Lake Of The Woods 2009
The annual fishing trip to Lake Of The Woods this spring was once again excellent. The water was pretty cold (50-55 degrees), and the trees were just starting to bud. Driving up there was like going back in time about six weeks.
Two days were sunny and calm, which is fairly unusual. In fact Sunday afternoon we were fishing a mile and a half outside Lighthouse Gap, within a few hundred yards of Canada, and the entire lake was like glass; stretching out to the North as far as you could see...it was pretty cool.
Walleye:
The walleyes were running a little bigger this year, and the numbers were down slightly ( I think I only caught about 100 ). I had 3 guys in my boat, and we put 6 slot fish in the boat (slot on LOTW is all walleyes from 19.5 - 28 must be released). So our boat's biggest walleye were 24, 23, 22, 21, 21, 20.5. Saturday we put together a 12-fish limit that was close to 25lbs of walleyes, along with a few bonus sauger. Many 17 and 18 inch eaters were coming in the boat. Our group's biggest walleye was a nice 25 incher taken from Morris Point Gap.
Northern:
Northern Pike fishing was slow until the weather started to turn
Sunday night. After we limited on 'eyes, we hit the bay to cast for some pike. Todd, one of my boatmates, picked up a very heavy 37" fish, and we saw several more good fish. Early the next morning the rain was starting and I picked up 3 good pike 32, 37 and 42 inches.
As always, our group ( 15 men and 5 boats ) had exceptional accommodations from the fine folks at Cyrus Resort in Baudette, MN.
Two days were sunny and calm, which is fairly unusual. In fact Sunday afternoon we were fishing a mile and a half outside Lighthouse Gap, within a few hundred yards of Canada, and the entire lake was like glass; stretching out to the North as far as you could see...it was pretty cool.
Walleye:
The walleyes were running a little bigger this year, and the numbers were down slightly ( I think I only caught about 100 ). I had 3 guys in my boat, and we put 6 slot fish in the boat (slot on LOTW is all walleyes from 19.5 - 28 must be released). So our boat's biggest walleye were 24, 23, 22, 21, 21, 20.5. Saturday we put together a 12-fish limit that was close to 25lbs of walleyes, along with a few bonus sauger. Many 17 and 18 inch eaters were coming in the boat. Our group's biggest walleye was a nice 25 incher taken from Morris Point Gap.
Northern:
Northern Pike fishing was slow until the weather started to turn
Sunday night. After we limited on 'eyes, we hit the bay to cast for some pike. Todd, one of my boatmates, picked up a very heavy 37" fish, and we saw several more good fish. Early the next morning the rain was starting and I picked up 3 good pike 32, 37 and 42 inches.
As always, our group ( 15 men and 5 boats ) had exceptional accommodations from the fine folks at Cyrus Resort in Baudette, MN.
posted by Mike Hopkins at 8:11 AM
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