First Trip To LOTW

Made my first trip to Lake of the Woods this past weekend. The fishing was great. We caught fish everywhere we went. No huge fish but plenty of action. We fished as shallow as 10′ and the normal 32′. Always jigging a frozen shiner and something gold. Tried a few other colors but gold really out fished all other colors. We went out with Guide Steve Sweet on Friday and Saturday night. He put us right on the fish and we had a blast. The big fish of the day Friday night was 23″ and I got the big fish of the day on Saturday coming in just over 21″. Sunday we ventured out a little further and found a nice hump on the Lake Master chip (Thanks Doc!) in 28′. This spot yielded lots of bigger fish and mostly walleyes. The shiners were not running as of yet and the water temp was in the low 50’s. We did check a few of the lights on the resort docs on the way in Friday and Saturday and not a shiner to be seen. Might have to try to sneak back up in a week or two. What a great place to spend a weekend!

congrats on a successful trip… sounds like ya had a really good time. a group of guys i know has been taken an anual trip up there for the past 10 years or so and this year was my first, and like yours its was lites out for five days. cant wait for may to roll around again.

lake of the woods “glass” gotta love it. nice weather to huh!!!!

for us it was the same.. gold jigs tipped with frozen shinners. pink hair jigs work as well and yelded bigger fish for me with a ” PB” going just over 7 lbs.

nice report!!!

Will be nice to hear more on your trip-that lake is now on my “bucket list”.