LOTW Report 9/5/2010

[Border View Lodge]

September is here and it sure feels like fall. We've been having some
comfortable temperatures during the day in the upper 60's. It's refreshing to
get the humidity out of the air. After a couple cool nights, the bugs are
disappearing as well! The ten day forecast shows day time highs in the 60's
with overnight lows in the 40's. Fall may be here to stay.

How's the fishing? It's been good; there's no doubt about it. We had a couple
windy days this past week...AGAIN. One windy day forced our guides to stick in
the river. It's still slower fishing on the Rainy River. With the cooler
temperatures starting, it shouldn't be too long before the Walleye action
starts to pick up in the river. There's been reports of smaller sized shiner
schools beginning showing up. The water temperature is down to 67 degrees as of
today (it was in the 70s only a week ago).

The south end of the lake is dirty after some strong north winds swept across
the lake a few days ago. It's beginning to clear up now. The past few days our
charters have been heading 20-30 miles north on the lake where the water isn't
so stirred up. Downrigging in deep water is still the best tactic to fill a
cooler full of Walleye and Sauger. That will likely begin to change if the
water temperatures continue to fall. The live bait bite should begin to pick up
steam as move through September. Guest's continue to leave with limits of
Walleye and Sauger, and eating fresh fish during their time here as well. It's
tough to complain about that!

With the way fishing has been all summer, we are expecting great fishing to
continue through September and October.

Here are just a few pictures from the week...

Fish On!



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