Rainy River Water Temperature

[Tom Stay]

Water temp on Sunday was at 63 degress.
Little walleye movement so far, but more shinners are now coming in.

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[Tom Stay]

The shinner migration usually starts in Early to mid Sept. Alot depends depends on the shinners themselves. Whether it's water temp that drives them in or something else, but Oct. fishing as you know can be very, very good. Last year there wasn't much of a shinner run or at least not like other years.
An early run should bring in more fish and sooner than "normal". However, when it comes to walleyes it's anybodys guess, that's what makes it fun.

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[Guest]

How long does the shiner run last? I've fished the Rainy in Oct for about 5 years. A couple of years we have hit the run and done very well other years it has been very slow. I'm know things are different every year but is this early and how will this affect the fishing going into October?

[Sandee]

We have had shiners as early as mid August here in the Clementson Bay. We found in 1999 that with very few shiners in the river, fishing was excellent. That year I caught more walleyes in the 27-30 inch range than previous years, or since. We were lucky enough to have a few of the elusive shiners that year.
The walleyes are "programmed" to run up the river in search of the shiners, whether the shiners run heavy or not. We had a large amount of shiners harvested from our area, by a few groups, about 3 years ago, and we tend to think this may have made a difference in the number and size of the shiners the following years.

Water temperature and shorter days is another trigger for walleyes to start the move. We are reporting a temperature reading of 65.7. I know each can have a different reading, so we determine change by just using our readings.

Walleyes have been slow this past week, although saugers are abundant, as are sturgeon. We need to have a temperature of 58 to 60 degrees for better walleye action, at least in our area.

Reports from Birchdale about 10 days ago was good, haven't heard anything lately.

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[Tom Stay]

Water Temp on Sunday morning was 60 degress.
Monday morning I had a reading of 58, but it warmed up to 59 before the day was done. The cooler nights and shorter days are helping to bring it down. Looks like a nice week of weather coming up, may not drop too much.

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[Tom Stay]

Water Temp on the 8th was 51.

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