6.16

Another awesome day on LOW. Wind was light and variable, so we drove all over the lake. Tried big water down by Little Oak, Canadian side islands next to big water…. Ran up into the islands for some fast action and some big fish. 4 guys in the boat and had numerous doubles, two triples and a quad. H2O surface temp started around 62 and shot up to near 70 by the end of the day. Nice 28″ (pict) was biggest of the day, but numbers were the most fun. Spinners and crawler or minnow.

Looking forward to a couple more days of great weather with super catching.

Glad you had a good trip.
Stayed with them a few times….nice, helpful people. Fished a few lakes around the area and had some amazing catching in the past. Glad to hear its still alive and well.

Labvolt.

Well, if you have nice weather (i.e., light wind), make the trek up to Garden Island for the day. Plan on a shore-lunch at the State Recreation Area landing site on the NE corner of the Island. Fish the Starren Shole bite on the S side, its been fairly decent all summer. Pulled the nice 40″ pike (pict below) and a bunch of W’s off there about June 20. If they are not wild there, try over on the W side of Garden, probably a 16-25 f.o.w. bite out about 1 mile SW of Garden. Finally, if you have time, zoom up further North to the sand flats off of Little Oak. An amazing bite happening there, troll some jigs or spinners and you’ll boat your limit in short order (28″ W pict below is from Little Oak, c.p.r. on June 24).

All this depends on the wind…if its 10mph or more, stay at home and fish the rock reefs out of Arne’s. I’ll stress it again: _stay at home if its windy__, no fun in 6′ rollers. Probably not as fast a bite, but you’ll get some. When I’ve stayed with them they are very good about sharing where everyone is “getting them” just outside the resort….they just don’t talk about the Garden Island/Little Oak bites because they are a 14 mile drive and very weather dependent.

Personally, I will be fishing out of Kenora in the Northern Islands during these days…MUCH less wind dependent…but that involves a border crossing….

Good luck!
Labvolt.

Slower bite, but did find this nice 26″ in about 20 fow. Got her in a bottom transition area (rock – mud). Yellow hook, short snell, shiner minnow. Fun fight. Maybe the T-storms will wake them all up and we will see hundreds of these caught. She is back in the lake for the next cpr.

Fished Fri and Sat. Cold and sleet, but not much wind. Water Temp on Big Bay was 47. 40 degress in the AM in Pike Bay.

Walleye were off of the steep drops…25-40ft. Caught fish mostly in Big Bay wind-blown sides of reefs.

23″ biggest. Lots of small ones.

Absolutely love that area.

Proud of you for taking on the big waves and making the trip out to Garden.

Hammered gold is the “never miss” color on LOW. Spinners with gold, hammered brass, chartreuse and sometimes orange blades are the choice. Short or medium snell length is fine. Never a need to use a 8-12′ snell. 3-6′ will work fine. Bottom bouncers are the choice of the NW Angle…but South end you can probably use any kind of sinker most places.

Jigs work well too. This year its been yellow, gold, chartreuse and fire-tiger that have worked for me…but I have fished more NW Angle areas.

On the South end of the lake, most troll or drift live bait rigs most anywhere off Arnesons…probably from 30-20 f.o.w. Usually a nice bite.

Others (including many launches) like to pull deep running cranks anywhere and everywhere. They usually do real well too. If you like trolling cranks in open water, you will not find a better place.

Shallow running cranks near shore are usually nice in the evenings.

I’m leaving tomorrow for another week at the Angle.

Good luck!