The snow is almost completely gone already, thank goodness, but so are the sturgeon it seems. The last couple days have been tough on the river between the current and the dirty water. Anglers are not finding the sturgeon biting. The wind picked up last night and continued through the day today making the water very rough.

The sturgeon season will be coming to an end this week and will reopen July 1st.

The river should clear itself out, as usual, and will be looking for small mouth bass soon. Always something different in the Rainy :)

Have agreat weekend!

Much, much better weather and fishing today.

The Oetterer group fished up by the Gap early today, where they caught the sturgeon in the 1st pic and later in front of the bay here, where they caught the one in the second photo (52"). Size and numbers were better in the river today.
The Wolf group were out this morning in the river, their biggest was a 56"+.

River current and temp fluctuated quite a bit over the weekend, but everything seems to be calming down again for this week. :)

Here's some photos from yesterday that Terry took. You have to give him credit, he's got a smile on his face even when he knows he has to shovel out his boat after the picture! I got a picture of his friend on the brag board with his 52" sturgeon caught the day before.
Today's weather is MUCH better. There's alot of snow on the ground but the warm temps are making quick work of it, thank goodness. Ramps will be much better by the end of the day. Anglers are out today with much more enthusiasm. :)

What?
Yesterday we had NO snow :) today it won't stop :( This was out my window this morning. Global what? We're over a foot of snow now!

Some brave souls hit the river today, but didn't do so well. Up until today anglers were catching many sturgeon in the 50+ range. Ramps were not good today, very slick and full of wet snow.

Radar maps show everything moving off now for a better day tomorrow, but out my window it's still snowing :(

I'm hoping for global warming about now :)

The water level in the river continues to rise and for the first time this year the water is murky.

However this makes no never-mind to sturgeon. They continue to bite despite murky water. Some anglers boated quite a few sturgeon this weekend, others didn't see as many. One group seen more sturgeon near the gap, where the river and Lake connect.

We seen a beautiful weekend with warm temps. Rain is expected tomorrow.

Signs of spring!

The bay is finally beginning to open as the 2nd photo shows. The 1st photo shows the pelicans moving in looking for these suckers they like to feed on.

Beautiful weather today and expected through the weekend :) Some rain will move in on Monday, but that will green things up I'm sure.

Sturgeon prespawn begins April 24th. Some anglers are coming up this weekend for a sturgeon tournament being held near the Lake. We look forward to seeing pictures! There are more and more new anglers taking interest in this sport and with that there are things some may not be aware of. One thing is properly holding these huge fish. We see many gilling them for photos, we have been guilty as well, but you don't want to gill them or hold them by the tail. You want to cradle them, preferably in a sitting position because of their strength. This is the best way to keep them safe and healthy :) If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!

Have a great Day!

The Kruse group sent us some great photos of their catches. This one was 28.25" and they have a couple more on the Brag Board! Nice fish guys!

We made it through the prespawn season with a clear river :) Many, many walleye were caught and released and we met alot of great anglers yet again this year. One last thanks to everyone who stayed with us, sent donations to help with gas to check the river, and the great photos and reports that were sent! It certainly makes the everyday trip worth it and we look forward to next year!

Today was windy! But temps are warm and that's a good thing! Water level is rising, but the sturgeon won't mind if things get churned up a little.

The sturgeon prespawn season will be kicking off the last weekend of the month. We are full that weekend but still have some openings the following weekend and midweek :) We're in and out of the house all day so make sure to leave a message we'll get back to you.

What a gorgeous weekend it turned out to be :) We missed the snow, but did get some cold, now we've rebounded nicely.

Fishing has remained excellent right to the end. The river stayed clean and most anglers seemed to be happy with the walleye they caught. We have more pics being emailed to us so continue to check out the photos even after the season, which ends tomorrow April 14th.

The week looks to be summer-like :) and now we'll be making preparations for sturgeon prespawn! You'll definitely want to check out the huge pictures of fish that will bring!

