Week 13 thru end of season Wrap-up!

Good afternoon Rocky Shore Lodge week 13 thru the end of season blog.  I know it’s been a long time coming.  Its been super busy up here with full camp and bear stuff going on so unfortunately the thing that went awry was the blog.  I also understand a lot of people like to read the weekly blog so with that lets get to it.

I sit here after some of the most beautiful weather back to back to back typing and watching it rain outside.  Lots of projects completed and I think the camp is shaping up nicely.  The afternoon fishing has been exceptional for species not beginning with a W.  Not to say some anglers landed onto an active school of Walleyes, but the bite was mostly morning, and evening for the walleyes.  I have to say other than a couple hot days the weather has been blue bird skies, and very little wind.  Reminded me a lot of San Diego when I was there in the Navy.  75 degrees and little humidity without a cloud in the sky.  Guests would comment how beautiful it was and I have to agree.  Back at home as we put the lodge to bed. 

The Original Rich Award was silent again and that’s not a bad thing.  Although Dan from Cabin 4 was just finishing school with Aidrick (not sure the spelling) informing him never to leave his rod unattended because a big northern or Musky or Walleye for that matter might run off with bait and pole.  Nothing better for learning in my eyes than actually seeing or getting hands on learning as Dan put his pole down for a second and whoosh there it went.  I’m sure I cannot repeat what was said on that boat that day, but I’m sure it wasn’t G rated.

Walleyes have been working their way towards late summer and fall spots.  The sandbar has been spotty with some days of catching, some days catching 9-to-12-inch walleyes, and other days the bite was just off.  The funny thing to me was one of the guys that brought up a LiveScope would watch the fish under the boat move from under the boat 10 to 20 feet away.  Those fish were finicky and if you threw a slip bobber with a crawler towards them you were rewarded quite a bit.  This is normal during the summertime but definitely not normal now.  So if you are coming up make sure you have a slip bobber rig set up.  The humps are still holding lots of fish.  You just need to find them on the humps and start flipping your slip bobber around the boat til you find them.  If 15 minutes of flipping doesn’t work leave that school and go find another one that might be active.  It’s worked for quite a few folks that normally jig this time of year.  Gotta change with what they want.  This year the 9 to 12 inch class of walleye has been nothing short of spectacular.  I’ve never heard so many people come in and tell me the amount of aggressive smaller size walleye being caught.  This is going to be an excellent problem next season when you  are out looking for the perfect shore lunch fish.  We must have had one heck of a spawn back when everything was flooded.  Those fish must have been able to stay up in the shallows which normally would have been land and survived better than most years hatches. 

Week 12 MFT results:

Brendan from C-4 captured the micro fish prize with a 6-Inch Smallmouth bass.

Bo from C-1 boated and released a slot 32-Inch Pike to claim the prize.

Mitchell from P2 boated and released a 24-Inch Walleye to claim the Walleye prize!

All very nice fish! Great day for a tournament!

Week 13 MFT results:

Logan from C-2 with a 6-inch bass

Terry from P1 with a 23.25-inch eye

Bremen from C-6 boated a 22-inch Pike

Week 14 MFT results:

Moose from C-1 with a 31-inch Pike

Max from P-2 with a 21-inch Walleye

Week 15 MFT results:

Dan from C-4 boated and released a 4-inch bass

Jeremie from C-6 caught a gorgeous 27-inch Walleye

Scott from C-3 boated and released a 30-inch Pike

Week 16 MFT results:

Mike from C-3 boated and released a 26.5-inch Pike

Adam from C-2 caught a monster 29-inch Walleye

Diana from P-2 fought, caught, and released a monster 7-inch Small mouth bass

Week 17 MFT results:

John and Doug both caught 6-inch Pike and Bass respectively.

C-3 Larry caught and released a 22-inch Walleye

No Pike were reported

Week 18 MFT results:

Dennis from C-2 with a solid 20-inch Walleye

Erik from C-1 boated a 21-inch Pike and decided why not grab the micro prize as well with a 6-inch bass.

         Our Bear hunters made it up in mid August and all saw the fluffy ones out in the bush.  We had one harvested and two other shots taken, but to no avail. 

Our Moose hunters came up and harvested an absolutely perfect moose!  Congratulations!

