Fishing Report Lake of the Woods/Rainy River June 30, 2008

[JohnWester]

Fishing Report courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau.
Lake of the Woods/Rainy River
The Walleye Capital of the World
June 30, 2008

Fishing remains strong around Pine Island and the Lighthouse Gap. The
Morris Point and Zippel Bay areas have also been giving up nice
numbers of walleye and a few sauger. Anchored and jigging in 5-10
feet of water or drifting in 28-22 feet of water pulling spinners has
been working well for anglers. Leeches, chub minnows and crawlers are
all working equally well. Anglers are catching a variety of fish in
the Rainy River. Bait of choice lately has been crawlers and although
the fish haven't been deep in the river they will go deeper as the
warm weather continues. Sturgeon season opens July 1st so don’t
forget to pick up your tag.

Big Fish Report
(Courtesy of Cyrus Resort)
The following fish were caught and released:

  Mike McFadden, Norwalk, OH - 30 inch Walleye
  Herb Bigelbach, Shoreview, MN - 26 inch Walleye
  Tom Bigelbach, Maplegrove, MN - 24 inch Walleye
  Micheal Bigelbach, Redwood, MN - 23 inch Walleye/33 inch Northern
  Chris Petscher, Mendota Heights, MN - 24 inch Walleye
  Jim Grove, Climax, MN - 25 & 28 inch Walleye
  Chris Feick, Desoto, MO - 26 & 27 1/4 Walleye/34 inch Northern
  Phil Emmons, Andover, MN - 29 1/2 inch Walleye
  Cheryl Emmons, Andover, MN - 25 & 25 inch Walleyes
  Mike Emmons, Andover, MN - 23 1/2 inch Walleye
  Scott Goehring - 22 & 22 inch Walleyes
  Randy Oehschlaugher, Rogers, MN - 23, 24 1/2 & 27 3/4 inch Walleye
  Jesse Kramer, St. Paul, MN - 25 1/2 inch Walleye
  Dean Busch, Hanover, MN - 24 inch Walleye
  Bill Gerlach, St. Francis, MN - 24 inch Walleye
  Eddy Gerlach, Hugo, MN - 22 & 24 1/2 inch Walleyes
  Randy Wentzel - 27 inch Walleye
  Ben Gerlach, Coon Rapids, MN - 22 inch Walleye
  Ed Johnson, Rochelle, IL - 23 1/2 inch Walleye
  Steve Reineck, Rochelle, IL - 27 inch Walleye
  Greg Schmidt, Rochelle, IL - 27 1/2 Walleye/44 inch Northern
  Adam Moore, Rochelle, IL - 25 inch Walleye
  Brand Trylong, Rockford, IL - 24 inch Walleye
  Bob Felton, Manito, IL - 24 inch Walleye
  Rich Reed, Springfield, IL - 24 inch Walleye
  Erick Hoffman, New London, WI - 24 inch Walleye/42 inch Northern
  Brett Motors, New London, MN - 22 inch Walleye/46 inch Northern