Monday, August 23, 2010
Another nice day for fishing the south shore of Upper Red Lake, yesterday we had quite a few boats head out and most if not all came back with their limits, trolling crank baits seemed to out produce live bait. Right now we have a storm heading in our direction and that should slow the bite down for a while or at least until we get another string of windless days.
Greetings fishermen! Another beautifully warm, calm day here on Upper Red Lake. Yesterday produced a good day of fishing for many – lots of limits! It all goes back to the old theory of the lake being calm and the weather being warm – the fish will “usually” co operate. Either way looks like a nice day to be on the lake just enjoying this great summer day. Have a good week.
joani @ ROGERS’
8/14/10Another nice day for fishing the south shore of Upper Red Lake, yesterday we had quite a few boats head out and most if not all came back with their limits, trolling crank baits seemed to out produce live bait. Right now we have a storm heading in our direction and that should slow the bite down for a while or at least until we get another string of windless days.
8/22/10
August 22, 2010 Greetings fishermen! Another beautifully warm, calm day here on Upper Red Lake. Yesterday produced a good day of fishing for many – lots of limits! It all goes back to the old theory of the lake being calm and the weather being warm – the fish will “usually” co operate. Either way looks like a nice day to be on the lake just enjoying this great summer day. Have a good week.
joani @ ROGERS’
Kenny presents Adrienne with a mounted 1 1/2 pound "Pink Crappie" that he caught here in Red Lake...
THE WEATHER this past week has not been good for fishing on this side of the lake at all, the kids in the campground managed to catch a few fish in the river, mostly just perch. I finally caught my second 40 inch pike of the season this one also was cruzing the shallow water in Shotley Brook, unfortunately this fish became the meal of a large river other just minuets after being released back into the river.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Fishing this weekend was good, not as good as last weekend though. Again we did have a good number of boats on the lake both Saturday and Sunday, we did see many limits of walleyes but they did have to work for them. I managed to sneak out for about an hour on Saturday, but only boated one keeper walleye, what I did notice is a lot of bugs floating on the surface, maybe that accounted for my lack of success.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
5 days in a row without wind and the walleye fishing is hot! Two of my grandsons picked the perfect time to come for a visit, I don’t believe that they ever had been walleye fishing before but they are experts now. A green spinner and a minnow was the hot bait for them, I was going to try a florescent red spinner but never had a chance to try it, all I got to do is drive the boat and handle the net.
8/1/105 days in a row without wind and the walleye fishing is hot! Two of my grandsons picked the perfect time to come for a visit, I don’t believe that they ever had been walleye fishing before but they are experts now. A green spinner and a minnow was the hot bait for them, I was going to try a florescent red spinner but never had a chance to try it, all I got to do is drive the boat and handle the net.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Finally a weekend with out wind, actually it has been about 4 days now with out and it really shows. On the first day with no wind we had a couple of fish turn up in the fish cleaning shack, on Friday the second day with out wind we actually saw a couple of limits of fish come in, on Saturday the third day with out wind the rush was on, a few of our regulars were almost in a panic to get there boats in the water because the walleye fishing was that good and yesterday there was someone in the fish cleaning shack almost all day long cleaning fish.
At first most of the fishermen were heading down to the rock humps west of here but by Saturday they discovered that the walleye fishing was just as good just in front of here in 6 to 9 feet of water.
July 26, 2010
Greetings fishermen! Some good fishing news! Over the weekend we actually had a couple of days without wind and without rain WOW! ...And you know what?? They actually caught some fish out there on the big lake! I’m not saying that they didn’t have to work for them, but I did see fish. Some were doing good on the humps and other started out front and worked down to the bird houses about a mile or 2 to the east of us. Right at the mouth of Shotley Brook is another spot to check out.
We had a good weekend last weekend, and next weekend we at ROGERS’ would like to wish the wedding party and the parents of the groom, (bride too) a wonderful day!
As far as fishing goes, it is always worth a try. Any day of fishing is better than a good day at work so the old saying goes.
joani
Thursday July 22, 2010
Greetings fishermen! Yesterday was a beautiful day J It’s the first day in sometime that it didn’t rain, and the wind was not calm- - but reasonable. Still, not much to talk about
fish –wise… The lake is so stirred up after days and days of wind and rain – there just isn’t much to talk about....
