fishing reports 2020 Lake of the Woods Fishing Reports & Info

[FishGuru]

WingDing great catch I would of done the exact same thing as you,

so be proud of the fish you caught. As for the snow drifts into the plowed roads I've been there done that. I got stuck up in Big Sandy and it was not fun at all luckily I had some nice locals to help me out. Hows driving around with 6-8"s of snow with chains anyone have any experience with that? I just don't want to waste money on something I don't need.

[fishin4fun85]

never been to LOW....going with a buddy that has...but I'm wondering if anyone can shoot me a couple tips while up there....looking forward to catchin some nice ones...thanks in advance for all the help!!!

[Slam-n-um]

I was Just up 24th 25th and 26th in a sleeper in arnesons we fished two days caught about 120 2 people. Only one slot fish 21" but kept 8 Walleye no dinks we made are own slot had to be 15" to 19 1/2" and we were able to get are limit. First time at arnesons going back in march I've had fun in baudette resorts but more my speed there. I been up 5 times and still dont know what to tip the guides. Any Ideas what other people give would be awesome.

[Slam-n-um]

Also got 25 keeper bonus fish Yeah Baby! Jumbo Perch

[vman11]

Driving through 6-8 inches of snow with chains is no problem. Driving on bare ice and pavement is hard on them/your truck in my opinion.

I'll be coming up Friday night to get to my wheel house on the ice and I am assuming I will need chains to get to it (its off of a road) and to pull it to a new spot if I choose.

[fishin4fun85]

slam-n-um....can you help a fellow fisher out with any tips?

[Slam-n-um]

We threw everything at em. We had live shiners and fatheads and noticed no difference in the two It didnt seem to matter the best color was gold it seemed which is pretty norm for LOW

Gold Frosty was pretty productive. The biggest thing for us was bing right on the bottom. When dead sticking if your bobber slipped even so you were a foot off you got nothing. 2 to 5 inches was best. We also kept jigging meaning tried hard to not get lazy set it down pick it up jig it couple times that sort of thing. Overall pretty finicky bite so use a vex if you got one. Hope it helps good luck.

[LOTW_Outdoorsman]

When things are slow...pound your lure off the bottom and make the fish come to you. It turns up the bottom and the bait fish will start checking things out, which will bring in the bigger fish for a little snack. It works for me...hopefully you can see similar results. These are just little tricks of the trade.

Wigwam Fisherman

[jeb]

I have a fished l.o.w many times in 30-34 feet of water. I always have to put some small ones in my limit. I pull them up slow but sometime it dos'nt work. How are you able to do it?

[SetTheHook40]

Anyone had any luck on Babblers Road since the storm? I heard the road was closed, but I am assuming it is reopened. I fished 16 mile after the new year and had good luck but haven't been out for a couple weeks. I heard Arneson's has been good. Any luck? Any Depth? Good luck. Should be a nice weekend for fishing.

[fishin4fun85]

Like how deep of water?

[fiskyknut]

25 Perchkies, a nice haul. Yum-yum.

[Slam-n-um]

We had a couple small perch and saugs but always seems to me the eyes do better. Especially on this trip

Anyone know how they get the pics on here?

[Dutchmantoo]

Went out at Long Point yesterday and did great! Didn't start fishing till about 12:30 and by 4:00 had 8 nice eyes and a couple keeper sauger. After 4:00 we marked a lot of fish but couldn't get them to bite. Pink worked well most of the day.

[jerkbait]

Dutch, what depth were you at? Hope to be out there Sunday.

[ranger20]

we fished tue and wed caught a few on tue all smaller one but on wed it was totally different tons of nice walleyes and we caught them untill 7.00pm and all came from 8-10 ft below the ice i have never saw anything like it so if you see fish up that high reel up and try it you should get some nice fish good luck!!!!!!

[pan-man]

Fishing report 27-29th out of a sleeper at Walleye Retreat in 31'. Wednesday fished half day caught 20 (5 keepers, one perch). Thursday caught 74 (28 keepers, only kept 6), biggest 18.5". Friday fished 2/3's of the day and caught 45 (13 keepers kept 4 to finish limit to come back) 1-23", 1-22", 1-21".

