Lake of the Woods Update 2-4-04

Yesterday we fished on Lake of the Woods and the resort operators have moved a good number of the rental houses out into water of about 35 feet with more houses gathered up to make the move. Lots of fish are out there moving with the schools of minnows and the variety of species and sizes of fish amazed us. We caught Walleye, Sauger, Eelpout, Tulibee and Giant Perch. I’m always the first one to be a skeptic when I hear that about magnum size Perch, so I took some photos of these “Eye Poppers” to convince you this is for real. How about a “pound and a quarter” weighed on a postal scale? That’s one large Perch! Although the fishing was a little sluggish, there was enough action to keep each of us interested and hopeful that the next bite was just around the corner. Went you rent a house like we did, you hope for the best and take what the lake gives you. The majority of Walleye and Sauger we caught were in the 12 to 15 inch range and there weren’t any of the larger fish caught, we did wind up with plenty of fish for everyone to have a great fish fry. As a bonus, we got 15 nice Tulibees that are heading for the smoker. For some of us, these fish alone would be worth the trip up there.

In addition to the orignal post, a friend of mine reported that they had great action going out 13.5 miles from Wheelers point. That’s a good 3 miles past where we fished and it sounded like the traffic was light and the action was good further out.