AND like I have been saying all summer - spring came in April, which makes the whole thing even worse. Normally July fishing isn’t the best, but if the lake has a chance to settle down you possibly could expect something. That just doesn’t seem to happen.
Now if you are looking to camp, we are very full this weekend, but the following week has a little availability. Here at ROGERS IF the fish aren’t co operating there is always something else to fill in.
Have a great up coming weekend.
Jerry says that there have been a few 40 inch plus pike being caught near Shotley Brook this week.
joani
July 15, 2010
Greetings fishermen!
Mid July already - - where has the time gone??? There really has not been much to write about lately, one windy day after another, and today is no exception. AND now it is raining… There was a positive note from one of our seasonal campers that went out and landed themselves 6 nice walleyes. She said she was using leeches and her husband was using minnows, and they each landed 3. Also was reported the fish still seem to be in the shallow water, less than 9 feet.
joani
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
After two days out of the north/north west the winds finally laid down, today was a blue bird kind of day. Just like I guessed the bite was back on, I finally got to get out on the lake myself and the fish were hungry were I was at. I was only out there just a hour but manage to boat two keeper walleyes one 17 and one 18 ½, both fish were caught on a glow green spinner and minnow combo. Hopefully the weather holds out through the weekend.
June 27, 2010
Greetings fishermen!
A nice bright sunny day today BUT very windy. Yesterday seemed to produce pretty good fishing for just about everybody that I talked with. Fishing right out front and at the mouth of Shotley Brook is still doing well for many. I would say just what I have been saying all along – when the lake is calm and the sun is warm – the fishing seems to be pretty good. Enjoy your day!
joani @ ROGERS’
June 24, 2010
Greetings fishermen! Today worked out just as I predicted! (Sometimes I’m right)
The lake had just a slight ripple with a gentle south breeze. AND many seemed to catch their limits today. That is just how it has worked for most of the summer. When we are lucky enough for a calm day and warm sunshine the fish seem to co operate. With the weekend just ahead of us, let’s hope the fish gods are on our side.
Have a great weekend!
joani @ ROGERS
Monday June 21, 2010
Greetings fishermen,
Today is the first day of summer. Weather wise it has been quite the summer with spring starting in April. Between the weather and the wind it has saved a lot of fish here on Upper Red Lake. Sunday with the wind laying down, and the sun rising - it produced limits of fish for some of our fishermen.
Looks like we had better appreciate this nice morning, as IF the weather person is right (??) we may be in for more showers this week.
joani
Friday, June 18, 2010
It has been quite a week, the fishing since my last report has improved quite a bit, limits of walleyes were coming in from 4 to 7 feet of water. One lucky fisherman yesterday caught and released a 45 inch pike right here in Shotley Brook.
All of that changed again yesterday with all of the severe weather that past through the area, the lodge building had a very close call with lightning (see the photo above) in the afternoon. The lightning strike actually started a small fire and tripped a few circuit breakers and fuses, with the help of the neighborhood electrician we were back in business in just an hour or so. The winds today have been absolutely howling out of the north/ northwest stopping everyone from getting onto the lake.
Finally a weekend with out wind, actually it has been about 4 days now with out and it really shows. On the first day with no wind we had a couple of fish turn up in the fish cleaning shack, on Friday the second day with out wind we actually saw a couple of limits of fish come in, on Saturday the third day with out wind the rush was on, a few of our regulars were almost in a panic to get there boats in the water because the walleye fishing was that good and yesterday there was someone in the fish cleaning shack almost all day long cleaning fish.
At first most of the fishermen were heading down to the rock humps west of here but by Saturday they discovered that the walleye fishing was just as good just in front of here in 6 to 9 feet of water.
July 26, 2010
Greetings fishermen! Some good fishing news! Over the weekend we actually had a couple of days without wind and without rain WOW! ...And you know what?? They actually caught some fish out there on the big lake! I’m not saying that they didn’t have to work for them, but I did see fish. Some were doing good on the humps and other started out front and worked down to the bird houses about a mile or 2 to the east of us. Right at the mouth of Shotley Brook is another spot to check out.
