fishing reports 2020 - Upper Red Lake Fishing Reports (URL)

[C10]

2 guys from about 3pm Thursday to 6pm Friday about 6 miles out of Rogers. We got 12 fish. 1-17.5 and a bunch of small ones. Most reports we heard were about the same.

[fatfinger]

hillman told me he never used to go out as far as he does now.said there seemed to plenty of good fishing within first 5 or 6 miles.of course maybe its the amount of fisherman there that pushes the roads so far now?

i was there 2 weeks ago & a CO stopped to check us. he was off his sled & in the door in about 2 seconds.thats rite, in the door.opened it up, took a step in & gave us the same old routine of thinkin we were fish poachin dopers.kept askin us where the fish were & lookin around.checked our coolers & everything.didnt ask about moose burger, deer steaks, or home butchered beef(all legal).goin back next week with the old man & hope we dont run into some young gung-ho rude kid lookin to make a reputation.spoils the experience.first time i ran into a rude co.

[Stcloudangler]

Funny... 15+ trips over the past years, and never ran into a CO. Anywhere you go they can be good or bad. Anyways, any recent reports? Thinkin about heading up again next weekend.

[Quackaddict9]

Two of us were up there out of Carsella's from yesterday to this morning, it was slow. There was no pattern on how to catch them but the color of choice was red. However, we did take home 4 fish though and threw back 4 others that were under than 12". I hope to get out again soon, and will leave a report! Good Luck guys.

[cookie129]

I think the road started going further with the crappie boom.It would be interesting to know where the road use to go 20 years ago

[KTapper]

Fished upper red fri-sun morning. Extremely slow most of the fish we caught were during the night on the rattle wheels. Marked plenty of fish and threw the whole tackle box at them to no avail. Stayed at Portavilla nice place and will stay there again in the future when the bite picks up.

[mnhunter 3815]

he opend the door and stepped in?did he knock 1st?

[JaySt.cloud]

There were 3 of us up out of West Wind Friday to Sunday morning......slow fishing. We did end up with our limit but barely. Funny thing was we neer caught on fish over the slot in our house. Either too small or a keeper. Good time was had by all but I hope it picks up for those of you on your way soon. By far our best presentation was a plain red hook with a fathead. Had some shiners..not a bite on those.

[Chisox]

Three of us were up over the weekend (Friday-Sunday morning) and we did pretty well, caught about 30 walleyes when all said and done and probably lost or missed ten or so. We brought home our limit and did catch two over the slot, an 18 and the other just over 21, the other fish all were between 12 and 16. The bite was pretty light and we marked alot of fish that would come and look and not hit. It was split between dead stick and jigging catching fish. I caught the jigging ones on a small red spoon and the other guys caught theirs on a swedish pimple. The dead stick fish were split between shiners and fatheads and it did not make a difference on hook color (we caught them with red, blue and plain). Thanks to Jerry and Matt at Battle River Lodge for a great time!!

[Lipriper84]

Was up Friday through Sunday morning with 4 guys out of West Wind. Out about 2-3 miles in about 13ft of water. Fishing was slow on Friday, didn't get a bite or mark a fish until the sun went down. Ended up with 7 keepers throught the night, Threw back about 5 that were to big and 5 that were to small. Saturday We caught fish though the day but very sporadic. Had them move through about once every hour. Only one of the guys in our house was getting them though, On a medium sized Orange and yellow buckshot with a Minnow head from a fat head. They were hitting it with out jigging. fish were bitting on the rattle wheels all night on plain red hook and medium sized fat head. Action picked up from 6am to 7am. Had 8 more keepers all day Saturday into Sunday morning.

All in all we had a great time up there. Can't wait to get up there again.

[knuter_63]

Was up Fri - Sunday morning...real slow until Saturday evening, then only picked up slightly. Started to get busy once we started packing up Sunday of course! 3 of us, 2 eyes in the slot, kept 6.

I've been on Red twice and both times been checked by (I believe)the same CO, both times he parked right his sled outside the house, knocked and we hollered to come in. He was very pleasent, asked his pertinent questions (only once), told us good luck and left.

[Random guy]

been on Red twice and both times been checked by (I believe)the same CO, both times he parked right his sled outside the house, knocked and we hollered to come in. He was very pleasent, asked his pertinent questions (only once), told us good luck and left.

Something to remember with all this warden talk is on URL is we have two local wardens yet we are often are checked by out of town wardens also; that tend to have a different approach. I was checked three time in one day last year. One guy was from the Duluth area then the second was from some place in southern MN and then the local warden stopped. I told him about the long arm of the law that day and he just shook his head.

[bugeye]

Thur, Friday slow. Saturday pretty good. ice 33 inches in some spots. Hillmans road was in better shape than the regular highway roads. Light bite so if you see your flag run fast lol. We did get 4 Northerns around 36". Only 3 walleyes that we caught were in the slot, a lot of 13" We kept probaly 16 and 14 of them Saturday with 5 guys. Not the best, but have had worst. No crappies couple nice perch.

[mike morris]

Bada** pic Jonny P!!! How the bite been? Ole' Mikey hasn't made 'er up there this year yet.

[fatfinger]

anyway im headin up this weekend again & hope the fish are hittin.red is still the hot ticket but what about hook size?does it matter very much?ill report how we did when i get back.

[pike king]

I'm headed up to Red on Fri. Morning to use one of Duffy's Ice House Sleepers. Anyone else been out of his ice houses? Also, anyone have a report on what they're biting on. From as far as I can tell, it's been a plain red hook with a fathead but what about the Northern? Thanks to those who apply!

