The Big Fish are in Lake of the Woods!!!! 7/7/09

We had a phenomenal weekend of fishing and weather up on Lake of the Woods and I hope everyone was as lucky as us. This past weekend, 4th of July weekend, the Wigwam Resort had the pleasure of catering to some great guests, two groups in particular, Andy and Sara Collova of Hugo, MN, and Tony Capra’s Group, consisting of Tony, Tony, Deborah, Bre and Ashley (aka Fuzz). I would like to personally thank both groups for coming up and visiting us on Lake of the Woods and I hope all their expectations where exceeded on this trip.

As I alluded to earlier I wanted to share a little bit about the two groups I mentioned in the first paragraph, so here we go. First, Andy and Sara Collova of Hugo, MN…I had the pleasure of taking them fishing on the 4th and we all had a blast. Sometimes I feel bad because I have more fun than the people I take fishing, but this time I think they had just as much fun as I did. We were able to catch some nice fish, a few 24” Walleyes, a hole bunch of 14” to 19” Walleyes and Saugers, and Andy caught the biggest perch I have ever seen in person, it was a monster! Sara was able to bring in the first few fish of the day and then steadily put a clinic on for Andy and myself throughout the day. On top of it, I think that she must have missed or lost another 10. She is one heck of a fisherwoman and I think her and Andy will have plenty more fishing trips as the years pass…I hope you guys enjoy them all and I hope to see you back here soon. It was my pleasure to meet both of you and I wanted to personally thank you both for making July 4th, 2009 a very memorable day for me…thank you!

The next group, the Tony Capra Group from Blaine, MN (Tony, Tony, Deborah, Bre and Ashley (aka Fuzz) had three days of fishing with the Wigwam Resort’s own Tom Briggs. I know I always say that Tom Briggs will put you on the fish, because it’s true…he always finds them out there, even when everyone else can’t. Simple as this…Tom Briggs puts you on the Fish. Throughout the entire weekend they caught a number of big fish, as Tony says, “Tournament Fish”, but none as big as the fish that Bre caught on July 4th, 2009 at about 12 pm.

Daily Fishing Report: Tonight will be mainly clear with a low around 50F with winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow will be generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds, high 74F with winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow night will be partly cloudy, low 52F with winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Today’s fishing report will come from me personally and our guides (Tom Briggs and Billy Kloos). Out in front of Morris Point in the washout and on the west side of Pine Island you will catch fish, either by anchoring and jigging with frozen shiners, or by trolling with hammered gold spinners and crawlers. I was able to catch fish doing both, and not just one or two…I must have caught 35 my self…I was in and out of the live well all night. Tom, Billy and I headed up to Rooty Point over the 4th and did very well; we were in 27 to 30 feet of water. We were anchored and jigging with Pink/Gold, Chartreuse/Orange and Chartreuse/Pink Jigs with frozen shiners as bait. We also stopped out about 10 miles from Long Point in the mud and were fishing in 36 feet of water and doing well also…we were using the same lures and bait as we were up at Rooty Point. Don’t miss out on this great fishing that we’re having on Lake of the Woods…come visit us today at the Wigwam Resort on Lake of the Woods!