What a season we have had!  With the help of everyone we got lots of work done this season and especially this fall.  The work that took place also took precedence which is why the end of week blog didn’t materialize that last part of the season.  For that I apologize to everyone for not keeping everyone in the loop.  See you at the Sport Shows and next season!  Tight Lines everyone!

WEEK 12 WRAP-UP!

Good afternoon Rocky Shore Lodge week 12 blog.  Another beautiful week at RSL minus the last day of the week.  LOL.  It rained all day Thursday albeit a light rain it was constant.  Didn’t stop the P2 crew from going out and limiting out on walleyes the first half hour needing ten more to finish up.

The Original Rich award was delivered to Steve for almost sinking the blue boat, and letting it get away from him as he was dropping it in the water.  No damage except for pride.  He put himself on report, so we didn’t have to.  Boat Plugs work better when they are inserted into the hole in the boat.

Walleye bite saw crawlers, leeches, and minnows working.  Walleyes were short striking a lot of bait this week.  Brian from P2 told me he would have had a lot more fish if they would just stop short striking.  It was common amongst some of our better anglers, that’s for sure.  The usual August walleye spots were typical, and cloud cover really brought on the bite.  If the clouds went away guys would watch the walleyes sink into deeper water and get tight lipped.  Always interesting to listen to the guys with electronics spin their tales of the one that almost bit and yadda yadda yadda.  Mike from P2 did well on jigging raps but also admitted to losing quite a few because the strike was never expected.

Not too many muskies this week as there just wasn’t much musky fishing going on.  If I get a few pictures I will edit the blog for everyone.

Some nice perch and bass were brought in again.      

Week 12 MFT results:

Brendan from C-4 captured the micro fish prize with a 6-Inch Smallmouth bass.

Bo from C-1 boated and released a slot 32-Inch Pike to claim the prize.

Mitchell from P2 boated and released a 24-Inch Walleye to claim the Walleye prize!

All very nice fish! Great day for a tournament!

Well folks I’m trying to keep this brief and on Saturday.  As I get more photos I will update the blog like I mentioned earlier!

Don’t forget to send pictures!

Tight Lines everyone!

WEEK 11 WRAP-UP!

Good afternoon Rocky Shore Lodge week 11 blog.  With bear season taking up a lot of time I realize this blog is later than normal.  Super busy week with a lot of private boats!   I’m still not sure how we accommodated them all, but we shoehorned 12 private boats on the docks.

The hottest week of the year without a doubt, and the sun was blazing most of the week.  It’s cooled back down now to near normal temps thank goodness.  I know I shouldn’t complain about the 80 plus temps knowing everyone up that week was escaping the 90’s and some 100’s but were not acclimated up here to those temps.

Charlie and the Penthouse 2 crew finished a very nice spacious and new shore lunch site on Little Hatfield Island.  Their contribution to the lake and as he said those prior shore lunch spots didn’t build themselves and someone took the time to build them.  Last year they rehabbed the shore lunch spot near Cedar Island also.   

Walleyes were biting better in the morning and evening as the big ball in the sky was bright.  Frank and his two friends I’ll call them J n J since I still can’t remember their names caught over 600 walleyes for the week.  Although the bite slowed down during the day patience paid off and anglers were rewarded.  Water temps approached 75.  We had some beautiful 29’s again this week.

Muskies were boated often this week as there were several boats targeting them and they were all watching the lunar tables to ensure they were casting during peak periods. 

Perch and bass were caught in the heat of the summer and lots were taken across the border for family fish fries!

If you are interested at all in a one day flyout we do offer them through Clarks. Perry and the P1 gang went out and boated and released over 150 walleyes on Monday.

Week 11 Monster Fish Tournament results:

Good morning everyone and photos have been received so let's get to it!

Aiden from C-5 pulled in a 4.75-Inch Small mouth bass which I believe might be the smallest micro of the year.

Jay from C-4 has been yanking some huge walleyes already this week folks. I asked Josh where the horseshoe is hidden with no answer. He boated and released a beautiful 27.25-Inch Walleye during the tournament.

We have a musky hunter who won the Northern/Musky contest. Max from P-2 boated a heavy 45-Inch Musky along with 3 other muskies. His best day musky hunting according to him. Great job everyone!

Bear Baiting is full on as I type this and we already have most of the baits being hit with some decent bears but that's for another week. All for now everyone!

Don’t forget to send pictures!

Tight Lines everyone!