching fish all week and already had some in camp. Aaron, Kevin and Kurt went out for a couple of hours this evening and caught one northern and Kurt Farrell of Dodge Center, MN caught and released a 23" walleye. Way to go Kurt!!

June 4, 2008: Cold and raining this morning. Pete did another half day charter taking out Jerry, Virginia & Bertie. They came in early with one sauger and one nice walleye. They caught lots of little fish they put back. Bruno and Mark went out this morning for a short time. They were pulling shadraps. Bruno Pazzelli of Virginia, MN caught two fish, one walleye at 19 1/2" and he also caught and released a 25" walleye. Way to go Bruno!! He caught both fish on a silver shadrap he has been using for quite some time now and has lots of teeth holes in it, but seems to be his lucky lure. Roger, Dan, Marty, Doug, Dave & Ryan kept 10 walleyes today plus 3 saugers using leeches and minnows. They also released a 20" walleye. Kenny and Wendy caught 2 northern pike weighing 2.5 lbs and 4 lbs. Kenny released a 21" and he kept a 19 1/4" walleye. They missed lots of bites.

June 3, 2008: Happy Birthday Megan Fischbach & Mya Hendrickson!! Cold and windy out today. Quite a bit chillier than it has been. Pete did a half day charter today taking out Jerry, Virginia and Bertie. They had a good day even though the wind was blowing pretty good. They came in with limits of walleyes. Pete caught and released a 22" walleye. They anchored using jigs and minnows and they did try leeches also. Mark & 91 yr old Bruno went out in their boat but stayed out only a short time as it was too cold and windy. Ron and Alexia also tried going out on the lake but they said the waves got them wet and it was too cold so they turned around and came back to shore. Roger, Ryan, Marty, Dan, Doug and David kept 16 walleyes today. Kenny, Wendy, Terri, Chuck, Kevin & Cody went out this afternoon and they kept 4 fish. Their boat is back on the water. Ron and Alexia stayed a week and had excellent fishing and had a really good time again this year. Last Wednesday was their best day. They took home two 18", an 18 1/2", 19 1/2", two 17" and two 16" walleyes plus 2 saugers.

June 2, 2008: Pete took Tim & George Jones out on the charter boat today. They replaced the fish they had eaten the night before plus brought in 2 more saugers and one jumbo perch, so they ended up getting their limit of walleyes and saugers plus ate fish twice during their stay. Pete caught and released a 22" walleye and George caught a 19" walleye using a shadrap. They fished most of the day using frozen minnows, live fatheads, leeches and then tried shadraps in the late afternoon which produced 3 nice walleyes. Minnows caught most of the fish for the day though. Roger's group kept 8 more today. They have been eating fish aplenty. Mark and Bruno kept 4 walleyes today all measuring 16". They released a dozen walleyes measuring 14-15". Kenny, Wendy, Chuck, Terri, 6 yr old Cody and 4 yr old Kevin had a good day of fishing. They kept 9 walleyes. Kevin McGruder is 4 years old and from Stanchfield, MN - he caught a 28 3/4" northern pike on his Superman rod and reel that he is very proud of and the biggest fish he has caught. He also caught a walleye. Their boat got "bad gas" and is at the marina so hopefully they can get back on the lake tomorrow.

June 1, 2008: Tim & George Jones went out with Pete on the charter boat today. The fishing has slowed up some with everyone catching lots of little walleyes around 10 inches. It took them most of the day to get their fish. They kept nice walleyes measuring 15-19 inches. Roger, Marty, Ryan, Dan, Doug and David all kept their limits of walleyes today keeping 16-17" fish. They were using spinners with crawlers and leeches. The largest walleye measured 17 1/2 inches. They said 14 ft of water was the best. They caught lots of little fish also that they put back. Mark & Bruno kept 4 walleyes today with two of them measuring 18" and two of them measuring 17". They were pulling shadraps and said silver and bluedot/silver worked best for them.  

