Fall Fishing on the Rainy River

October 9th, 2013:
Today was another beautiful day on the River. Can’t believe how last week it was so cold and now it’s been so nice…I guess that is how it is all the time in Minnesota though. One group said they saw shiners “boiling” by the airport during their stay so far. This same group has had wonderful fishing with their biggest walleye being 26 inches so far. This group also caught quite a few walleyes that were 19.5″-20″ that were released and kept mainly 17-19 inch walleyes. There was a sturgeon caught but they didn’t have a good way to get it in the boat to measure it but he said it looked 60 plus inches along side the boat.

October 8th, 2013:
A couple said that fishing was very good for day. Another group also had a nice day of fishing with beautiful weather. There were shiners in front of the house last night along with sturgeon jumping.

October 6th, 2013:
The shiners are starting to move up the river so the walleye are starting to move in. We have a group of 4 guys that were out fishing today and yesterday that caught quite a few walleyes and even kept their limits for supper.

The picture was taken sometime between Oct 5-Oct 9, 2013 but here is part of a days catch.

Nice markings on the saugers.
DT

Nice catch Dutchman!

October 10th, 2013:
Everyone that was out fishing had a good day of fishing. With some slot fish in the 20s being caught and a sturgeon they guess was 50 inches plus. Everyone caught some fish to keep and either take home or have for supper. The biggest walleye we heard that was caught was 23 inches.

October 12th, 2013:
Most of the day it was lightly raining and fishing had slowed down for some groups and other groups said they did good. They are hoping that tomorrow will be nicer and the walleyes will be biting for them.

October 11th, 2013:
Despite the wind and rain later in the day most groups still caught some nice keeper walleyes. One group enjoyed fried fish for supper.

Thats a nice mess of fish in that photo.

I am waiting for more people to email me pictures to post on the website and these sites so hopefully soon I will have more pictures.

October 16th, 2013:
Today ended up being a gorgeous day after the a cold morning with frosted windshields. This morning we talked to one of the groups and they said that fishing was slower and that they did a lot better in the evening yesterday so hopefully tonight was better for them. Another group caught their limit of walleyes for the day which were all nice sized ones. Many locals have been catching their limits in the evening on the River. Many locals have been fishing in the river in the evenings the last few nights and said its been so good. They are getting their limits in less than a few hours too. Here’s to a busy weekend and hopefully good fishing and nice weather!

October 15th, 2013:
Despite the cooler temps we had today two different groups had a good day of fishing. The biggest one we heard of was just under 23 inches. A group said they caught about 40 fish just in the afternoon and evening.