We had a good weekend last weekend, and next weekend we at ROGERS’ would like to wish the wedding party and the parents of the groom, (bride too) a wonderful day!
As far as fishing goes, it is always worth a try. Any day of fishing is better than a good day at work so the old saying goes.
joani
Thursday July 22, 2010
Greetings fishermen! Yesterday was a beautiful day J It’s the first day in sometime that it didn’t rain, and the wind was not calm- - but reasonable. Still, not much to talk about
fish –wise… The lake is so stirred up after days and days of wind and rain – there just isn’t much to talk about....
AND like I have been saying all summer - spring came in April, which makes the whole thing even worse. Normally July fishing isn’t the best, but if the lake has a chance to settle down you possibly could expect something. That just doesn’t seem to happen.
Now if you are looking to camp, we are very full this weekend, but the following week has a little availability. Here at ROGERS IF the fish aren’t co operating there is always something else to fill in.
Have a great up coming weekend.
Jerry says that there have been a few 40 inch plus pike being caught near Shotley Brook this week.
joani
July 15, 2010
Greetings fishermen!
Mid July already - - where has the time gone??? There really has not been much to write about lately, one windy day after another, and today is no exception. AND now it is raining… There was a positive note from one of our seasonal campers that went out and landed themselves 6 nice walleyes. She said she was using leeches and her husband was using minnows, and they each landed 3. Also was reported the fish still seem to be in the shallow water, less than 9 feet.
joani
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
After two days out of the north/north west the winds finally laid down, today was a blue bird kind of day. Just like I guessed the bite was back on, I finally got to get out on the lake myself and the fish were hungry were I was at. I was only out there just a hour but manage to boat two keeper walleyes one 17 and one 18 ½, both fish were caught on a glow green spinner and minnow combo. Hopefully the weather holds out through the weekend.
June 27, 2010
Greetings fishermen!
A nice bright sunny day today BUT very windy. Yesterday seemed to produce pretty good fishing for just about everybody that I talked with. Fishing right out front and at the mouth of Shotley Brook is still doing well for many. I would say just what I have been saying all along – when the lake is calm and the sun is warm – the fishing seems to be pretty good. Enjoy your day!
joani @ ROGERS’
June 24, 2010
Greetings fishermen! Today worked out just as I predicted! (Sometimes I’m right)
The lake had just a slight ripple with a gentle south breeze. AND many seemed to catch their limits today. That is just how it has worked for most of the summer. When we are lucky enough for a calm day and warm sunshine the fish seem to co operate. With the weekend just ahead of us, let’s hope the fish gods are on our side.
Have a great weekend!
joani @ ROGERS
Monday June 21, 2010
Greetings fishermen,
Today is the first day of summer. Weather wise it has been quite the summer with spring starting in April. Between the weather and the wind it has saved a lot of fish here on Upper Red Lake. Sunday with the wind laying down, and the sun rising - it produced limits of fish for some of our fishermen.
Looks like we had better appreciate this nice morning, as IF the weather person is right (??) we may be in for more showers this week.
joani
Friday, June 18, 2010
It has been quite a week, the fishing since my last report has improved quite a bit, limits of walleyes were coming in from 4 to 7 feet of water. One lucky fisherman yesterday caught and released a 45 inch pike right here in Shotley Brook.
All of that changed again yesterday with all of the severe weather that past through the area, the lodge building had a very close call with lightning (see the photo above) in the afternoon. The lightning strike actually started a small fire and tripped a few circuit breakers and fuses, with the help of the neighborhood electrician we were back in business in just an hour or so. The winds today have been absolutely howling out of the north/ northwest stopping everyone from getting onto the lake.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Walleye fishing this weekend was not as good as we expected it would be, some of this could be blamed on the weather. The fishermen here that did the best fished just out front with a gold spinner and minnow, there were those who went all the way to the north shore but the fishing did not seem to be much better on that side of the lake either.
Walleye fishing this weekend was not as good as we expected it would be, some of this could be blamed on the weather. The fishermen here that did the best fished just out front with a gold spinner and minnow, there were those who went all the way to the north shore but the fishing did not seem to be much better on that side of the lake either.
6/7/10
Gene and his 42 inch pike...
Fishing this past weekend was better than I expected, with all of the wind the past few days I would have guessed that it would take a few days for things to settle down some but I was wrong.
