I
know it is early but it is time to start thinking about next spring’s outdoor
adventure. Rainy Lake Houseboats should be at the top of your list for your
first fishing blast of the year.
Wait
one week after ice out and you will experience the kind of fishing that you
only hear about in Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
We will provide you with trophy Northern Pike fishing second to none!
Rainy Lake has huge pike and lots of them. There are several reasons why all
these pike inhabit Rainy Lake.
April 28, 2012
June 18, 2012
#1 is a slot limit that allows the northern to
grow to trophy size. The pike have had a 27.5”- 35” protected slot for about
ten years. We have always had big pike but now the population has increased
dramatically. Rainy Lake is a lake that has large amounts of shallow, mid range
and deep water. The wide variety of depths allows many of the pike to virtually
spend their whole summer in the deep cold water chasing ciscoes and whitefish. This sector of the water column provides a
natural sanctuary eliminating contact with fisherman.
May 21, 2012
April 29, 2012
Ice
out provides a unique opportunity to be in contact with Rainy Lake’s monster
pike. Before the main lake ice goes out
pike start moving towards the spawning bays. They are the first specie to spawn
each year. In many bays they begin spawning while the main lake ice still on.
The cricks and rivers open in the back ends of the spawning bays and the pike
move in to spawn. I did not realize that they move that early but I was flying
with our mechanic who has moved to Alaska in the summer to fly commercial bush
planes. Tim is a big deer hunter and he liked to fly the bays in the spring to
look and see all the deer eating the new grass shoots growing in these back
bays.
June 6, 2012
June 5, 2012
While
flying (fairly low mind you) I would see these racing ripples especially when
the plane was between the sun and the bay below. What we were seeing were
northern in the shallows, lots of them. They would spook from the shadow of the
airplane-passing overhead. Obviously the pike would think it was a bird
(probably osprey or eagle) overhead threatening to dine on them.
Once
all the ice is off the lake the pike use small bays, large shallow bays usually
ones that are close to deep water. Here
is the phenomenon; the pike will feed outside of the bay. The water is still
quite cold; the ciscoes come in close to shore until the water warms up. The pike eat them and come into the shallow
bay finding the warmest water and they digest the food they have eaten.
June 18, 2012
April 29, 2012
Rainy Lake is huge, a Rainy Lake Houseboat is the perfect way to enjoy a spectacular fishing trip and literally have the whole lake to your self. Guess what the rates
are 20% off of the summer rates! Our guides are available to show you the how,
they have been locked on shore all winter and are chomping at the bit to get
back on the water.
Billy
Dougherty
Rainy
Lake Houseboats
1-800-554-9188