May 31, 2008: Mark and Bruno fished the afternoon and came in last night with 6 keepers including two 18" saugers. Mark said they were catching all small fish and then they got into the keepers in 22 ft of water with that being the only depth they could get them. Kenny & Wendy went out for the late afternoon and kept 5 fish with two measuring 19" and the remainder at 16". Pete has quite a few charter trips coming up this next week. Pete and Terri went mushroom hunting for the late afternoon/evening and found some really nice ones! Terri found the biggest mushroom of the year today plus lots of other nice big ones and some smaller ones. Found enough for 2 meals plus enough big ones to make crab stuffed morels! Morels for supper tonight - yummy, yummy!! The mushrooms are hard to find this year but we lucked out going to Gary and Al's secret spot! Wish you guys were still here cause these are some nice ones!

May 30, 2008: Great fishing today again with everyone catching lots of nice walleyes. Mark, Sandy & John caught and released eight walleyes that measured 18" and a 19" plus they caught one jumbo perch. They said they released lots of 15-16 inchers also. A white jig tipped with a frozen shiner, chartreuse jig tipped with a leech and also gold spinners with red beads worked great. Bill & Gary caught a bunch of 15 and 16 inch walleyes today - all released. Bill Range of Palm Springs, CA caught and released a 24" walleye. Gary Deibert of South Elgin, Illinois caught and released a 22" walleye. Way to go Gary!! Where is Al?? Deb & Mona caught 18 & 19 inch walleyes. Deb was using a gold "stopsign" I borrowed her. She tried a red bead with it and did great and also a green bead worked good too. She really likes the "stopsign" jig. Hey Deb, I want my 10%! Bill's group from Iowa had a super good week of fishing. They caught plenty of fish and had limits of walleyes, 7 saugers, 10 northern pike, one smallmouth bass and 3 jumbo perch. They were using Little Joe's with crawlers. Blaine was here from California and had a good time catching a 36" northern. They fished hard everyday. Was a little cloudy today but still not bad out. We haven't found any more mushrooms lately.

May 29, 2008: Happy Birthday Diana Fischbach and Happy Birthday Eain Johnson!! Merlin, Sherry, Carrie and 4 yr old Jacob fished today having a super good bite. They brought in 12 keepers, all nice fish. Sherry Johnson of Williams caught and released a 20" walleye. Jason, Crystal, Eain & Sara also went out and fished alongside Merlin's group. They limited on walleyes and also caught 3 big northerns and 2 perch. Orange jigs with frozen shiners worked best for them. They had a shore lunch on Pine Island. Jason Draper of Williams, MN caught and released a 24" walleye today. Way to go Jason!! Bill and Gary caught many, many 15 and 16" walleyes, releasing them all. Bill Range of Palm City, California caught and released a 26 1/2" walleye on a hammered gold spinner with a crawler. This is the biggest walleye he has ever caught. He said he hooked the fish in 9 ft of water using 6 pound test and the fish took off running and he had quite a battle with it. Way to go Bill!! Wonder what Al did today?

May 28, 2008: What a beautiful day on the water! Sunny skies all day with light winds and just the perfect walleye chop. We headed across the lake today in the Sportcraft taking Deb, Mona, Sandy, Mark, John, Bill & Gary for a day of sightseeing, touring the islands and having lunch plus a little fishing included. Mark Jurca of Glencoe, IL caught and released a 24" walleye he nabbed on an orange jig tipped with a frozen shiner. Way to go Mark!! We caught some nice eater fish and released some small ones, only keeping walleyes 15" and up. We had a really good time seeing a pair of loons that kept flying around near us. A bald eagle soured overhead and we saw lots and lots of pelicans and cormorants on the water. The scenery was georgeous. We came in with 10 keeper walleyes with gold and chartreuse working best plus spinner rigs were working using crawlers. Sure do wish Al could have been on board! Bob and Hank stopped in last night to let me know they appreciated reading our fishing reports and said they caught fish in the Morris Gap, getting their limits of walleyes using spot tail shiners. Bill's group is doing good getting fish and eating fish. Alexia and Ron arrived today at 12:45 and went out fishing. They caught their limit of walleyes within one hour and came back in to eat fish. They had nice 17 and 18" fish.

