Trip to Winni - Help

[JRN]

I will be heading up to Winni May 21st for a weekend of fishing. This is my first time at this lake and I would appreciate any tips or advice to make it a successful trip. I am staying at Bowen's Lodge.

Good luck to everyone on opener, I have to work :-(

Thanks,
John

[REW]

John,
Talk to the folks at Bowen's.
Very helpful, and they will have some good advice.
If I were you, I would start in the bay right in front of the resort.
Many many many fish are caught within 100 yards of their dock.
In many instances, it is not necessary to venture any further then the bay to limit out.

You can also check back into sealy bay, by the eagles nest - venture out into winni- through the gap - around the channel markers to the right, and fish the humps next to shore - work your way down the north shore, stopping at the rock pile, pigeon river, stony point, third river flowage, moving around to mallard point, Ravens Rocks, and Sugar bay.

Those spots should hold you for a weeks worth of fishing.

Especially if the wind is blowing - think shallow.
If you start catching a lot of perch - you are too deep. Go shallower.

If the wind is blowing into a shoreline for a day or two - it is not unusual to find fish as shallow as a foot or two.

For most days - concentrate on the 9 foot level -
Start at 5 foot and work to 15 foot. However, I would guess that 90% of your fish will be caught from 8.5-10 feet in depth.

Use a spot tail shiner - don't even worry about using any other bait.
Use a jig - any color as long as it is some shade of green.
Chartruse
Charturse, and Lime,
Lime,
Lime, and emerald green.
firetiger.

If you want to catch a bunch of northerns - tie on a yellow jig.

Take care
REW

[JRN]

Thanks REW! I am looking forward to this trip. The folks at Bowen's seem really nice. I have a cabin reserved for the last week of June also for a family vacation there. I thought it would be nice to take a shorter trip to get to know the lake. I imagine the fishing changes a little as you get closer to July but I heard it is still good.

By the way, I am one of the people still trying to get the right prop setup on my 1700 fisherman / Suzuki 140. Thanks for some of the advice on previous posts. I may just go to the 14 x 20 ss prop and raise the motor up to the the 3rd hole. It appears this setup is working well for most people.

Take care,
John

[Otter]

In my opinion, REW pretty well nailed it. Bowens should be somewhere near the action, and they can probably tell you where best to start. In a cold spring, the 'eyes will be further back into Cut Foot. In a warmer spring they will be out further into Winnie. When they go into Winnie they typically follow the north shore early on in the year.