Wishing we invested in windmills at this point. The wind has just be relentless lately. But…..if you can fish in it, the fish are biting good. This wind has really cooled down the water temps the past few days. This is a good thing. The past few days the fish seem to be migrating toward deeper water. Fri the key depths were 20-22 ft, and then Sat and Sun the key depths seemed to be 36-40 ft. Lots of chunky 16-20 inch fish. Nothing monsterous yet but I think they should be showing up in numbers any day now that the water temps are around 50. Also the bite is a fun one, there is no messing around and you’ll know when a fish bites because they throttle it. The bigger the minnow the better. It seemed that a good 4-5 inch chub was the key. Again we’ll keep our boats out until early Nov. so if you would like to expirence some fall fishing give a call.

Fishing has been pretty good as of late. The past couple days were more spotty but thinking alot of that is due to the wierd weather we expirenced. We are catching many bigger fish as of late. Nothing monsterous yet as far as walleyes go but a number of them in the 24-27 inch range along with a lot of nice chunky 15-20 inch fish. Yesterday morning it took us 7 spots before we found some very aggressive fish and it was pretty fast and ferious that last hour of the trip. Again fish are spread out from 13-40 feet of water. It really takes more time to track them down now with them spread out in differing depths. The water temps went up again and I think that is why the fish are still spread out. We are near the full moon so it will be interesting to see how the guys trolling cranks at night will do. We usually enjoy sleep too much to enduldge in late night fishing but if it is nice we might have to give it a whirl Fri or Sat night. We will still be guiding most likely through the first weekend of November so if you have a fishing itch, give a call and we’ll scratch it for you.

Fall is here baby. Lots has happened since the last report. The weather has changed. The walleyes are starting to cooperate with more regularity. Nate sold his boat and Butch is putting his up for sale soon. So it looks like there will be some new exciting rigs for next year. We are still doing trips this fall though at this point. We fished Gull, Whitefish, and Pelican over the past week and a half. Some real nice fish have been caught. We are now getting walleyes from 13-34 feet of water. It really seems to vary from spot to spot. Also those little buggers are on the run, many times after catching a couple they make small moves and you have to track them down again. Happy b-day to Katie. She and her friend were troopers fishing in 20-25 mph winds and cold temps. They were rewarded with a nice batch of “eater” walleyes and had a true monster pike up to the boat 2 seperate times. It wouldn’t fit in the net and I estimate it to have been 40-43″. At least we got to see it! If you would like to book a trip give the baitshop a call. Enjoy the season! New pics are being posted as well.

Sorry for the delay in reports. The past few weeks have been nuts. If we weren’t fishing we were fighting boat mechanical issues other than Tim, lucky him. On to fishing…..The water temps are starting to drop in the low 70′s. The walleye bite is picking up and becoming more consistent. We have been fishing Whitefish, Round, and Gull mainly. The walleyes are still shallow on Gull for the most part, 13-16 ft is key. It is amazing how spooky they are though. It seems you can pull one or two and they move and you have to chase them down again. The bass really seemed to have made a major transistion to deeper water. We are still getting some nice bass on the weedlines but 25-35 ft is more common now. We are starting to see some of the walleyes transition close to some of their fall haunts. Lets keep the water temps dropping for a while and the bite should take off. Tim is back in school and getting ready for hunting. Butch and Nate are still guiding and probably will up until late October. It is amazing that tomorrow will be 10 years since 9/11. We are thinking of all those who have been effected.

The temps are starting to cool and we are sliding toward fall. Water temps went from the mid 80′s to the 70-72 degree range. This seems to have turned on the walleyes on several lakes. We have had good walleye results on Whitefish, Gull and Round this past week. Depth seems to vary anywhere from 10-24 ft. Trust your electronics while running structure looking for fish. The bass and northern bite is still crazy. Lots of bass in the 16-19 inch range along with some big gators. Gull has been producing lots of smaller walleyes, you have to sort through if you want some 15-17 inch eaters. The big girls will should start showing up with regularity soon. I would also like to thank Bo and Remmy for tricking me into tasting a “night crawler” flavored jelly bean. It was terrible and  tasted like a combination of dill and dirt. Give a call if you would like to book a trip. Enjoy the beautiful weather!