Mid August Sportsman's Lodge Guide/R. river questions?

[clemmy]

Hello,

I'm coming back up to MN from Florida in mid-August to see my folks. They decided that they wanted to go to a resort for a couple of days, much like we did growing up, so the made reservations at the Sportsman's Lodge on the Rainy River. They also booked 2 days with one of their guides for us.  I had two questions:

 

A) What will a guided launch be like that time of year there? I didn't know if it would be spinners, Jig and mnnows, or I saw downrigging, but I've never fished that way. Do you fish for numbers of eaters, or can you try for more size at the likely expense of number? Or is it largely all the same and just luck to get into a bigger fish?

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B: Since I won't have a boat, I figured I'd try of their dock in the evening/night. Any suggestions? I have the Navionics app on my iphone, and from that it looks like that part of the riverside is pretty featureless, albeit with a decent drop off. I was thinking that casting out a slip sinker rig with a floating jighead, Or slip bobber and just let it drift down current feeding line?

 

Any ideas/help will be greatly appreciated! I can't wait to get back up there,

 

Craig

 

 

[Walleyehooker]

That time of year any of the above will work to catch fish. Usually the boats will be using what is working best at the time depending on where the fish are. If you are out for the day you might do a combination of all 3. As far as big fish your chances are pretty good almost anywhere you are catching fish. As far as fishing off of the dock in the river with the current a slip sinker rig would probably work the best. I have trips booked for July August and September but I bring my own boat.