Lake of the Woods Fishing Report | 5.6.2019

South End

• Walleye season opens Saturday, May 11th. 
• As of Monday, May 6th on the main basin, miles of open water with some ice patches still floating around. 
• Walleye and sauger populations strong, thus good opener expected. 
• Go to will be jig and frozen shiner. 
• Pike and sturgeon seasons are open and the reports are excellent. 
• Numerous trophy class pike being caught. 
• All pike 30-40″ must be returned with a 3 fish limit and one over 40″.

Rainy River

• Sturgeon and pike fishing has been excellent.
• The go-to presentation for sturgeon a 4-6 ounce no roll sinker, sturgeon rig and a few nightcrawlers or combo crawlers and frozen emerald shiners.
• Pike being caught in shallow bays.
• With cold water temps, opening day on the river is expected to be good walleye fishing.
•  With stronger than normal current, bring heavy jigs if jigging.

 NW Angle

• Mainly open water areas with some ice chunks. 
• A bit of boating activity this week as open water increased. 
• Resorts getting ready for May 11th opener. 
• Most will be using a jig and minnow adjacent shoreline structure, points and neck down areas. 

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