[fishinbum]

Came back on Sunday from Upper Red and to say the least, it was hit and miss. On Friday night, we caught 2 fish, both on set lines. Jigging didnt produce at all. On Saturday we talked to Ryan and he plowed out a spot for us roughly 300 yards away. All night long we had fish. Once again, jigging didnt produce. A smaller pink/red glow jig with a smaller minnow outproduced everything. The bite was very light and there were a lot of fish we missed. Ended up with 3 guys keeping 9 on Saturday night. Many thanks to Ryans red lake rentals for putting us on a great spot. We will be back up this weekend for more.

[RIPPER8551]

THE 3 OF US RENTED AN ON ICE 4 TO 6 MAN SLEEPER FOR MON FEB 1 OUT OF ROGERS. WE FISHED HARD THE WHOLE TIME THREW EVERYTHING BUT THE CB OUT OF THE TRUCK AT THEM. 1 THIRTEEN WALLEYE.

[Maker Of Shoe]

Just got back yesterday from our trip up to Red. We fished with Scott from Red Lake Adventures. The fishing was sub par to what I expected. Between 3 guys we caught 14 fish in the matter of two days. we brought home 6. We fished Monday the 1st to Wednesday the 3rd. We didnt mark a fish all day Tuesday until about 430. Got two about sunset and nothing the rest of that night. Something shut them down, cause Scott said the day before they were picking up a few fish during the day and about 20 overnight. I am planning on being back in late February so we will see. Scott did a good job checking on us but hard to control the fish.

[fishing-g]

fishing has definately slowed again. was really fast and ferious for both crappies and eyes friday thru tuesday. i think the fact that it was a full moon and the moon was up from just before sunset to just before sunrise had something to do with it. hope to get back in a week or so anyways. will test this theory as it will be quite dark all nite. always seem to have best luck with full moon.

[usmtsrocks]

My dad and I just got back from staying in one of Kelly and Jonny P's sleepers. Fishing was fair to say the least, Most fish we graphed seemed to be in a somewhat negative mood. We fished from 1pm on Wednesday til about 8am today. Our totals were 30 walleyes, 1 30" pike and 1 small perch. Of the 30 eyes, 9 were keepers and only 1 was a slot fish. The rest were under 13". Didnt see a crappie. Afternoon hours seemed best and night time was pretty dead. Caught a few fish jigging, everything else on a plain hook or glow jig. Not a bad trip as we ate a meal on the lake and brought a few home as well. Thanks again Kelly for putting us on some fish and we'll probably see you again next year!

Justin

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

How many miles out on the lake seems to be producing the most fish this time of year? A buddy and I are heading up around the 20th... wondering how far out to look for the eyez on hillmans. N E help would be appreciated.

[boe757]

3 guys fishing out of JR's thursday 9am to 7 pm, 15 feet of water: 2 eyes, 2 jumbo perch one northern 37" - sent him back-clouds of minnows on the vex from 5' to 10' could also see them, not sure the species. everything was caught on plain red 6/0 hooks including the northern. I had sucker minnows on tipups all day but no flags. good service great house approx five miles out

[laportian]

Fished the boundry today. From noon to 4:30 two of us caught a couple caught a and lost a couple. But from 4:30 on we iced another 13 walleyes. Then soon as the sun was completely gone it shut off. Glow 1/4 once jigheads with a fathead worked best. A few on spoons. Last week we were the only ones in this area. We are maybe a mile out in 13 fow. Lots of people were out near center bar now seems everyone moved back in a little. Bite has been fairly consistant, been fishing it 2 or 3 times a week since the middle of Dec. Seems like alot of dinks in the past 3 weeks. We caught only one 20 incher today.

[witt17]

T-6 hours from going to West Wind going thur Spider Johnson for 4 days!! Send report later. FISH ON

[theghost_03]

Maybe see ya up there Witt, were heading out of westwinds this week as well! Hope the weather cooperates

[madfisher]

Fished from fri night to sun noon. Slow bite, 8-9 miles out on Hillmans main road. We caught 8 between 7pm fri. and 2 pm Sat. Moved to angle road down about 3 miles on Sat. We caught 4 more. Dead stick did catch the most although the fish do seem to be alittle more aggressive than the previous trips. 5 out of 15 were caught with a spoon or darter. We only missed 3, we usually miss more do to the light bite. Good luck fellas

[fatfinger]

fished from 11 am sat thru 10:30am sun.pretty slow but we got some for the freezer.they (wallys) hugged the bottom pretty tightly.jigging seemed to draw them up & in only to hit the dead stick most of the time.jigging did produce a little.went out of hilmans about 5 miles.great host-thanks buddy, we had a great time.no luck on tip-ups

[Faner50]

3 of us fished north end out of Hilmans road 2/5 to 2/7 out about 5-6 miles. Fished 14 FOW over gravel. Iced 12 all weekend 4 were keepers which we ate, 1 too big at 17 1/4, 7 were cigars and tossed back. Lots of small "lookers" on the Vex but not many takers. All of what we caught bit really light. Any resistance at all on the rattle reels or dead sticks and they dropped the bait. Moved hook from behind to in front of the dorsel fin on the minnows and had better success. Tip up worked pretty well when set to hardly any resistance on the flag. Best jigs were smaller white glow or red glow gem-in-eyes and gold weasils.

GLTA..

Faner

[Quackaddict9]

Two of us were out of Hillman's on Saturday evening from 5-9 pm and caught 5 walleyes, 1 over 17", others were less than 12" and 4 perch that were tossed back in the water. Missed a few and marked fish all night, there was no pattern but mostly caught on dead stick with red glow frostee and bigger sized crappie minnows.