Overall, the best fishing trip I have had at LOW.

Caught half Jigging (lindy gold flyer was the best) and half on set line (gold and pink hooks). Unlike previous posts, I found the best action jigging and set line 2' off of bottom.

[jiggin9]

We fished last Wednesday and Thursday out of sleds. We managed our limit of walleyes both days and almost a limit of saugers the first day. We also ran into about 20 perch or so and one fat burbot. No slot fish though. We bounced around between a few reefs out by Arneson's and Gull Rock and stayed around that 29 fow mark. Graphed a lot of fish. None suspended however which goes against a lot of other posts. We didn't notice a difference between jigging and deadsticks or chubs and shiners which is also unusual. From my past experiences, this has been a fairly good January up at the big pond. Hopefully February, March and possibly some of April produce good reports too.

[C10]

A buddy and I fished from noon yesterday to noon today. This was my 2nd winter trip there and his first. We basically left Red Lake on a whim and followed the advice in this thread, paid the $8 road fee, and somehow managed 100+. It's well worth the drive if you have a chance.

[mnhunter 3815]

i have been a vacation for the last week but my brother has been using my house the past week and fishing has been pretty good,not realy fast but got numbers of fish and realy nice 1's.im headed up on tuesday to move my house a little bit bit to freshen up the holes but i know im not moving it yet lol.

[gravelle]

Well I fished wed through friday with mixed results. We did pretty decent at Bridges on wednesday. Thursday we went to little oak, Starren point and back to bridges and it was SLOW. We kept maybe ten fish for four guys. Friday we went to a couple reefs by Gull rock and did poorly as well. We weren't marking hardly any fish friday. Maybe we were just in the wrong spots but it was a bad fishing trip overall. The reef bite is definitely not going yet. Snowmobiling across the ice was great, not mucj for ice heaves or drifts. With a gps you could go anywhere.

P.S. we were the only trucks in the parking lot every day.

[vman11]

Fished at the end of Adrian's road in about 35 ft of water 1/30 and half of 1/31, caught 30 total, kept 8, only one of which was a walleye.

Talked to a few houses in the same area with similar results for the weekend. Pretty slow overall.

C10 and ranger20 - where you out past Pine Island? I talked to quite a few people and a bait shop and everything I heard was quite slow.

[ranger20]

C10 and ranger20 - where you out past Pine Island? I talked to quite a few people and a bait shop and everything I heard was quite slow.

[C10]

vman I hate to say it but it sounds like we were in the about the same spot.

[curt quesnell]

Fished just west of Starren Shoals Saturday afternoon. It was

slow but we got a couple of real nice Walleyes so it was worth

the trip. Nice snowmobile ride over there and back, the lake

is very smooth.

[magnum mike]

We were 10 miles out at the end of Adrians Road in 35 FOW. Saturday produced about 50 fish but most were pretty small. 9:30 to 11:00 was the best time and I don't thing we got a bite after 2::00. There were a few suspended fish earlier in the day and they were aggressive. Most of the others came in on the bottom and needed a little coaxing to trigger a strike.

[vman11]

Ha that's fishing...

I'm not exactly sure where you were in retrospect to me, but we probably only marked 100 fish, let alone catch that many.

The sauger we did catch were pretty small for my standards and only a few fish this weekend were walleyes.

[bturck]

Curt: In the 10 years that I've been coming up this seems to be the best ice I've ever seen. No ridge in 4 mile bay and from what I've heard no big pressure ridge on the way to the islands as we've seen in the past. Maybe something to be said for the late freeze.

PS Are there any resort houses up on the reefs yet?

[eyeowegian]

Im starting to get nervous. Coming up Feb 18-21. Sounds like the bites have slowed. Rented a sleeper out of Zippel Bay. Hope to God all the walleyes move to Zippel that weekend!!!

[wetline17]

How is the travel off the main road?