Lake of the Woods fishing report for 8/12/2012

Water temperatures have been fairly stable throughout the month of August on Lake of the Woods. In fact, they have been cooler than they were at the end of June through the entire month of July. This has made for some great fishing whether you are targeting Walleye for the frying pan or casting to release a trophy Muskie. Right now we are seeing 71 to 72 degree water temperatures in most areas of the lake. While the southern portion of the Northwest Angle is fairly dingy with clarity at about 2 feet, there are areas up north to be found with clarity up to 6 feet.

The Walleye fishing sure did turn on this last week. We had one day where multiple boats caught over 100 Walleyes with quite a few dandys thrown in. Smaller, main lake reefs that top off around 30 feet adjacent to water as deep as 60 feet have been great. The deepest areas in between small islands have also been good during calm days while the same islands closer to the shorelines have produced best on the windy days. White and gold 1/8^th ounce jigs tipped with a dead minnow or Berkley Gulp minnow were getting bit before we could drop them to the bottom at times. Since that day, Walleyes are still being caught in large numbers.

Even with the water temperatures down, we are seeing a typical August as far as catches. We have no 50 inchers to report from the resort this week, but there were a handful of fish in the upper 40 inch range caught and released by our guest with several large specimens lost boatside. Main lake rocks and broken rock shorelines close to deeper water have been great spots to see multiple fish. Bucktails, jerkbaits and blade-style topwaters are producing the best results during low light periods. If you aren’t fishing up until sunset, you may ­­be missing opportunities. Be on your best spot during this prime period and fish through it several times. 

Ice fishing season will be here faster than we know it. Flag Island Resort is located in the southern portion of the Northwest Angle. Our location is within a 5 to 10 minute drive of Young’s Bay, located just south of the Angle Inlet. We are a Lake of the Woods resort that caters to fishermen and outdoorsman of all kind. Please check out our website at www.flagislandresort.com and see what we have to offer. Thank you for reading this week’s Lake of the Woods fishing report.