Fishing & Hunting Report

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…

Walleye fishing has been good in 20′ out past Pine Island.  Use jigging spoons with a shiner or shiner head.  Fat heads on a dead stick have been productive – especially on colder days.   Anglers are still fishing pike in 10′ to 12′ off of Springsteel, in Zipple Bay, and out of Swift Ditch.

Ice Fishing is on the way! The three attached pictures are from noon today.Picture 1:  Out of Warroad, showing no open water. Picture 2:  Update at Long Point. Picture 3:  Update of Zipple Bay, towards Morris Point.

The leaves are falling and there are plenty of grouse this year. Be sure to get out and enjoy!

With the cooling water, nice walleye are starting to show up out of Warroad. Despite the wind we’ve had this week fishermen are finding fish in 18-22′ straight out from Warroad, and East of the DNR Reef. Use Your electronics to find them, and jig with a frozen shiner to bring them in!

Fishing at the Northwest Angle, the last few days, has been awesome. Tons of eater size walleyes are being pulled up. Most fish were in 24-26 feet in the mud. Spinners and crawlers have proven most effective, but if the wind is blowing, jigging in the rocks seems to be the best technique.