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Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau Fishing Report 4.7.21

Published on April 8, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
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Fishing Report courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau emailed to [email protected] here at Dale’s On Lake of the Woods!!
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Fishing Report

4.7.2021

On the south end… Most of the lake is still ice covered with the exception of large areas adjacent to inflowing water such as the Lighthouse Gap (Rainy River) and Morris Point Gap (Bostic Creek) areas.  Open water is expanding daily.  Anglers are allowed a limit of walleyes and saugers on the lake, but catch and release only on Four Mile Bay and the Rainy River through April 14.

Open water is becoming available in many of the back bays around the lake where pike spawn.  The pike season is open year round on LOW and the Rainy River.  3 fish per day, 30-40 inches must be released, one over 40″ allowed.

On the Rainy River…   River fishing started out strong, slowed down with cold weather and the Big Fork and Little Fork Rivers spilling mud into the Rainy River and now is picking up again.  The water is clearing and water temps are on the rise.

A 3/8 – 1/2 ounce jig is working nicely tipped with a minnow or a plastic.  Bright plastics and frozen shiners working best on jigs.  Walleyes caught in various depths down to 35 feet.

Some anglers trolling crankbaits with success to cover water.  Walleye season is catch and release only on Rainy River and Four Mile Bay through April 14th.

Sturgeon fishing continues to be good with good numbers of sturgeon being caught.  Sturgeon aren’t as affected by dirty water as they feed by scent.  Sturgeon catch and release season through 4/23/21.  Keep season 4/24/21 – 5/7/21, (45-50″, or over 75″)  Catch and release 5/8/21 – 5/15/21.  Closed 5/16/21 – 6/30/21.

With lower current, a 3 ounce no-roll sinker combined with a sturgeon rig (18″ snell of 60 lb test with a 4/0 or 5/0 circle hook) with a glob of crawlers, frozen emerald shiners or both is the ticket.  Local bait shops have rigs and bait available.

Up at the NW Angle…  Various areas are starting to open up.  Looking ahead to open water, there are various ways to travel to the NW Angle this summer without crossing the border.  If you have the right boat and expertise, boating across is an option.  There is also the Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (charter boat shuttle to Angle).  And finally, Lake Country Air flying service, a float plane service out of Baudette and other locations.

3.31.21 Fishing Report

Published on April 1, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
Filed under: Fishing Reports
Courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau emailed to [email protected] Dale’s On Lake of the Woods resort email address.
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Fishing Report

3.31.2021

On the south end… Ice fishing is all finished up on the main lake.  The focus is on back bays for big pike and areas of open water on the lake for walleyes.  The pike season is open year round on LOW and the Rainy River.  3 fish per day, 30-40 inches must be released, one over 40″ allowed.

Anglers are allowed a limit of walleyes and saugers on the lake, but catch and release only on Four Mile Bay and the Rainy River through April 14.  A limit of walleyes and saugers is a combined limit of 6 fish with up to 4 being walleyes.  Walleyes 19.5-28.0 inches must be released with one allowed over 28 inches.  The walleye season runs through April 14th and starts up again May 15th for the MN Fishing Opener.

On the Rainy River…   Five boat ramps are open on the Rainy River and there are 42 miles of open water for fishing.  Nelson Park in Birchdale, Frontier, Vidas (near Clementson), Timbermill Park in Baudette and the Wheeler’s Point access at the mouth of the river 12 miles north of Baudette are all open.

River fishing has started out strong.  Good numbers of walleyes are being caught by some with trophy fish in the mix.  A 3/8 – 1/2 ounce jig is working nicely tipped with a minnow or a plastic.  Walleye season is catch and release only on Rainy River and Four Mile Bay through April 14th.

Sturgeon fishing continues to be excellent with big numbers of sturgeon being caught.  Sturgeon catch and release season through 4/23/21.  Keep season 4/24/21 – 5/7/21, (45-50″, or over 75″)  Catch and release 5/8/21 – 5/15/21.

With lower current, a 3 ounce no-roll sinker combined with a sturgeon rig (18″ snell of 60 lb test with a 4/0 or 5/0 circle hook) with a glob of crawlers, frozen emerald shiners or both is the ticket.  Local bait shops have rigs available.

Up at the NW Angle…  Looking ahead to open water, there are various ways to travel to the NW Angle this summer without crossing the border.  If you have the right boat and expertise, boating across is an option.  There is also the Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (charter boat shuttle to Angle).  And finally, Lake Country Air flying service, a float plane service out of Baudette and other locations.

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Recieved on 4/1/21 via email to [email protected] from Lake of the Woods Toursim Bureau

3/18/21 Weekend Winter Lake Access Guests

Published on March 25, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
Filed under: Fishing Reports, Ice Conditions/Lake Access Report, News and Updates

 

Final week/weekend 3.18.21 on the ice.

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”I stopped by, here is Andy M.’s 38. See you Saturday”
Brad

 

42.5” Todd P. from your Brad M. group- released

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Bruce & Julie staying in the Sleeper fishing shallow and out on their wheeler!

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A message from a group of guys who pulled out their wheel houses with their wheelers/side by sides and came off the ice to a campsite when Dale asked due to the ice deteriorating so fast over the weekend!! By Sunday it was time to close the winter lake access!!

