Call Rainy Lake Houseboats here on Rainy Lake and slide into your NEW summer vacation spot! A week on Rainy lake within the cofines of Voyageurs National Park = FUN for the whole family and DAD gets to experience World Class fishing too!!
Wow, we are thinking alike! I have been cruising the Rainy Lake Houseboats website this past week and a half.
I keep asking myself; when is the best time to go? It would be an easy answer if it were just the boys on a fishing trip. So, when would be the best time to go with the family? I want to know the best time of year when it is warm enough to swim and lay around in the sun, but we also want to catch lots of Rainy Lake walleye and smallies.
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Wow, we are thinking alike! I have been cruising the Rainy Lake Houseboats website this past week and a half.
I keep asking myself; when is the best time to go? It would be an easy answer if it were just the boys on a fishing trip. So, when would be the best time to go with the family? I want to know the best time of year when it is warm enough to swim and lay around in the sun, but we also want to catch lots of Rainy Lake walleye and smallies.
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I have a place on Rainy and fish every other week from opener thru October. I struggle the most early but the bass help make up for it. If I have friends come up that can only come once I would tell them plan on anytime after July 4th thru labor day. The walleyes are very active and for me more predictable and for lounging with the family with better weather patterns this is a good time. I will also add about hiring a guide for a day. I hired Woody once and Chris Granrud once even though I had a place for several years. Both were nice guys and I learned a new technique from each of them. Chris took me to Voyaguers which was a really nice area. He gets a lot of love on this site, but for some one that fishes this lake a lot it is well deserved. His reporting is fantastic and even though I fish a totally different part of the lake you can take the structure info and apply it elsewhere. The deep clay areas has been a godsend for me in August/Sept. Most of the time I pull bottom bouncers and half a crawler. I actually have only been to the Voyaguer area twice since I hired Chris but the only reason is it’s a long ride from my house. It is a nice area and from his reports you can see it is quite the fishery. Have fun.
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Wow, we are thinking alike! I have been cruising the Rainy Lake Houseboats website this past week and a half.
I keep asking myself; when is the best time to go? It would be an easy answer if it were just the boys on a fishing trip. So, when would be the best time to go with the family? I want to know the best time of year when it is warm enough to swim and lay around in the sun, but we also want to catch lots of Rainy Lake walleye and smallies.
Shoot me a PM and I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions in which you might have!! A Rainy Lake Houseboat trip makes a summer!! 
Hi Paul!! Hope all is well and look forward to seeing you this open water season!! 
You never know, I usually wander your way once a year just so I can burn gas. Pretty sure I won’t see you up the north arm. Did see Billie from Rainy lake houseboats guiding up there last year, he actually was on a spot that only I knew about, he must have been following me (:
You never can tell Paul. Your on some solid fishing grounds. If you see Sho-Time roll through I’ll try not make a wake!! 
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