Fishing Report for Lake of the Woods
and the Rainy River
7-26-10
THIS IS THE BEST SUMMER WE HAVE SEEN FOR BIG FISH IN YEARS!! This is the comment made by one resort at Lake of the Woods. No matter what presentation you use, walleyes are biting. They are just very hungry this year. Limits are being caught and adventure has been had in all areas of the lake. One angler headed far out into the lake to Sisters Reefs where the catch came in on spinners, crawlers, leeches or minnows. Walleyes measuring 15-16 inches was the norm. Closer to the south shore, walleyes are biting in 30-32 feet of water using the famous downriggers of these waters. The three most common techniques are: #1 – Use 3/8 oz gold, orange or pink jigs tipped with a minnow or leech or combination of both and lightly jig. #2 Use a hammered gold spinner and sinker tipped with a minnow or leech or a crawler harness tipped with a worm and lightly jig. Or #3 troll with a shad rap shiny in color weighted to the bottom. It has been reported that trolling has been the most successful for the big fish but for a nice cooler of good eaters choose from any technique. The best areas to try lure in some walleyes have been outside of Lighthouse Gap, Morris Point, Long Point and areas around Garden Island. Oak Island is seeing great success for walleyes while jigging with 3/8 oz gold, orange or pink jigs tipped with. The best areas to find some good fishing have been around Johnston Passage, Skeet and Little Oak Island in a few different depths, 10'-12', 18'-22' and 29'-33'. Sturgeon jumping and biting in the Rainy River. Two 49” sturgeons were pulled in this past week. It is an angler's paradise on Lake of the Woods…nearly 1 million acres to explore, so come for an experience of a lifetime.
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