Walleye, Sauger, and Smallmouth Bite Strong at Lake of the Woods

Lake of the Woods is truly living up to its reputation this weekend. Sunrise hit around 5:14 AM and you can expect sunset at about 9:26 PM, giving anglers a long, prime window on the water. With light winds this morning, overcast skies, and temperatures dancing in the low 70s, conditions were nearly perfect for an all-day bite. There’s no tidal swing here, just good old-fashioned freshwater fishing.

Walleye remains the main event—limits are coming easy with a nice mix of “eater” sizes and some overslot trophies in the cooler. Most action today came in 24 to 35 feet of water, with anglers either drifting crawler harnesses or trolling crankbaits over the mud flats and around structure. Jigging with a gold or chartreuse jig tipped with a frozen shiner or lively fathead minnow also produced. As the day wore on, the leadcore crowd running brightly colored crankbaits at 2 to 3 mph across the deep basin near Garden Island and Long Point found big fish stacked up. According to the local reports, the “mud” is loaded with schools of feeding walleye right now.

Sauger are still biting strong, with catches mixed right in among the walleye. Jumbo perch and pike are being caught as incidental bycatch, especially for those running bait near the bottom. If you’re after pike, throw some big spoons or shallow-running crankbaits into Four Mile Bay or Zippel Bay.

Smallmouth bass are lighting up near rocky points and scattered structure, especially around the islands in the Northwest Angle. Cast soft plastics, Ned rigs, or twitch a minnowbait along the rocks and you’re in business. The shallows are loaded with hungry bass this time of year, so don’t overlook the shoreline.

Hot spots today were the deep mud triangle between Long Point, Garden Island, and the US/Canada border, as well as the rocky reefs just off Pine Island for those looking for numbers and size. The Northwest Angle remains a steady producer, especially for bass and a mixed bag off the points.

A quick heads up: sturgeon season is closed until July 1st, and the muskie opener is right around the corner—June 21st. Start plotting your plan if you’re looking to tangle with these giants.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Lake of the Woods is truly living up to its reputation.
This weekend. Sunrise hit around five fourteen am, and you
can expect sunset at about nine twenty six pm, giving
anglers a long prime window on the water. With light
winds this morning, overcast skies and temperatures dancing in the
low seventies, conditions were nearly perfect for an all day bite.

(00:22):
There's no tidal swing here, just good old fashioned freshwater fishing.
While eye remains the main event, limits are coming easy
with a nice mix of eater sizes and some overslought
trophies in the cooler Most action today came in twenty
four to thirty five feet of water, with anglers either
drifting crawler harnesses or trolling crank baits over the mudflats

(00:43):
and around structure, jigging with a gold or chartruse jig
tipped with a frozen shiner or lively fothet minnow also
produced as the day wore on. The lead core crowd
running brightly colored crank baits at two to three miles
per hour across the deep basin near garden Iceland and
Long Point found big fish stacked up. According to the

(01:04):
local reports. The mud is loaded with schools of feeding
walleye right now. Sauger are still biting strong with catches
mixed right in among the walleye. Jumbo perch and pike
are being caught as incidental bycatch, especially for those running
bait near the bottom. If you're after pike, throw some
big spoons or shallow running crank baits into four Mile

(01:26):
Bay or Zipple Bay. Smallmouth bass are lighting up near
rocky points and scattered structure, especially around the islands in
the Northwest Angle. Cast soft plastics, ned rigs or twitch
a minnow bait along the rocks and you're in business.
The shallows are loaded with hungry bass this time of year,
so don't overlook the shore line. Hot spots today were

(01:48):
the deep mud triangle between Long Point Garden Island and
the U. S. Canada border, as well as the rocky
reefs just off Pine Island for those looking for numbers
and size. The Northwest Angle remains a steady producer, especially
for bass and a mixed bag off the points. A
quick heads up. Sturgeon season is closed until July first,

(02:10):
and the musky opener is right around the corner June
twenty first. Start plotting your plan if you're looking to
tangle with these giants. Thanks for tuning in to this
Lake of the Woods fishing report. Be sure to subscribe
so you never miss an update. This has been a
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot AI.
And that is it for today. Hit the subscribe button

(02:33):
and never miss out. Keep those tips up and lines wet.
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