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Bite Continues To Be Very

Good On Lake Of The Woods

On the South End... The walleye and sauger bite continues to be very good with anglers enjoying consistent action.  As we transition into fall, fish are being found at various depths, but 25 - 32 feet of water has been consistent.

Jigging continues to pick up as the waters cool.  Water temps this week are down to 64.  Top jig colors this week include gold, orange, chartreuse, and pink.  For some anglers, big numbers caught this week jigging with frozen emerald shiners on the lake.

Some anglers are jigging on or adjacent to structure.  Others are finding schools of walleyes and saugers out over deep mud.  Using sonar to find fish is helpful. 

Spinners and trolling crankbaits continue to produce fish as well.  This is a transition time where multiple presentations are working.  As the season progresses, jigging will take over as the top technique. 

For those pulling spinners, gold, pink, orange, glow red, or glow white has been successful. Adjust your weights to 2 - 3 ounces to match the depth and speed you are drifting / trolling.

Trolling crankbaits is still producing nice walleyes.  Some goto colors are gold, chrome / blue, pink UV firetiger, and chartreuse. 

More and more walleyes are showing up along the south shore.  It seems things are gravitating towards fall patterns where good numbers of the fish are both chasing shiners and moving closer to shorelines.  The bite has been excellent and is really shaping up nicely for the fall jig bite both on the lake and in the Rainy River.

On the Rainy River... A variety of species continue to be caught on the Rainy River.  Nice current flow is providing fall anglers some optimism for this year's fall shiner and walleye run being a banner year.  Some reports of nice walleyes being caught in the river already this week.

There are reports of shiners in the river all the way up to Birchdale.  Things seem to be setting up nice for a great fall on the river.  Mother Nature will have the final say of course.

Sturgeon fishing is picking up with cooling waters.  Anglers anchor up and use a combination of crawlers and frozen emerald shiners on a sturgeon rig with a flat no roll sinker. 

Find a hole in the river or simply mark these big fish in an area, anchor up and soak some crawlers!

Up at the NW Angle... Walleye fishing up at the NW Angle remains really good. Fish are being found in many areas.  Structure, neck down areas as well as on the flats. 

Some good fish are still holding in the deep mud east and northeast of Little Oak Island in the mud.  Areas around Four Blocks, and north of Garden Island producing fish as well.

As on the south end, jigging, spinners / crawlers and trolling crankbaits are all producing walleyes.

Smallmouth bass, pike and muskies are also being caught, both by unsuspecting walleye anglers and when targeted.  As the waters cool, crappies and jumbo perch are also showing up nicely for anglers.

Fall and winter lodging and fishing packages are all available at LakeoftheWoodsMN.com/Lodging.

B.A.S.S. Tournament League Will Limit Amount of Livescope Fish-Finding Devices Allowed on Boats

The announcement comes after a different bass fishing league banned all forward-facing sonar devices for the upcoming 2025 season

By Travis Hall

B.A.S.S. Tournament League Will Limit Amount of Livescope Fish-Finding Devices Allowed on Boats

In a press release issued this morning,  the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) announced new equipment standards that will curtail the use of emerging technologies in the world of professional bass fishing. Among other changes, the new B.A.S.S. rules will limit the amount of live sonar devices allowed on bass boats and reduce the amount of on-board display screens.

“The use of live sonar at the Elite level has sparked tremendous debate,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Chase Anderson. “Our technology committee spent a tremendous amount of time reviewing post-event surveys, comparing equipment on Elite boats to success rates and considering both fan engagement and bass community feedback related to the use of new technology."

The B.A.S.S. announcement comes just a few days after the National Professional Fishing League (NPFL) banned live sonar altogether (more on that here). Live sonar—also known as forward-facing sonar or livescope technology—lets anglers use display screens to target specific fish in real time.

n contrast to NPFL's all-out ban on the sometimes controversial tech, the new B.A.S.S. rules will limit each boat to "one live sonar transducer [which] must be mounted to the trolling motor at the bow of the boat." In the past, anglers in both Elite Series events and the Bassmasters Classic were given free rein on live sonar with "an unlimited number of live transducers mounted on their boats in any location," B.A.S.S. states.

The second major change concerns the amount and size of fishing-finding display screens that anglers can employ during tournament fishing. Calling the trend to add more and bigger head units to boats a "safety concern," the organization said it will now limit anglers to 55 inches of on-board screen. According to B.A.S.S., bigger screens create blind spots, impacting the safe piloting of boats."

A third rule outlined in the press release will limit B.A.S.S. anglers to just one electric motor per boat. That change is aimed at stopping a rise in the use of electric motors mounted on shallow water anchors. These sort of trolling motor setups "make the enforcement of current rules (like long-lining and trolling) very difficult," B.A.S.S said.

Lastly, B.A.S.S. officials said they'll be rescheduling the Elite Series—which takes place on lakes across the country from mid-September to late August—to focus on fisheries where forward-facing sonar isn't as useful for finding and catching bass. "While live sonar technology will remain a consistent tool used at the very highest level of competitive bass fishing," the release reads, "experience and a deep-seeded understanding of fish behavior, movement and patterns will also be needed for success moving forward on the fisheries scheduled."

"B.A.S.S. is, and always has been, the keeper of the culture of our sport," Anderson said. "We believe these new standards will ensure that both the present and future competitive landscape of the Elite Series will remain above reproach." The new rules will go into effect at the start of the 2025 Elite Series season.