Lake of the Woods report. Kenora area.

[Smallmouth Hunter]

Just got back this morning. Gotta love that 21 hour drive.

Saturday the 9th was a great day. Water temps were about 72ish in. Caught tons of smallies on topwater. Walleye were in shallow water. Found them in 6 to 8 feet of water. Found them trolling and casted once we marked them. Caught a very good number and were some hogs mixed in.

Sunday was a unique ay to say the least. Got caught in a major storm. Very heavy rain, hail, lighting and big wind. About sank the boat before we could get behind a island. Been going for 22 years. First hail, first time I was standing in high shin water in a boat. Very scary thought we were going down. Completely messed up the morning and afternoon fishing. Did decent on bass and walleye in the evening.

Monday was heavy wind and tough for bass. Walleye was still decent.

Tuesday and Wednesday cold front moved in. Fishing dropped way off. Still windy.

Thursday was better for the bass. Walleye were still pretty scattered. Caught them but was pretty tough.

Basically water temps went from 72 to about 65 after the storm and never really recovered. Saw 67 on Thursday. Wind was heavier than normal and does not bode well for topwater smallmouth fishing, which is what we do. The cold front seemed to mess up the walleye bite. Still caught some but it was tough sledding.

Water was slightly down. Didn't really affect the fishing

Overall less then average year. Still would have went even if I knew what it was going to be like.

51 weeks to go.

[Rich B]

Sounds like you were on a good bite until Mother Nature got riled up (ha) ! With your rig taking on water big time glad to hear you were able to get to a safe area behind an island....last time I had water in one of my rigs around my feet, I had left the transom plug out of the drain.....not from a bad storm !

Where do you stay when you go to LOTW ? 22 years heading north is a good record !

We drive up 24 hours to the Perrault area from Eastern Ohio....I hear ya about the drive time, as we had a new guy with us this year.....kept asking when would we get to camp ? Kept telling him it was only 3 more hours (ha).....we had a very good time and now he's also counting down the weeks until the Opener next year when we will be heading back up north !

Rich B

[Smallmouth Hunter]

Moore Bay Lodge for the last 11 years. It's a great place. Can't beat our cabin and the boats are really good. It's right in the middle of where we like to fish. It's a boat in, so it has pros and cons.

That 22 hour drive seems a lot shorter on the way up.

[brant]

Thanks for the report. We will be at Moore Bay 3rd week in July. Just got back from Nortwest Bay on Rainy and the weather and wind slowed our fishing down too. Was there many people in camp?

[bellbuoy]

Leave for Witch Bay in a week, can't wait!

[Smallmouth Hunter]

There was 6 of us. Another group had about 12 or 14, another group of 6 and a couple of guys from Germany. Pretty full for Moore Bay.

[eyeman_1]

Originally Posted by bellbuoy

Leave for Witch Bay in a week, can't wait!

Headed to Wiley Point in 12 days... but who's counting.

[nicko]

Who's not counting........

18 days and a wake up to go. Thanks for all the good info Jim. Might have a few more questions in a few days.

Nick

Wiley point here we come!

[MN_Moose]

we found the same maybe tougher. After the big storm the walleyes moved deeper like 35'. Smallmouth still biting. Water temp dropped from 67 to 62. Our old realiable spots didn't help much. Had to scratch out a few fish each day.

Here's a pic of our dock from the cabbin. Almost didn't make it back in time. That was one errie storm with green skies.

[Flip Silverlake]

It's been very windy all week. Forecast is for better weather starting Wednesday. Walleye are running around 23 feet. Lots of big fish all have been caught off points. I still have untill the end of August to get them.