
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – October 29, 2024
The best bite on the south end has been in 22-28 feet of water. Water temperatures are dropping, and as the temps cool further, the bite has been excellent.

The best bite on the south end has been in 22-28 feet of water. Water temperatures are dropping, and as the temps cool further, the bite has been excellent.

It wasn’t all that long ago when ice fishing, equipment-wise anyway, was a simple sport. Pack some gear in a sled, fill the auger with gas and oil, trudge onto the ice, and start cutting

A small fleet of fishing boats ranging from one-person kayaks to low-slung, rocket-propelled bass boats squeezed me from my preferred perch hole on a recent Sunday morning near my campsite at Idaho’s Lake Cascade State

Now, in late fall, is the time I start ice fishing … despite no ice.
Anglers should be out now, scouting for first-ice hot spots. Remember last December? No ice, but I was “ice

Walleyes and saugers are being caught in a variety of locations across the south shore from 18-25 feet. Water temps are in the low to mid-50s.

As I explored the Ontario waters of Lake of the Woods for the fourth time last month, I was pleased that some of the lake’s 14,000 islands and 65,000 miles of shoreline looked familiar, but

A little over a year ago, Easton Fothergill sat in a hospital room in Birmingham, Ala., with an infected mass on his brain, wondering if he would ever be able to bass fish again. Now,

For the first time since 2015, the Minnesota DNR is entertaining a two-walleye limit on Lake Mille Lacs this winter due to a gill-net survey showing high forage numbers and large young walleyes.
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The colder water temps have the fish snapping.
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