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2020 Lake of the Woods Fishing Reports & Info


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Fished Tuesday and Wed. out of the Wigwam. Went over to the Reefs.fished in 30ft.Not jumping out of the holes, but ended up with our Limits for 35 guys.Was a great trip and Thanks to all the Drivers, JP, and Tom. We had a great time once again!003.jpg

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We are leaving in about an hour for the Wigwam and the reefs tomorrow & Saturday. How was the ride out? Rough & how long did it take? Any last minute tips? Do I want to bring a comfortable chair?

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Ride out is about 1hr and the trail is in good shape.Bring a pad to sit on in the house.Jig with just a minnow head and Glow pink, red and blue was working for us. Most fish were on the bottom. Got them to come up a few ft. and hit it. You should have good fishing. Good Luck!

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We're still finding the fish in the rubble and in deep water in the mud.

Happy Fishing to all, and to all a good day!

Wigwam Fisherman

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Went up across by sled Friday started fishing bridges,garden area by 08:30. Were packing up roughly around 1600. Caught fish though out the day in 22ft to 28ft. Proably caught 50 or more for three guys. Glow jigs did seem to work better in the morning and then moved to more suttle presentations for mid day bite. Used a combination of shiners and chubs for bait. Happy Hunting to all those you choose to chase the bent rod action.

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great report and video JP. thanks for all your hard work that goes into keeping the rest of us updated with your videos.

looks like i am going to be coming up to fish LOTW next weekend with sleds and portables. i think were going to be staying at the wigwam again so ill see you friday night when we get there! i can't wait to slay some walleyes!

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Fished yesterday with Reel Adventures out of Warroad. I only had action with the rod I was jigging with. I would hit the bottom and rise my buckshot and I would have a fish follow it up every now and then. For the most part the fish would bite very lighty. Between four of us we had 9 walleyes between 15 to 17 inches and a sauger 14 inches. Some of the fish were too small to keep. We were in 19 feet of water.

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fished all over this weekend....best luck was out by bayview lodges (I believe thats the houses we were by).....between the wife and I we ended up with one limits worth of fish all weekend.....pretty slow but had a good time....got to talk to JP at wigwam...manhe works hard...notonly doin these videos and puttin people on fish dring the day...but he's pickin up empty drinks at night....gotta respect that guy

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We stayed at the Wigwam Thursday evening through Sunday. We fished the reefs with Wigwam Friday & Saturday. The 65 degree temperature change in less than 30 hours must have had an impact on the bite. Fishing was SLOW. Friday produced 13 in the box with easily that many or more released. Saturday was much slower with 11 in the box and 3 released. No hot time or hot bait. This was the report from all the other parties we talked to that were fishing the same area. A good time was had by all as usual. The Wigwam staff did another great job in spite of a slow bite.

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2 of us fished 33 f.o.w in the mud fri noon until sun noon. Fri. caught 54. Sat. caught 28 Sun. caught 10.....and about 10 tulli for the trip......3 big fish were 24" 24.5" 25". 3/4 of the fish were caught jigging. Best was a glow red demon jig. Best for bobber was a gold tear drop with a fathead.....

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Fished out of sleepers near Williams and had an awesome fishing experience. There were 8 of us in one house and we probably caught over 300 fish Fri, Sat and Sunday. Friday we had a good morning bite of saugers a couple over 16 inches. Afternoon bite was mainly walleye. First slot fish caught was about 3 pm and was 24.5. I caught the second slot fish at 7 pm at 23.5 inches. We caught a bunch around 18 and 19 inches. Saturday was a slow day. Had a decent morning bite but not much in the afternoon and evening. Sunday morning was slow but most of the fish were take home fish. Most over 16 inches and just under the slot. Dead stick hook and minnow was a low producer. Best action for me was pink jig and a pink and white glow jig. One guy was nailing them including a 28 inch pike with the stop signs. Could not get a bite on anything gold. Did not see any suspended fish. Everything was at the bottom about 34 ft.

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Went out of Arnesen's Resort on Fri-Sat and iced about 60 eaters on Friday and about 50 on Saturday all in 30ft. The one jig that outproduced all of them was the red rattlin flyer.

I gotta say...Arnesens is TOP NOTCH. Never been to a resort with all the amenities and services as them. This was our first trip out of there and we will surely be back. They bent over backwards to make sure we were happy. Heck the guide even brought us more beer when we asked him what our options were as we started to get low around 2pm. Amazing service!

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Dang, after our last exchange, I should have extended an invitation to visit! Maybe next time, though w. this warm weather, I'd better hurry! smile

We really wanted to target some big pike, or even some panfish. That will be the next mission up there as we always go for walleye. Have any hot tips for that? I understand that last ice is our best bet until open water... In any case, I will drop you a line prior.

Best, Mike

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No hot tips here. I am still learning the area myself. Plan to target some pike later this season though.

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friend and I just got back, we drove up yesterday morning. took adrians road out 11 mile and set up off on the east side. fishing was slow very few bites. packed up around noon and came in about a mile. fished till 5 same thing few bite, but we did manage to pick up a couple of saugers. today we only went out 5 mile fishing was better but not great. managed a few more small saugers.

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Micheal Swan, how were the sleepers you stayed in? Thinking of heading up there and the pricing seems fair, however no pics of the houses or what kind of shape they are in..Hoping to get some input.

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Fished Zippel out in about 30 fow yesterday. Boy was it beautiful out on the lake. Some people were fishing outside. We didn't even fire up the heater until 3:30 or so. We got out in the open past Perch St. and nestled in off one of the many branches of roads out there. Zippel sure has a nice road system compared to others I've seen. We managed our two limits but it took us awhile. Sorted through a lot of saugers (40+). We didnt manage an 'eye all day. Alot of lookers on the graph and only saw one suspended. Lost one nice one which felt like a large 'eye but might of been a fat old burbot. I got a kick out of my father in law. He put on a clinic yesterday using his old summer jigs compared to me using all of the latest ice fishing lures. I caught my fair share too but it just goes to show you don't need all of the latest gadgets to put more fish in the pail. All in all it was another great day out on the big pond.

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Thanks for the update jiggin9. I'm headed up to Zippel Bay resort in about 2 hours with 3 of my buddies. This will be our first time on LOW so needless to say we are a little excited.

I was hoping we'd get a recent update before we headed out the door. From your post it sounds like you just have to work for them which is fine by us. Happy fishing.

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