We
have just started our last sport show left this winter, the Minneapolis
Northwest Sport Show Thursday March 21 – Sunday March 24. It has been an
excellent year for reservations. Of course there is usually a spot for you,
just stop and see Tom and Joey Dougherty during the show, they were busy a
beaver yesterday. You can’t play golf so you might as well come and check out
summer fun!
The
first day of spring was Wednesday March 20th, as I look out over our
bay there is absolutely no sign of that thing called spring, last year at this
time it was 80 degrees and we were getting our fishing boats ready for an
early, early spring. Not this year. I believe ice out will be around May 7th. May 7th is not late more in line
with normal ice out over the past 50 years.
Last
year was the year of the drought. The drought has ended. During the middle of
November we received a fair amount of rain that replenished our swamps, beaver
dams, and lowlands. We have plenty of snow, now we need spring to show up and
we will be on our way to another fabulous season on Rainy Lake. The Rainy Lake
basin is a remarkable eco system. The four seasons of the year are extremely
important to its health and vitality.
Consider Rainy Lake and it’s surroundings renewed.
Wednesday March 19, 2013
My
predictions for the May fishing season are; Kettle River will be hotter than a
pistol, Kempton Channel and Hitchcock Bay not far behind. The bays will hold
there normal bevy of large pike and walleyes.
On the Ontario side Seine River will enjoy hey days once again. There will be current and current draws
walleyes!
June
is going to be incredible. June historically provides the best shallow water
fishing of the year. Walleyes, smallmouth bass, crappies, and northern will
spend the whole month using the bays and current areas. Last year everything
was accelerated, water warming up so fast that normal stages of the fishing
season passed by in a few days rather than a couple weeks. This year Rainy Lake
will go through much more normal progressions of pre spawn, spawn, post spawn,
early summer, and peak summer fishing.
Summer is coming!
We'll see you soon!
