Spring is in full force at Rainy Lake. This picture shows the pond at Rainy Lake One Stop. It is not Rainy Lake but gives us a barometer to give you an idea of when the ice will be out. When the pond is ice free historically Rainy Lake is ice free ten days later. […]
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Artificial Lures Can Provide Many Memories if Fished Properly
Norm Westerhold’s favorite comment before many of his casts was “here’s dinner!”. Norm never ceased to amaze me. I have never seen anyone that could fish a #3 Mepps Aglia spinner, either gold (sunny) silver for (cloudy) like him. Smallmouth bass, walleyes, northern pike all eat the Mepps like no tomorrow. Norm had an […]
Read MoreJune Fishing Explodes for Good Reason!
Why does June fishing still excite me after forty seven years of guiding? June is the culmination of a series of phases that walleyes, smallmouth bass, northern pike and crappies go through every year. The phases are pre spawn, spawn, post spawn, pre summer, and peak summer fishing. Pre spawn starts in early May continuing until each species […]
Read MoreMinneapolis 2014 Northwest Sport Show March 26-30
Our final sport show of the year begins on Wednesday. Tom and his son Andy will be there representing Rainy Lake Houseboats. We have a twenty-foot-wide booth that will make it easy to stop in and say hello or talk about this year’s houseboat trip. It has been an old fashioned winter this […]
Read MoreSigns of Spring are Here
Nick Sears March 17, 2014 Every year one of the truest signs that spring is on the way are the northern pike moving through the flats in front of the spawning bays. Their annual pilgrimage has began in earnest. Big pike are moving each day and they are being caught with ciscoes on quick […]
Read MoreWorking the Current Edges for Pre Spawn, spawn and Post Spawn Walleyes
Last year we had a rather rare phenomenon in that the ice did not go out until May 18th which is 10-18 days late. What did occur was the opportunity to fish the full spectrum of the “spawn”. We had unreal May and June walleye fishing. I will talk about the techniques that really smoked […]
Read MoreMay and June Spectacular Fishing Coming Fast!
Everyone knows we have had a cold winter. Even though it has been to cold by our own standards it means good things for those people that enjoy the best time of the year fishing on Rainy Lake. Massive amounts of walleyes, northern pike, smallmouth bass, and crappies move in shallow and spend a […]
Read MoreRainy Lake Houseboat Guides Go On Winter Lake Trout Fishing Trip
Ryan Schmidt, Mike Williams, Tony Snyder and my self went on a three night winter trout fishing trip to Browns’ Clearwater West Lodge. We cancelled the first reserve date because of severely cold temperatures. We rescheduled for January 12,13,and 14th and hit the weather and fishing almost perfect! The trout must not have fed for […]
Read MoreFishing Is A Great Way To Beat Cabin Fever!
It is mid December here and we are in the midst of one of the longest prolonged cold snaps in many years. Recent Decembers have been on the mild side, I guess we are spoiled! Since it is so cold we decided to fish! Bob Jornlin, Tony Greaton and myself fished a full day […]
Read MoreSad Day! My 2013 Lund Pro V GL 208 is Sold To New Owners
My how time flies, maybe it’s just me but it seems the 2013 season has flown by in record speed. I picked my new Lund up from Badiuk Equipment located on Highway 11 East between International Falls and Ranier, MN. Sales manager Ben Burgess helped me with the ordering of the new boat. My Lund […]
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