LOTW Fishing

Lake of The Woods Accomodations

Rod and Reel Resort (Sioux Narrows area) - http://www.rodandreelresort.com/
Shangri-La Camp (Sioux Narrows area) - http://www.shangrilacamp.ca/
Crawfords Camp (Sioux Narrows area) - http://www.crawfordscamp.com/
Tomahawk Resort (Sioux Narrows area) - http://www.tomahawkresort.com/

Sunset Lodge (Northwest Angle) - http://www.sunsetlodgeresort.com/

Witch Bay Camp (Kenora area) - http://www.witchbay.com/

Lake of the Woods Guides

Darcy's Guide Service - http://www.darcysguideservice.com/

Lake of The Woods Reports

9/12/21

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.

Fishing was excellent and most times, I simply put the minnows away and just fished plastics on my 1/8 ounce jigs which worked out great as I had days with 100+ fish in the boat by myself.

Highlights of the time spent on LOTW included when I was fishing and catching walleye and perch and was bringing one in and all of a sudden the rod got heavy. Well in the end, a musky hit my walleye. Normally, when this happens you may never get either fish as the musky either spits out the walleye by the boat or he runs and breaks the line. Well, for whatever reason this time I got both in the net. Musky normally t-bone their prey, but keep in mind, my jig was in the walleyes mouth, so somehow when the musky hit the walleye, my line ended up going through the walleyes lip and the jig ended up in the side of the musky's mouth, so when I was fighting the musky, the walleye was along for the ride. In the end when I netted the musky, I got the walleye, musky and my 1/8 ounce jig, all done while using 6# line.

9/9/19

Spent 8 days on LOTW over the Labor Day holiday with a group of six fellow anglers. My time was split between doing some walleye fishing and also participating in my first tournament, Bassin' for Bucks. Both were fun and productive, but ultimately we had to withdrawal from the tournament because of a bout with what appeared to be food poisoning. But I have to say, I learned a lot about tournament fishing, the build up, the planning and also about how the team must have a common direction and be able to adapt to changes. I also learned that I have much to learn about bass fishing on LOTW, as most of my time is usually spent fishing for walleye when I am there. But regardless, it was a very educational event for me as I got to fish areas on the water that I had never fished before and also use techniques I had never applied before as well.

As far as the fishing, the group caught a lot of fish during the trip including walleye, SMB, LMB, crappie, perch, pike, sauger and also a few run-ins with some muskie as well. I did not spend as much time walleye fishing as I normally do on LOTW, but the fish I did catch were very solid fish with the bigger ones coming from the Whitefish Bay area.

Lake of the Woods Fishing

Lake of The Woods Accomodations

Lake of the Woods Guides

Lake of The Woods Reports

9/12/21

8/18/21

9/9/19