Lake of the Woods Fishing

I have to commend the areas resorts for making the best of the high water conditions as there was a point where one has to accept the conditions as what they are and simply try and make the best of it.  The Rod & Reel did there best to make things work, but one could also see a sense of helplessness as the waters rose beyond what was there in 2014.  Luckily for us, the docks where most of us docked our boats were floating, but one had to walk through about 4-5  inches of water to get to them at most points.  So if you are planning on going to LOTW in the near future, just remember to bring you rubber boots and you should be fine

Returned to Sioux Narrows area for our regularly scheduled fall trip and the fishing did not disappoint.   It was a great  week of fishing the Whitefish Bay area as well as out in the Yellow  Girl and Sunset Channel areas.  Best fishing was in the Whitefish area  and during the week we caught walleye, lake trout, pike, smallmouth  bass, perch, sauger and even some cisco and tulibee (hmmm). 

I  think my daughter and son-in-law were both very intrigued by the  way I fish for lake trout, basically sight fishing using my Lowrance units.  Our best success for lake trout was in the 80-100 depth ranges with one ounce jigging spoons.

We would trout fish in the morning and end of day, but the bulk of our fishing was spent chasing walleyes, which did not disappoint.  We found them primarily on reefs and points in varied depths ranging from 12 feet to 32 feet.  While we caught a lot of fish in Yellow Girl and Sunset Channel, the better quality fish all came out of Whitefish Bay.

And of course we had to do a shore lunch.....