...Towards the north, downrigging and live-bait rig fishing has been producing walleyes around Garden Island and Little Oak Island. RAINY LAKEThe deep reefs, 30 to 40 feet, seem to be producing the most walleyes. Minnows continue to trigger fish...
...feet. The majority of saugers remain tight to the bottom and glow or gold jigging spoons are working for both. At the Oak Island area, consistent walleye and sauger action is reported in 20 to 26 feet.LAKE MINNETONKA AREAA few walleyes are coming...
...most productive and limits have been common this week. There has been some consistent walleye action reported in the Oak Island area as well in 30 feet or more. LEECH LAKE AREATravel on the lake remains an issue due to snow and slush. The best...
...about 35 feet of water with some success. Northwest Angle and Islands anglers are finding walleyes off the flats of Oak Island and Flag Island or the rocks out of Young's Bay. LEECH LAKE Walleyes are biting toward evening. Fish Ottertail Point...
...humps of the big lake. Muskie action has been slow. LAKE OF THE WOODS Walleyes are being taken off the deeper points of Oak Island and the weed beds in the Northwest Angle Bay. They're hitting minnows or crawlers on jigs. South shore anglers are...
...lakes. Rice Lake is frozen over with at least four inches of ice. LAKE OF THE WOODS Only skim ice has been reported at Oak Island and Zippel Bay is not yet ready for northern pike spearing season. However, those heading out in their boats are catching...
...Island to refuel for their flight later that night to New Jersey. The plane went down in a wooded, isolated part of Oak Island. The wreckage was discovered upside down with both wings broken off. The crash was just one more in a series of personal...
...walleye bite in recent days. Spinner rigs or jigs have turned the few fish being caught in and around the weedbeds. Near Oak Island, the best walleye bite has been in shallow water. Hammered spinner rigs are also working here. The Rainy River area...
...Islands area, spinner rigs tipped with crawlers or minnows have produced fish in the Little Oaks area and just south of Oak Island. Walleye action has also continued to improve on the Rainy River. Jigs tipped with leeches or nightcrawlers have worked...
...for a few walleyes and numbers of sauger in 22 feet of water. At the Northwest Angle/Islands area, the reefs off Oak Island are producing a mixed bag of walleyes and sauger in 18 to 28 feet of water. As a general rule, the best sauger action...
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