May 27, 2008: Very nice day today and fish are still biting. Deb and Mona caught their limts of walleyes today, even with them being more picky about the size they kept. They are only keeping 18-19 inchers that they call "travelers" for taking home. Deb lost a monster fish she battled for awhile but he got away! Oh well, maybe next time! Gary and Bill kept two 18" "travelers" this morning and they also kept 6 jumbo perch measuring 13-15". They said that was a great bonus. John, Mark & Sandy kept 11 walleyes, 3 jumbo perch and 2 saugers today using leeches and also frozen shiners. They had a great day of fishing. Not much for mushrooms around lately - been too chilly I think. Is is warm there Al?

May 26, 2008: Happy Birthday Barb Richardson!! Cold this morning with a temp of 40 degrees and very wet and windy out. 5 foot waves on the lake so not much fishing out there today. Most everyone is staying on shore today. Craig, Donna, Wade, Wanda, Aron, Mandy, Steve, Dan & Cali spent the weekend fishing and had a great weekend. Wade released a 27" walleye and Craig released a 19 3/4" walleye. Way to go guys! 5 yr old Cali caught her first walleye and she had fun! 3 yr old Brendon also fished but he didn't catch any walleyes. The group caught enough fish for 2 meals while here and they took home limits for all the adults. Leeches were working best for them. They released 3-4 fish in the slot also. They had a triple in the boat and got all 3 fish! All in all was a great weekend for everyone.

May 25, 2008: Another beautiful sunny day with a super fantastic bite this morning (early) at the Morris Point Gap. Gary went out alone at 6:15am (sure wish Al was with) and did very well catching lots of fish, but all too little or too big! Steve, Cheri, Kevin & Naomi went out early also and they had super fishing catching lots and lots of nice walleyes. Naomi Hildahl of Osseo caught and released a 26" walleye on an orange and glow jig today. Way to go Naomi!! She also caught a 19 1/2" walleye and so did Cheri. White jigs are working for them and also gold jigs. They said it was slow tonight for them; the fish just shut down. Their group ate fish twice this weekend and are taking home their limits of walleyes. Paul, Luke & Don kept 6 walleyes plus Luke caught and released a 35" pike. Way to go Luke! Davitt, Carrie, Elizabeth and 5 month old Bailey went out fishing. They got some nice walleyes including (2) 18" and a 14". Storms rolled thru here this afternoon with some thunder and lightning and some rain showers. Supposed to rain here tonight again. Pete & Terri went mushroom hunting and found enough for a meal tonight. Boy were they good!!

May 24, 2008: Gary went out this morning and got two keepers. Deb & Mona did well getting 4 keeper walleyes measuring 16,17,18,19 inches. Deb caught a very nice 4 pound smallmouth she released. Gary, Deb & Mona all went mushroom hunting this afternoon and found some real beauties. They had some big ones and cooked them up for dinner. Mark, Sandy & John came in today 2 fish short of their walleye limits. John caught the largest at 2 1/2 pounds. Eain & Jason went out for a few hours and came in with 6 walleyes. They threw back some small fish.

May 23, 2008: Happy Birthday Sam Richardson!! The fish are still biting good. Pete, Terri, Deb, Mona & Gary went out this evening for a couple of hours fishing in 14 ft of water. We anchored and jigged. Chartreuse was the hot color tipped with a frozen shiner. The bite was a little slower than a few days ago, but not really what you could call "slow". Terri released a 22" walleye. The group of 5 brought in 16 keepers plus released lots and lots of small walleyes. Leeches were also working for Gary and Deb. We miss you Al and wish you were with us fishing! Steve fished only a few hours and came in with his limit of nice walleyes. Was a beautiful evening. Lots of boats out there, probably 40 or so in the area we fished. More groups checking in tomorrow.

May 22, 2008: Gary went out fishing this morning and did well catching his limit of walleyes. He is the only one in camp this morning.

