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Will be fishing NW Lac Seul from June 29-July 6. Has anyone been up there this past week that has any new reports? We have tradiationally done well in McKenzie Bay area and will likely spend a couple days there. Is everyone still fishing in Sawmill Bay or the Wennasaga, or have the fish moved out into lake structure? Any help on depths, bait and colors is appreached. Thanks for the help?
Fished Lac Seul the week of the storm. We caught fish on main lake structure adjacent to the old river bed all the way up into Aldous Bay. Had best luck on jig/minnow and leech combos in 10 to 20 ft water.....Got two 30' Walleyes and lots of slot fish....Good Luck
MNStarfish
06-25-2002, 12:58 PM
I also will be at Lac Seul June 29-July 3 (Goose Bay Camp).
How are the roads in to Ear Falls and how is the border crossing, I heard of a group having to go through Thunder Bay because IFalls was closed.
Fishing repotrs would also be appreciated, It is our first trip up.
Don't worry about fishing in the NW area. If you can't catch Walleyes on Lac Seul, you should take a few weeks off to gather your thoughs and then quit the sport. Take up something like birdwatching.
Fish anywhere from 4 to 20 feet along structure & weeds. If your not catching anything go shallower instead of deeper!
Rogerdodger
06-27-2002, 10:24 AM
We were there June 15th thru June 22nd & had a great time. We were in on the tail end of the Wenesaga river action, I would guess by the time you get there there will be nobody (or fish) there. We did the best in Sawmill in shallow bays in 5-8 ft using slip bobbers & jigging minnows under the boat. Caught several fish over the slot. Things change in 2 weeks though! Good luck!
The guide told me that the spawn was 2 weeks late this year. I saw one fish being cleaned that still had eggs in it on the 17th of June (it was >25").
We had a 15 minute wait into Canada and a 2 hour wait to get out at International Falls. Be prepared for a wait.
larrym
06-28-2002, 03:27 PM
I know the regulations allow one fish over the slot but wish people would get in the habit of throwing everything back over the 18". They are not that much beeter to eat and we've all seen what slots and limits have done for the fishing in Canada over the last 10 years. We occassionally fish five lakes lodge in Gull Rock and they require no fish over 18" amd I think it's a good idea. Just hate to see those large fish ending up being cleaned,