Upper Red Lake Fishing Reports

The last few days have been good for fishing,Walleye meals abound.The storm last night was just a little reminder of who is really in charge,Mother nature dropped about 6 inches of heavy snow on our basically snowless winter.Another tank of fuel and were ready for the last few days.The road will be shut down on monday morning. Thanks all who fished with us and all the people that used the ice road.See you next year! tight lines, RLA.

The fishing has been suprisingly good these last couple weeks.Everyone is getting nice limits with a few slot fish also showing up.The best action is in the late afternoon with small jigs or plain hooks and fat head minnows.A few crappies are also finding there way to the dinner table or taxidermist with a couple in the 16 inch range.This mild winter has been nice on the plow trucks,and the gas bills. tight lines, RLA.

The fishing has been pretty good lately. There’s been lot’s of nice walleyes caught,using smaller jigging spoons and dead sticks with red hooks.The crappie bite has picked up with most of them coming from bobber rigs with fat head minnows.It will be interesting to see if this cold weather changes anything.
The road is in good shape with 20 inches of ice.Once your out there you can go about anywhere with the lack of snow. Tight Lines,RLA

The fishing has been great and the weather is just as good.Lot’s of nice sized walleyes are coming from the deeper structure of the reef area.We are seeing a nice mix of perch as well.The northerns have been on a terror in 8-10 feet on top of the reef.As far as baits go,it’s the usual suspects,smaller red jigs with minnow heads,or just plain hooks with a dead stick.The road is in great shape and goes out for 2 miles. tight lines, RLA.

The ice is finally ready to let traffic out on.There is anywhere from 14-18 inches of good ice on the Big Reef area.Please drive slowly as there are some rough spots out there. The fishing is good in the 8-13 foot level,with the low light periods being the best for the walleyes.Fathead minnows with a red glow jig seem to outproduce anything else 2 to 1.Our first day of clients will be the 26th, so lots more info will be garnered very soon.The lake is full of hungery walleyes by the net counts of the DNR and I expect good reports for the start of the season.My pre-fishing has been excellent with lots of nice 14-16 inch fish,with the nice 19-23 incher thrown in for good measure.Good luck and stay safe! tight lines, RLA

As this year draws to a close, I would like to thank all the wonderful fishermen that fished with us. Your friendship and love of the outdoors helped us keep going in this tough winter. Look for new additions to our fleet for the coming season including heated outhouses and other secret goodies. The lake road will close on Sunday 2/27/11. Good luck and enjoy those walleye fillets!
Tight lines,
RLA

The walleyes are biting in deeper water [12-13ft]. All the rentals that actually fished instead of partied and slept caught nice numbers,with many over the slot released. Less bling was required as the pressure change from the latest round of little storms went though.The Gov,Pam and I ripped a limit of beauties in less than 2 hours. Less hardware was the key with small ratsos and smaller jigging spoons being the ticket. Most of my anglers reported a nice night flurry,with 8-12pm being best. Fisherman need to pay attention to their barometers more,because with all the changes as of late, these fish respond by hitting smaller presentations as the change occurs.Steady weather of any kind will turn the fish back on to larger profile baits. As a post note we are seeing more nice perch being added to the buckets. This bodes well to adding a few more keepers to the fillet table.As for crappies,keep your lips tight! Good luck,RLA.

We have everything plowed out and added more road into deeper water.The walleye bite slowed during and after the storm,but seems to be coming back these last few days.Red is still the color,with dead sticks out producing jigging.A couple of larger walleyes have also been caught and released in the past couple of days.We don’t need any more snow, and stable weather would help the fish find there appetite.We still have openings during the week,also on weekends later in the season.Tight lines,RLA

I would have to say the past week has been one of the best walleye bites I have seen since we opened the lake up.All the houses are getting sore fingers from handling that many fish.This bite is during the morning and afternoon hours which we haven’t seen in some time.The storm is bearing down on us now,so it will be interesting to see how the fish respond.Keep jigging and tight lines.RLA.

We now have our lake road out about 1 mile.The ice is good at 15-19 inches.I do not recommend going out much further yet as there’s less ice in the deeper water.The walleyes are biting on anything with a minnow on it,7-11 feet are all producing.There’s a few houses out on the reef,with more waiting until after the holiday.With this mild weather pattern,this shallow bite should continue.We still have some openings,so get your buddies together and book a trip ASAP.tight lines,RLA.