Well I made my maiden voyage to Rainy Lake last week and was not disappointed. We got an early start on Thursday and were on the water in search of our campsite by 9:30. We set up camp and got to fishing. Thursday was beautiful sunny, light winds and good fishing. Most fish were caught with bottom bouncer/spinner combo with crawlers. We did not catch as many fish as I had hoped but the overall size structure was impressive. I caught about 15 Walleyes over 20 inches with the largest going 24 in 3 days. My buddies found some smaller fish using live bait rigs and leeches or minnows. Friday was a little tougher to get fish but we still got enough to put a meal on the table. Saturday the wind blew pretty good making boat control and catching fish a challege. Speed seemed to be a key to catching fish with most fish being caught a little slower than my usual speed about .8 to 1.0 mph. The best depth seemed to be 22 to 30 feet. Saturday evening produces some weather and with big winds forecasted for Sunday we broke camp early Sunday morning and came home. We had a couple of cool/unusual events, my buddies saw a timber wolf swimming in a bay and I caught what I think was a Blue Walleye 
. I have heard of them before, does anyone know if they are in Rainy Lake. It really looked a lot different than the other fish with a real bluish tint, pretty cool, it was about 20 inches and no pictures. Rainy Lake is a beautiful place and I will be back hopefully in the near future. 
August 17, 2010 at 6:38 pm
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Glad you had a nice trip. As far as a true “Blue Walleye” goes yes there are genuine Blue walleyes in the lake, but extremely rare. There is a more common blue tinting through the fins and tails of some of the walleyes. In my opinion the “Blue Walleye” is a pretty silver colored walleye with blue shades. I’ve only seen one in my lifetime.