Walleye fishing was good all along the south shore, most fishermen from here chose to anchor and fish a jig and minnow under a slip bobber. There seemed to quite a concentration of boats right at the mouth of Shotley Brook, mostly because of the rain showers that appeared about once every hour. Quite a few of them were targeting the big pike that hang around the river when there is a good flow and lots of wind both of which these was no shortage of. There were reports of several fish over 40 inches again this weekend, even I managed to boat a couple of 35 and 36 inchers this a.m.
They still are bringing in good numbers of crappies, again most all of these fish are coming in from the north shore of the big lake, maybe someday I will get a chance to get over there.
5/31/10
Bobs 42 inch pike...
Doug and Mitch...
5/30/10
Ray with a nice northern pike and Cletus with a snapping turtle that favored his jig and minnow....
Brady from South Dakota with a 43 inch pike that he caught off the dock...
Ray with a nice northern pike and Cletus with a snapping turtle that favored his jig and minnow....
Brady from South Dakota with a 43 inch pike that he caught off the dock...
Ricko's shoulda been here yesterday guide service...
Monday, May 31, 2010Yesterday started off good but by early morning the winds switched to the southwest and blew just about everyone off the lake. There were a couple of lucky fishermen that beat the wind and caught a few walleyes, one even landed a nice mess of crappies. The rest of the day the fishing was just a hand full of kids fishing off the docks and for them the action was good as the river was full of hungry sheepshead with the occasional walleye, northern pike and a snapping turtle.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Fishing yesterday was better than I thought it would be after all of the wind the previous two days. They still are still catching most of the walleyes trolling, both crank baits and spinner and minnow combinations are working.
We still have a few fishermen that are slamming the crappies pretty good, again they mostly are headed to the north shore some where, they still won’t tell me where.
Monday, May 24, 2010
We knew it couldn’t last but our run of unbelievably nice weather finally came to an end today. I still think we can have another run of nice weather again for the up coming holiday weekend.
The walleye fishing remained good right up until today, limits of keeper walleyes were coming in everyday, the best fishing was on a gold colored spinner trolled slowly in 5 to 8 feet of water.
Now that the hot crappie bite is almost done I can tell just how good it really was, we have had a group of fishermen who have been catching there limits of slab crappie on a daily basis. Being a man of my word I have not told anyone about it until today. Most of the crappies were caught in the rushes on the north shore but quite a few were caught right here in front of the resort in 5 feet of water.
Tonight Joani and I had another fish fry on the campfire, while doing so we thought some of you might enjoy just how we do our fish here at our house, just in case here is a link to our new cooking page. Campfire Cooking Enjoy…and let us know what you think…
5/18/10
Greetings Fishermen,
WOW! What a opening weekend it was. The weather just could not have been any better. AND the fishing was not bad either. I think it was just like Jerry and I said it was going to be, you had to work a little harder for them then some years, due to the summer like weather in April. Still many caught their limits without to much difficulty.
Seemed to me the better bite was in the afternoon. The walleyes here on Red like the lake flat, and the weather warm. This opening weekend they had both.
Jig and a minnow worked for most, and bobber fishing was also doing the trick. As the temperatures warm up the fishing should just get better.
Thanks to all of you that accessed upper Red from ROGERS’ landing.
joani
218 647 8262
The fish cleaning shack had a steady line both Saturday and Sunday...
Quite a few fishermen were having good luck finding crappies...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Looks like we are ready for this years fishing opener, the docks all have new decks in place and just need to be leveled up some. The boat ramp is in good shape, I just need to level up the parking lot a little and we will be ready to go.
Fishing this year will be different, because of the early spring and lack of run off Shotley Brook has no fish in it, so it looks like everyone will have to get in their boats and get out on the lake and find where they went.
Looks like we are ready for this years fishing opener, the docks all have new decks in place and just need to be leveled up some. The boat ramp is in good shape, I just need to level up the parking lot a little and we will be ready to go.
Fishing this year will be different, because of the early spring and lack of run off Shotley Brook has no fish in it, so it looks like everyone will have to get in their boats and get out on the lake and find where they went.
Kenny and a few others have been able to find a few crappies the past two weeks...