need advice on lake of the woods!

[waxworm09]

We have a trip planned to LOW for the last weekend of february, it will be our first trip. The place we are staying is borderview lodge, they have their sleepers in shallower water, everyone has been telling me that late feb. is a bad time of year up there and we would be better off going in january. I found a sleeper house through Zippel Bay third weekend in January, but have no idea how the fishing is over there. Their houses are in deep water. So my question is would we be betteroff going to Zippel Bay fishing deep water third week of january, or borderview lodge in shallow water late february? Thanks for any advice!

[tspotout]

There is not much of a night bite on low use a day house and stay in a cabin.

[Sifty]

Take a look here.

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/1/1/Lake_of_the_Woods

Sifty

[FrontenacPike]

I have been going to Zipple for about 6 years now and have fished their deep sleepers every year around the first or second weekend of Jan. Typical catch a day is 14-20. You will get A LOT of bait stealers but will get your occasional biggin. Bite times on the deep you can almost set a watch to it.

Sun up till 9 am = hot

10 am till 2pm = med

1.5 hours prior to sunset till dark = hot

After hours = burbots and beer

Zipple offers day shacks in the shallows, for their sleepers if you wanna follow the fish do that. We take the portables with and during mid day we move in.

[dougger222]

I don't think you can say Jan is better than Feb at Zippel or LOW for that matter. Have had good and bad trips every month on LOW. Been doing it for 15 years now and actualy got back from 3 days fishing Zippel this morning. It was typical good early ice action. Lots more 11-13 inch saugers though than years past which are now finaly becoming that "perfect" eating size...