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the season!

Pretty much everyone we've met this season has found themselves an awesome photo fish! The pictures just keep pouring in!

We did it again! We missed the snow :) We had only a trace this morning but that was it. The only thing that anglers will have to battle today is the wind. The water looked pretty rough.

Sounds like the cold and wind will pass though and leave us with a decent weekend to end the season!

Anglers battled strong winds today, numbers boated were beween 30 and 60 on average today.

The Tate/Landon group had quite a few large walleye today ranging from 25" to this 28"!

There's lots of fishing going on this year. We've been dodging the weather and just enjoying the fishing.

A quick reminder on the landings... Birchdale is plowed and good for boats of all sizes. Shore ice is gone from Frontier now but it's very muddy right now. And Vidas is also good for all size boats.

Open water continues to move to town and we're still waiting for the bay to let loose :)

More pictures will be posted on the Brag Board soon!

The Fey group sent us a fabulous pic of a 29.75 walleye they boated last weekend. They also sent a pic of a 55lb sturgeon posted on the Brag Board to get all you sturgeon angler itchin for your season later this month!

The Fay group ended up with well over 150 walleye and lots of sturgeons as well. Thanks for the photos guys!

Reports coming in tonight some anglers struggled, some did pretty good. A couple groups reported around 80 caught today. One group had 5 over 25". Not bad :)

A weather system is expected to move in early this weekend, we've been lucking out lately getting little to none of the action. We're hoping the bulk of this one will go south so we can enjoy one more great weekend of walleye fishing. So far it's been fantastic!

Open water extends past Silver Creek now and continues to weaken and bust open more everyday. Remember, Vidas Landing is now open for this weekend!

Late tonight we had a cancellation on our 2 person cabin for Friday and Saturday night. If interested call me at 1-800-433-6085 :)

1st pic is open water at Vidas landing! Only one small piece of shore ice left (about 10x10) but will most likely be gone soon.

Also, boats in front of Clementson today as well! (Not Bay yet)

Anglers aren't in yet, too beautiful of a day, but I'll post fishing later :)

Many have stopped or mailed donations to help with gas expense and we sure do appreciate it :) You guys are great! (love the lures too, thanks!)

The Beall group did very well today boating well over 100 walleye. In the 3 days they've been fishing the river 3 out of a group of four have caught one over 28". Jeff boated this 31" today!

Another group had did the math and by the number of fish they caught, in the time they fished every day, they caught a fish every 3.4 minutes. SWEET:)

The week will continue to get warmer and it looks like the great fishing should continue!

Sounds like we dodged a bullet in Baudette yesterday. We got tons of calls asking how much snow we got. I got to say I'm still very happy to say "none" :) The Falls got quite a bit and south of us got dumped on too, but we were snow free!

Landings remain the same. Birchdale is your plowed ramp. Frontier still has shore ice until it's cleared or breaks free. Water hasn't made Vidas landing yet. We got a report that open water extends to mile marker 141 now, so it only has about 3 miles to the Vidas landing, thanks Don!

Fishing yesterday was mixed. Some did well, some were just cold. Nobody got skunked :) in fact even groups with low numbers got to see one or two over 27". One group reported 104 walleye yesterday and 3 over 25".

We've got a couple calls asking if shops were out of bait up here. Seems that's the word going around, I checked with the Outdoors Again right in town and he assured me that other than being out of rainbows, which isn't uncommon certain times a year, he has plenty of shiners, fatheads, etc... for everyone :)

I'll have more tonight and more pics :)

Have a great day!

We lucked out and missed the snow today! It was cold today though making anglers on the river a little miserable, but they were dry.

If the weather that's being predicted remains true we will most likely see another great fishing weekend coming up here. No rain and a slow melt will help the Little Fork behave itself through the season. Water levels are still steady :)

Water temp is currently about 39 degrees. Open water will be at Vidas Landing next but hasn't quite made it there yet.