
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – February 17, 2025
Lures with a built-in light have been effective in the stained water.
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Lures with a built-in light have been effective in the stained water.

Some consistency from last week, but also some different things to focus on.

The snow slanted down hard, pushed ahead by what the weatherman would later say were 48-mph gusts.
If I had been home during such conditions, I’d never open the front door, but this was

The end of the ice fishing season in Ohio is not yet here as anglers continue to hit Indian Lake on inland waters and South Bass Island on Lake Erie.

North end of this fishery is proving to be effective for panfish. Try using spikes, wax worms, or cut minnows.

Drop your jig a couple of feet below the ice and then hold the line and slowly drop the line and jig another 10 to 12 inches at a time to draw crappies and sunfish.

What irony! I love just about everything about my neighbor, big, burly Saginaw Bay. But I’m not the person you’re most likely to see on that lobe of Lake Huron.
A few Fridays ago

The yellow perch bite has been very good lake-wide in 6-15 feet of water on this fishery.

Access and ice conditions are sitting really good this year. And the bite?
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