Wow! Woody's Rainy Lake Resort Rocks!

[Borch]

Well out group arrived up at Woody's Rainy Lake Resort Thursday afternoon just in time for the drastic weather change. We were greeted by Woody himself before we could even get out of the truck. He pointed us to our room and went through the resort layout and a quick fishing report knowing we were itching to hit the water. We quickly loaded our gear into our room and found out we had a washer and dryer in our unit. That dryer sure could come in handy this wet weekend. The boat landing and dock system caught our eyes right away. Woody's has several extra sturdy, well lit docks with electrical hook ups and dock side fuel as well. We made it out for a bit on Thursday afternoon with little luck. We tried pulling cranks after dark and got blown off the lake. We looked out at the lake on Friday morning and it was "Angry". Woody came over and gave us some ideas of protected areas we could trailer to that might hold some fish as well as some techiques that had worked there in the past. Here's the results from our boat for the next two cold, windy and wet days on Rainy.

My dad with a fat 21" eye.

My dad with a fat 18" sauger.

Me with an absolute piggy 23" walleye. This thing was thick!

This morning we decided to target some crappies for a change of pace but found walleyes and pike mixed in with the slabs. Here are a few pics.

Me with a fat 22" eye. Notice the blue tail?

Dad with the big fish of the trip. A big 24 1/4" walleye.

Me with a 12" crappie.

We caught fish on jigs/minnows and crankbaits. Most of the walleyes we caught were in the protected slot although we caught plenty for a fish fry. Did I mention that the fish cleaning house is heated? There is also plenty of elbow room and outlets for guys with eletric fillet knives. A very nice set up especially for late fall or winter outings. Woody's Pub is a very nice spot to relax with friends or meet some new ones.

Finally, I kept hearing about the excellent ice fishing on Rainy lake and Woody has several rental houses that he works hard to keep on schools of walleyes, crappies and pike. The groups that arrived before us before the weather turned had several trophy walleyes and crappies caught. Personally I'd like to get another crack at setting the hook into one of these Rainy Lake trophies.

For us it was a 4 hour and 45 minute trip from St Cloud and was well worth the drive.

Definitely check out Woody's Fairly Reliable Guide Service

Thanks Woody.

[harvey lee]

Man I wish I could also have made the trip. I have talked with Woody numerous times and just has that gut feeling he would put one on fish and offered a class operation for the fisherman.

Hopefully I will see you next spring Woody.

[wplatehunter]

Looks like a fun trip.

[Navigator]

Woody's resort and guide business is in a class all by itself. I can't think of another guide up there that is as well known or respected. I've had the pleasure of talking to him and fishing by him. 1st class all around.

Guys like him and Dave Peterson (fishmeister) go unheralded for the amount of information they provide on FM.

[Jim Almquist]

Even though the weather was not what you would order for a fishing trip it was still a lot of fun thanks to the info Woody gave us so that we could get out of the wind. It was very cool to catch blue Walleyes along with the gold colored ones and a few Saugers as well. Woody is a super nice guy and really cares about the success of your fishing trip. Everyday he would go over a game plan to insure that you were on fish that day. Here are a few of the blue walleyes that Lisa and I caught this weekend. I know that we will come up again and the sooner the better because I want to try for some of those Crappies during the hardwater season as well as hitting the big lake next spring.

[harvey lee]

Yes, Woody's is a great place to enjoy the outdoors fishing.

One can check out Woody's here.

http://www.fairlyreliable.com/

[muc33]

Hey great pics in crappy conditions you guys! I too wish I could have made the trip. And Harvey beat me to the punch. You won't find an outdoors HSOforum with more great information! Woody's really is more than FAIRLY reliable, they are VERY reliable on a good trip. Jim, I was told Lisa outfished you 3 to 1, hmmmmmmmmm?

[Jim Almquist]

I gave her a head start on friday morning Just have to remember that it is not a sprint but a marathon

[harvey lee]

Lisa also catches the larger number of Lakers. Way to show the hubby how to catch them.

[chaffmj]

I think there should be a winter FM outing at Woody's!