Fishing & Hunting Report

On the south shore the fish have transitioned to 12-17′ of water, focusing on the areas between Willow Creek and Rocky Point.  Best choice is to pull spinners with a bottom bouncer and a night crawler. Trolling with a crank bait such as a Rapala, deep-diving, will allow you to search for schools of fish on…

We hope everyone had another safe and successful week of fishing! Along the south shore, most anglers have transitioned into pulling spinners and crawlers, or minnows, out in the mud from 28-33′ of water, with some people starting to use downriggers as well. Some people are anchoring and jigging frozen shiners when they get on…

It was another great week for fishing! On the south shore, most anglers are fishing on top of, or around, structure anywhere from 10-18′. In the morning, as well as in the evening, anglers are using jigs and frozen shiners. Look to move out to the mud for the mid-day bite. (Pulling spinners with crawlers/leeches.)…

We hope everyone had a safe and successful opener! The weather was great and so was the fishing! Most anglers had their best luck jigging minnows on top of mid-lake structure and along the first shoreline breaks anywhere from 6-20′. Some People also had luck pulling spinners with crawlers. The water was warmer than normal…

It was a great week for fishing the Rainy River, despite lower water levels and dirty water. Both walleye and sturgeon anglers had good luck for both size and numbers. Pitching jigs with either plastics or shiners seemed to produce best for walleye anglers, with some people also having success trolling crank baits as well….

Along the South Shore, the northern pike fishing has heated up, with anglers finding them anywhere from 3-12 feet of water as they get ready to go up into the creeks and rivers, that feed into the lake, to spawn. A mix of bait, live suckers and frozen smelt, has been working well. Walleye fishing…

On the south shore, fishing has been a little on the tough side, with a lot of smaller fish being caught and having to filter through to find the good eaters, although there has been a good number of bigger slot fish being caught. Rattle baits in the early morning and evening have been productive,…

On the South shore overall fishing is picking up. Anglers seem to be having the best luck fishing out in the mud basin. (25-35′ of water) There has been a strong morning and evening bite, with aggressive baits such as slab raps and rippin’ raps. Downsizing during the middle of the day to spoons and…

On the south shore, anglers have been having good luck in the mornings and evenings on top of structure in 15-18′ of water, and sliding out to the deeper mud in 20-27′ of water during the day. Reports from the Baudette side seem to consist of a lot of saugers and smaller walleyes, with some…

Overall this weekend was a little bit slower for most anglers, although there were some reports of decent fishing. The best reports came North of Pine Island out in 20-24′ off of the first break-line along the Canadian border. With the colder temperatures approaching, we are hoping the West side of the lake heals up…