Fishing News - 7/16/00
Lake of the Woods fishing report from Witch Bay Camp
From: Walleyewillie@centuryinter.net (Phil Rolfe)
The weather has actually gotten better. Much better. Light winds, warm,
sunny skys. Who could ask for anything more. Well, maybe a good bite.
And we have that too.
Walleyes are doing several things as usual. There is the home range fish
who occupies deeper water. He is in the range of 20-30', but moving up
near the low 20's range rather than closer to 30 as he has been. These
fish are spending their time on the off shore humps and and along the
shorelines of main lake islands. Bottom bouncers and spinners are taking
really good numbers. Jigging the main lake humps is also working good.
Then, there is the weed walleye. He is down near Shore Island and was
really hot today. These were medium sized fish, but plenty of them. A
jig and half crawler was the ticket.
Glenn, Vickie, Steve, Randy, and Carl came in from Iowa. You all know
Vickie, the Shad Rap lady. Well, they took some really nice walleyes,
Glenn got a 28", crankbaiting the shallow topping humps. They have all
put a lot of time here on this pattern, and they have their milk run
already established.
Humps that top out at 8' or less are the key to this pattern. Plus the
hump must be adjacent to deep water, and have fish holding features such
as boulders, weeds, troughs, and the likes. It was their first day on
the water so stay tuned.
No musky guys doing much yet. Mark Carlson, the 50" king is in camp and
starting to put things together. Warmer waters mean more active fish.
Smallies are in the reeds, reeds and rock, in the boulders, and up real
shallow. I took some nice fish on a jig and crawler. Russ has been
getting them on jigs and plastics.
Wobbling cranks and spinner baits also working.
Big numbers of fish being caught. I mean really big numbers. People
going 50-75 fish a day. An awesome year. Can it last, we'll see. Lots of
young of the year bait fish out there. They aren't eating them yet, but
when they do, who knows.
Later,
Phil
