The last week before Labor Day promises to be excellent summer weather with abundant sunshine, high temperatures reaching into the 80’s and lows in the 60’s. Take advantage of the great weather and the long weekend and get out on Rainy Lake and into Voyageurs National Park. There’s speculation the warmer and sunnier weather will send the walleye a little deeper on the submerged reefs seeking their perfect temperature strata. Also, the sunlight will have an effect, the walleye tend to stay in the shadows to make it easier to strike at prey. If you can, fish with the sun at your back. that will tend to keep bait in the shadows, or just beyond. Smallmouth bass we pretty active for the very successful 2015 International Falls Bass Championship, but naturally, no one is keen on telling where they were fishing or what they were using. You’ll do well though casting lures to the rocky points, especially the windward sides. Some pretty big northern pike have been pulled from Lost Bay and Cranberry Bay.
Hikers will start seeing migrating songbirds starting about now. Some waterfowl and woodcock will be migrating through the area too, but that will be more noticeable later in September. Some maple trees are starting to turn red, but green is still the predominant color in the woods. Along with the more moderate weather, September also means fewer annoying insects, it is a perfect time to get out and hike or bike, pick some late season berries, go fishing, swim or just laze around a beach. The last week before Labor Day promises to be excellent summer weather with abundant sunshine, high temperatures reaching into the 80’s and lows in the 60’s. Take advantage of the great weather and the long weekend and get out on Rainy Lake and into Voyageurs National Park. There’s speculation the warmer and sunnier weather will send the walleye a little deeper on the submerged reefs seeking their perfect temperature strata. Also, the sunlight will have an effect, the walleye tend to stay in the shadows to make it easier to strike at prey. If you can, fish with the sun at your back. that will tend to keep bait in the shadows, or just beyond. Smallmouth bass we pretty active for the very successful 2015 International Falls Bass Championship, but naturally, no one is keen on telling where they were fishing or what they were using. You’ll do well though casting lures to the rocky points, especially the windward sides. Some pretty big northern pike have been pulled from Lost Bay and Cranberry Bay.
Hikers will start seeing migrating songbirds starting about now. Some waterfowl and woodcock will be migrating through the area too, but that will be more noticeable later in September. Some maple trees are starting to turn red, but green is still the predominant color in the woods. Along with the more moderate weather, September also means fewer annoying insects, it is a perfect time to get out and hike or bike, pick some late season berries, go fishing, swim or just laze around a beach. This is the weekend of the International Falls Bass Championship, which will feature much more than fishing. Starting tonight, August 27, there will be entertainment every evening, plus daytime entertainment Friday and Saturday. Weigh-ins will be at 3pm in Smokey Bear Park and are a blast to watch. So, how’s the bass fishing? Well, the anglers pre-fishing would have you believe there’s no action, no where. However, anglers fishing for walleye on the submerged reefs are pulling in some nice smallmouth and they’ll admit it. The walleye are responding to a wide variety of colors and baits and are most active in the morning in about 30 feet of water. Crappie can be found in several of the bays west of Brule Narrows.
The sturgeon bite remains hot in Rainy River with the area around Birchdale being the hottest. Find a fairly deep hole and drop a gob of worms or minnows on a hook with enough weight to hold it just off the bottom and you will be on your way to catching one of the prehistoric monsters. Walleye and smallmouth have been more active in the ares below the dam at International Falls and then downstream to the Little Fork River confluence near Pelland |
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