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I am heading to Rainy in late July. We have been doing this trip for about 10 years and typically focus on walleyes only,for some reason I think I want to spend some time in the evenings throwing for northerns. I have a good rod and reel but all my big lures are close to 20 years old.I’m looking for lure advice,I was thinking big bucktails but have no clue on colors or if bucktails work. We will be staying in the Kempton Channel,so thats the area I will be fishing. Thanks in advance for any info.
Your going to want to focus on cabbage beds and windblown main basin points/funnels. Though there may be some bigger pike in shallow water, for the most part those bigger fish will need quick access to cool water found in the deeper main basin. Normally you’ll need to burn something over top of the Cabbage, and bigger cranks like the Rapala Taildancers when ripping through the main basin points. Another proven method would be to speed troll big Raps over main basin reefs. Sometimes those big pike will be hanging over the sunken reefs eating male Walleyes. We had a “Super Tanker” hooked up today that had a hold of our 14 inch Walleye………..We only ended up with the scared to death Walleye. 
