Happy Birthday Jeremy!! John boated a nice 28 1/2" walleye today. The group of 3 caught quite a few in the 24" to 26" also. John said they boated about 50 fish, including a few sturgeon today. Same scenerio today as yesterday, anchor, anchor, anchor. They had anglers pulling spinners around them and not catching fish. They should have anchored, wouldn't ya thunk? We are OPEN, c'mon up!

Fishing report from Jon and his buddy John was about 40 to 50 fish from 11:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday the 29th, keeping nice eaters, releasing quite a few in the 16" range. Others fished and reported slower fishing, with a few in the 21" to 25" range. Seems the ones that were anchored did the best today. Tomorrow is predicted to be a nice day with light wind. Even saw a mosquito out the window today, that's how nice it is here.

Cindy caught a nice walleye yesterday on her birthday. Fishing was fairly good today with the great weather!

Thanks to Ronda, Tammy's sister for sending me the pictures of Tammy's fish she caught and released last week while up fishing with her Dad. Today's fishing was again slow according to camp, although it seems Rick is cleaning the shack alot . . . hmmm. Our neighbor Scott says fishing has been good for him. It's been quiet around Vidas and busy around Frontier.

Another day of mixed reports. Ron L. boated a nice 29" walleye today, I will post pictures next week when he emails them to me. A few anglers reported their limits today, while others struggled. Sounds like anchoring seems to be the most productive fishing vs drift fishing. Weather forecast is for consistent weather, this should help!

Fishing report for today, Rob's group said it was slow for them. Marvin Mueller with daughter Cindy and Brian S. had a great day of fishing, at an un-disclosed area. Reports that fishing was good around Frontier, from another group. Sounds like the Baudette Bay is full of shiners, so, are the minnows and the walleyes on their way? According to Rob, water temperature is 42 degrees. 50 degree days forecasted for the rest of the week with sunny skies!!

Fishing reports for Sunday was slow, slow, slow. Cindy Mueller caught more fish than the guys in her group, a total of 3 walleyes. Some think the weather is too nice, too warm yet. The fish are coming up river and anglers need to practice patience now. River fishing is "waiting" for the migrating fish. Since Birchdale has reported some good fishing, then the river is filling with walleyes. Consistent weather is also a plus this week, along with the less crowded conditions you experience on the weekends. Water temperature in the 40's. Still looking at the next 2 weeks to be some great fall fishing. You will see a decline in the number of anglers starting this week and into next week, as the first week of November most have hung up the rods for preparation of the hunting season. A late fall season is great for those who like to fish, where most think the season is over!

Report for the last few days of fishing was mixed. Sounds like majority did "OK", although not alot of big walleyes seen. Many being boated, including lots of small ones. Looks like some consistent weather coming this week, which should turn up the walleye action. I still think this will be a good early November fishing season too. Today Rob Rosenau's party of 4, fished and brought in 14 fish. Most cabins were checking in today for a week of fishing the Rainy, I should have some reports tomorrow evening. Maybe I'll take Rick fishing!!

Oops . . . I reported a 29 1/2" walleye caught and released by Wally . . . it was Blaine's fish, Wally had the picture in his camera! Nice fish Blaine!

Fishing the past few days has been fairly good, with anglers boating some walleyes in the 17" - 18" range. Gene's daughter Tammy caught her biggest walleye Monday, a 23 - incher!! Wally caught and released a 29 1/2" walleye and will email me pictures when he gets home. No shiners in the bay, although Wheeler's Point has seen some recently. Water temperature is 48 - 50 degrees with levels remaing the same, after all the rain. We even had a thunderstorm Sunday night! Maybe one of your late fall seasons, fishing the Rainy River into the first 2 weeks of November!!

New guests checking in today for a week of fishing! Report from one group: "Warren, Tim and Chris caught some nice fish and won't be going to bed hungry".

Thank you Alex H. for the very generous "tip" you stopped by with, we are glad we have been able to help you with planning your trips up to the Rainy River!!

Now, for the bad news . . . no shiners and we are out! Last I heard, the local bait shop had shiners. Now, for the good news . . . Fishing improved greatly this week, Kazeck's party, VanWinkle's party, VandeHoef's party and Lee F. all reported good fishing. Looks like the fall run has started up the river, Pete and Terri said they have had excellent fishing out in the Gap this past week, so the walleyes are coming up. Even if shiners don't run, the walleyes still do, been there, done that in previous years.

River temperature 51 degrees, bay 45.6 degrees. Doug released a nice 28 1/2" walleye this afternoon. Fishing remains slow, some catching small walleyes, a few saugers and some sturgeon. No shiners are running yet in the bay, we may only have enough shiners for this week. We did hear that a local bait shop is selling them for $5.00 a scoop, so they must be running somewhere?? We will continue to look nightly for them, only 3 spotted last night!!

UPDATE: Becky and Dale along with Sheila and Butch fished up river to find more settled water from the wind today. Dale put them on a spot 17' deep and Becky caught and released a 27 1/2" walleye and Sheila released a 27 incher! Way to go girls!

Rick and I fished for 1 1/2 hours on Friday, late afternoon. River water temp 50.3, bay temp 45.4. I boated 4 and released them all, 12" to 14 inchers. Rick boated one keeper at 15 1/2" and we missed at least half a dozen. Little Fork up 1.5' and leveling, Big Fork up 4+" and leveling, Manitou Rapids up 2' and leveling. It seems like the river may have been slightly silty, with one or two leaves floating down occassionally when we were out on Friday. Saturday we had all new anglers in for the week. Cold season again here at the Anderson's, hopefully we can get out fishing.

Water temperature reported from anglers in camp is about 54 degrees. Today we had a mix of rain, sleet, snow and wind. Fishing was bad today, a few small walleyes caught and that's about it. Roberta is still looking for her 1st walleye this week, her catch so far was a sturgeon. Chris was catching some walleyes earlier this week. Weather forecast is for nicer weather starting tomorrow, one more day for guests this week to catch them ol 'eyes.

We have been checking the water levels of the Little Fork, Big Fork and the Manitou Rapids. There has been an increase in level with all the rain into the basin. LF is up 6", BF up 3" and the Manitou increased by 4". I have links available for these gauges. We will also report any major changes to the condition of the river.

Gusting winds and rain all day today. We recorded 2 inches of rain overnight. We are in a winter storm warning until tomorrow morning. Anglers tried fishing this afternoon, reporting that with the winds it was hard to anchor, even with 2 anchors. They did catch a couple small walleyes. No report on temperature, but according to Scott Canterbury's hands, it's COLD! I would imagine it has dropped since our last outing, probably in the low 50's. We go back to nicer weather starting Friday, which as in previous years, has raised the temp back up. Shiners are few in the bay, mostly skip-jacks with a few bigger ones. Once the storm passes over, things should settle back out.

Big fishing tournament this weekend, many pros pre-fishing the "gap" with better results than the river. Today a few on the river, probably because they were blown off the lake.

Another warm and windy day today. Fishing last week was good fishing for Bennie Daters, he caught/released his biggest walleye ever, a 26-incher! Bob also released a 22 incher. Mike Nelson also found a sweet spot and boated alot of walleyes. There are still many small ones with the occassional keeper or so. Yesterday fishing was good for our new arrivals, even with time taken to repair a motor. Shiners have been elusive the past 3 nights, we will keep checking nightly for them. Maybe the warmer weather and the winds? We are forecasted for colder weather, should help all.