“Dale and Connie,

Our fishing party are extremely satisfied with what you do and how you do it up there on lake of the woods. We were able to use your amazing bathroom that comes equipped with a shower and noticed your top of the line fish cleaning building. Much appreciated the no-nonsense way about your business and most importantly we caught some fish. See you next time.

We had 7 people and caught 22 walleyes and 4 sauger. We threw back at least 6 over 20″ and 40 under 13″.”

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Our Son, Justin, his young ones and a couple Buddies from Ely catching the final 3 days!



 

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Nice text message from one of our winter camping guests saying farewell until next ice season!!  Thank you Nathan!

NATHAN: “Thank you for the fun winter, see you next fall😊”

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Orlan and the guys!!

Published on March 19, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
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Here all the way from Michigan 

3/14/21 – 3/18/21

We had the unfortunate task of canceling Orlan’s fishing trip with us due to ice conditions

Orlan and the guys are pretty mobile with their own snow equipment.   When they come fishing with us as they love the Sleeper fishing along with going out on their own chasing after the Big Northern.  So, Orlan and the guys, move out and about all day on their snow equipment.

Dale offered the guys to come fish out of a Sleeper in shallow water.  Couldn’t say what the bite would be in that location but the offer is there.  So the sleeper moved on this side of the cracks for safety purposes and Orlan and the guy’s hit the highway to Dale’s On Lake of the Woods!!

         

 

 

Northern Bite 3-2021

Published on March 18, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
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NORTHERN BITE

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Dale’s On Lake of the Woods

We were happy to have James and Ryan join us here at our Resort.  They were looking for a place to camp and out to catch the Northern’s in this great body of water.  Catch they did.  Just a couple of pictures of the fun time they had here on Lake of the Woods.  Thank you guys for coming to stay with us-we enjoyed your company!!  Dale and Connie

 

Fishing Report Courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau

Published on March 18, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
Filed under: Fishing Reports, Ice Conditions/Lake Access Report, News and Updates
Fishing Report courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau received via email to [email protected] on 3-17-2021
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Fishing Report

3.17.2021

On the south end… Most resorts have pulled off fish houses for the season with a few resorts adjacent to better ice conditions still ice fishing.  Big pike are active and staging adjacent to spawning areas. Most fish are being caught on tip ups with live sucker minnows or a dead bait like a tullibee.  Most pike angling taking place in 5-15′ of water.

Walleye anglers finding fish 15 – 30′ of water.  A morning / evening bite shallower, walleyes and saugers during the day in deeper water.

On the Rainy River…   The Rainy River is starting to open!  Some small boats pushing over shoreline ice at Nelson Park in Birchdale.  The middle of the river is open with the boat ramp still ice covered as of 3-16-21.  It may open in coming days.

Safety first.  Life preservers, warm weather gear, a knife to cut anchor rope if drifting ice gets caught in rope, and of course common sense.  Please have patience for your fellow anglers when the accesses open up.  Use slower speed and caution on Hwy 11 near access points.  Do not block approaches to fields, etc. when parking.

Up at the NW Angle…  Looking ahead to open water, there are various ways to travel to the NW Angle without crossing the border.  If you have the right boat and expertise, boating across is an option.  There is also the Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (charter boat shuttle to Angle).  And finally, Lake Country Air flying service, a float plane service out of Baudette and other locations.

The majority of ice fishing is finished up at the Angle.  Some locals are still fishing but most are looking forward to open water.

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Lake Conditions

Published on February 24, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
Filed under: Fishing Reports, Ice Conditions/Lake Access Report, News and Updates

Fishing report for today,  2/23/21:

Fishing a little better today, a tough bite out here.  Moving couple sleepers houses this week.  Sunny days and fluctuating temps.

Winter Access Open to ATV, UTV, Snowmobiles, and Track Machines ONLY – No Trucks – No Cars

If you can pull your fish house your ATV, UTV, Snowmobile, or track machine – you are able to access the lake through our winter lake access.

 

Just a few of our February Guests

Thank you so much for joining us! 

 

 

New Changes effective immediately

Published on February 12, 2021 by Connie Peterson – Comments off
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As a small, family-owned business, Dale’s on Lake of the Woods strives to provide our guests with relaxing, enjoyable fishing experiences. It is a privilege to share the natural beauty of Northern Minnesota lake life with others all year round.

Over the years, we worked hard to continue the tradition of providing plowed lake access for ice fishing in addition to our primary winter business of sleeper and day house ice fishing rentals. This year, however, we have come to the difficult decision to end this service. We will strengthen our focus on our Sleeper, Dayhouse’s, camping and storage services. We feel these services are appreciated by many and give us great pleasure to provide these services.

This change in our service offerings is effective immediately. Winter lake access at Dale’s on Lake of the Woods is now available to ATV’s, UTV’s, snowmobiles, and track machines only.

As a business, Dale’s on Lake of the Woods has also decided to step back from Facebook as a communication method with our customers. Regular updates will continue to be posted on our website, and we are exploring other customer communication avenues. Our contact information remains the same, and we can be reached in multiple ways as listed below.

Our Facebook page will remain active for 30 days. We will continue to monitor and read customer feedback during this time. After this period, please be aware will delete our Facebook page.

We wish everyone the best of luck and please contact us directly should you have any questions or if you would like to make a reservation. Thank you!

Resort/Reservations: 320-630-6734
Winter access information line: 218-442-6661
Dalesonlakeofthewoods.com