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Sportsman’s Lodge Rolling into AugustA good bite has been going on this week for walleye and sauger. Drifting or trolling with spinners tipped with a crawler or minnow and trolling with crankbaits in the mud 28’-34’ and 17’-2

21’-28’ of water a 50% walleye 50% sauger mix has been found. A plain hook or orange and green jigs tipped with a minnow have worked best.  Jigging is the key. You have to work at it. Dead sticking is not working right now.  On

Sportsman’s Lodge Catching fish! We kicked off our fishing season this weekend and our guests caught some nice fish. A mix of walleyes saugers and a few pikes was the first fish up the hole to start the season. We currently have 10-12 inches o

We have had a few cancellations in Feb due to medical reasons.  If anyone is looking to get away and do a little R&R in one of our sleepers with that R&R tease the walleye sauger perch or northern fry up some fish play some cards just pl

02/25/2015 Cool temps hot fishing! A great morning and late afternoon bite has been what anglers are after this week. Chartreuse macho minnow tipped with a live minnow has been popular. Quite a few saugers some nice walleyes a few perch and northern

1/21/2015 Fishing remains good! A mix of jigging and dead heading right off bottom with a 3/8 oz red jig with a white eye tipped with a minnow has been hot in 24’-28’ of water! Boy oh boy!  The walleyes saugers and occasional perch

Fishing and Ice Update 12-6-2018 The walleye and sauger bite continues to be good. 16’-23’ of water has been hot just a few miles out from shore. We have 9-13 inches of ice in the areas we fish and travel at this time. Lots of good ice i

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Sportsman’s Lodge 11/30/18 Today is the day!! Ice fishing has begun at Sportsman’s! We have 8-12 inches of ice in the area we fish and travel 5’-6’ of water clarity and while pre-fishing yesterday the guides found an active b

Sportsman’s Lodge Fishing Report Jig BiteThe weather is getting cooler the water temp is 52 degrees this morning. Anglers have been catching walleyes and saugers on 3/8-1/2 oz jigs tipped with a chub or shiner. Gold pink and glow in the dark h

Sportsman’s Lodge Moving Deeper The best bite this week has been in 28-30 feet of water in the mud for walleyes and saugers. Plain hook or jigging tackle with a rattle like a buckshot rattle spoon have been getting some nice fish tip

Sportsman’s Lodge Rainy River Walleyes & SaugersA mix of trolling or drifting with spinners and a little bit of trolling with crankbaits have been the way to find the walleyes and saugers this week. Varied depths 17’-34’ in mud

The bite is a little slow but we're getting eater sized walleye and sauger as well as some big walleye and burbot. We also hosted a fun media event at the Lodge. Check out the full report...

Fishing Report 5.19.2021 On the south end…  What a beautiful opener.  Lots of fish were caught despite the beautiful weather being sunny and calm!  No complaints. As predicted the go to bait for walleyes and saugers was a jig and

Water temp: 48 Degrees Level: 3.1 The fall bite is nearing the point of being unbelievable. We've seen a huge influx of giant Saugers...

Fishing Away We have been seeing some nice fish caught this week. Mainly saugers but a nice mix of walleyes especially 18”+ too.  Gold and pink ¼ oz. jigs glow buckshot rattle spoons and stop sign lures have been working well tipped w

Sportsman’s Oak Island Lodge Fishing Ice & Trail Report Lake of the Woods NW Angle & Oak Island Area   2/4/2016 Island Bite It has been a little spotty this week in the islands like the south shore. Depths between 24-28 feet have

Sportsman’s Rainy River Cold Front Moving through Today Warm Weather on its Way Very cold today but much warmer tomorrow and for the most part the week ahead it looks like. Guests have been catching a mix of walleyes saugers and a pike sturgeo

Sportsman’s Lodge Jigs & SpinnersNot too many changes this week in the approach for walleyes and saugers. A 3/8 oz gold pink/white/gold or orange/gold jig tipped with a chub or shiner or spinner tipped with crawler or leech have been worki

We're about 20 miles out catching a lot of saugers with some big walleye mixed in. Fishing in 32-34 feet of water we're getting best results on glow baits.