Well
we have had the winter that just won’t end like the rest of the Midwest. Spring
has arrived, we had good rains on Saturday, and temperatures are going to hit
the high 60’s to 70 degrees today. Sand Bay is about 25% open basically from
Ranier to Birch Point, the Sha-Sha- area is also open.
Ice
out is official on Rainy Lake when you can drive a boat from Ranier to Kettle
Falls. Many areas of the lake will be open before official ice out. I look for
total ice out to be May 17th.
There
will be areas to fish this Saturday, Sand Bay, Rainier Bridge to the boom logs
by the paper mill, and the Shah-Sha area. The boat landing in Ranier is ice
free as well as the Pat Roche Landing by Second Bridge and Voyageurs National
Park Headquarters.
Houseboats
start leaving the docks On Thursday May 16th. Walleyes will be
congregating outside of spawning areas, either outside bays or the rivers. If
they have not spawns they like to locate on the 20-35 ft break lines or humps
right outside of the bays. The same goes for rivers and current areas. Kettle
River will be very good this year along with the Hitchcock Bay and Saginaw Bay
areas.
Pike
fishing should be very good. They congregate in the shallow bays seeking the
warmest water in the bay. A good rule of thumb to follow for finding the warmest
water is to fish the side of the bay where the wind is blowing into. Fish the
area where the wind is directly blowing into.
I
will have fishing reports for you in the office upon your arrival.
