Month: September 2014

Walleyes are going literally gangbusters on the rubble points and shorelines. Crazy crazy crazy!! It’s been just a total numbers game. And with fall coming why wouldn’t it just keep getting better!! Gosh, let’ see, so many groups having 100+ fish days. Where can we pinpoint? Well, Miles has been pretty decent. But Boomstick is still quite good. And then there’s always the Peninsula to cruise along points. Here’s a sleeper! Late afternoon yesterday Wally and I snuck out at about 430p and fished the NW side of Ballard’s Black Island. Jigged a shiner minnow in 14-21 feet of water on a rubble shelf. Caught over 25 walleyes (largest was 25 inches), caught about 12 dandy perch (largest was 13 inches), and then boated one very angry pike (was probably a fifteen pounder). And we did ALL OF THAT in about an hour and a half. How’s that for catching fish within eyesight of the island!!

Sportsfans hello from your friends at Ballard’s Black Island.  It’s been a couple of weeks so let’s get everyone up to speed.

 

The last two weeks in August proved to be very much “Lake of the Woods-ish”.  Meaning?  Yep, we got em.  And we’re talking walleyes by the boat loads, monster muskies ripping at rods, and bass and pike to go with.  We can quote Bernie (recent guest) when he said: “it’s seems like every island you go around, you catch fish!”

 

There are 14,000 islands on LOW.  And oh so many places to catch fish.

 

What’s the latest and greatest?  Well, yes, September is upon us.  Transition time if you will.  But there really haven’t been many changes lately.