May 20, 2008: Happy Birthday Deb Jurca!!!

May 19, 2008: Matt, Terri & Pete fished this afternoon and did excellent, catching our limits of walleyes in 2 hours' time. We anchored in 14ft of water and jigged with frozen shiners. Chartreuse worked best today. Matt also caught a very large sturgeon he let go and 2 northerns, plus 3 perch. Terri caught a jumbo perch that measured 14". We released all perch, pike, etc. and only kept walleyes that all measured from 15" to 19". We also threw back some walleyes that we could of kept but we knew they were walleyes still full of eggs so we put them back in the lake. They are really fat right now. Steve Jordet of Baudettte caught and released a 30", 29" and 26" walleyes and kept his limit of smaller walleyes.

May 18, 2008: Dan and Steve reported that their party of 4 fished this morning and got their limits of walleyes for the group with it taking them only 2 hours. Matt and Rich went out for a few hours this morning and kept 2 walleyes. No wind today and sunny skies, nice out. Dan, Matt and Jake have eaten fish during their stay and are going home with their limits.

May 17, 2008: Dan, Matt & Jake fished the morning getting some fish and then heading back to the cabin around noon as very high winds came up with rain, thunder and even a little hail. Rich, Matt, Myron, Kent & Rick fished the lake for the morning and came in with 9 keepers. They then went to the river and had slow fishing, plus it was raining on them and the wind was blowing hard. Pete, Terri, Barb & Matt went hunting for morels and we found 10 of them. Looks like they are just starting to pop up.

May 16, 2008: Pete ran a charter today taking out Matt, Rich, Rick, Matt, Kent & Myron. They battled some big waves today but the anchor held in 15 ft of water. They used jigs tipped with live rainbows, fatheads or frozen shiners, with the latter doing the best. Black and orange were the hot colors with the group limiting on the walleyes. They had very nice fish with all measuring 15-19 inches. Still lots of females with eggs in them. They also released around a dozen slot fish with  weights from 4 to 8 pounds. Rich Starr caught the largest walleye today. Water temp is 47 to 48 degrees today.  They had a big fish fry for dinner. The guys said the fish are nicer than the past couple of years for this weekend. Matt, Dan & Jake had an excellent morning taking their boat out of Lighthouse Gap and coming back to the cabin by noon with their limits. They had fish for lunch and then took the boat and headed down to Red Lake to try it. They ended up with 7 keepers and released some fish that were too big,  but said it was very tough fishing with big waves and high winds and hard to keep the anchor holding them.

May 12, 2008: Happy Birthday Terri!!  The ice is now off the lake. Could not see any ice as far as you could see out there. Didn't get to fish today as was very windy and rained all day. A couple of groups are checking in this Thursday and Pete is doing a charter on Friday. Will do a report this weekend.

May 11, 2008: Sunny skies today and hardly any wind. Much nicer out today than yesterday. Pete, Terri & Matt went out at 3pm and fished just out of the Morris Point Gap in 5 ft of water. We anchored and were jigging using frozen shiners with orange working best for color. I put my hook down and caught a walleye within less than one minute and was a nice 16". Then Pete caught one and then another and then it was Matt's turn. We really had fun with every fish caught being a keeper in the 15-17" range. We fished just barely over an hour and had our limits of walleye. We didn't catch any saugers. Were around 20 boats out there while we fished and did see the nets going out deeper too so they were catching them out there. Still lots of ice on the big lake but plenty of room for everyone out there today. Still ice going right up to Pine Island but Four Mile Bay and Rainy River are all open. The water level has been coming up daily on the lake and is looking pretty good for depth. We could use another 6 inches or so.

May 10, 2008: Woke up to snow falling this morning and it snowed til around 2pm today then drizzled. Was pretty cold and damp out today. The fish were biting today but not super great. Paul and his group of 6 caught enough for dinner and came in by 11am as they were cold. They went back out for a few hours in the afternoon but the bite had slowed down and was pretty miserable weather for opening day.