Waubay Lake

[hill7410]

Has anybody been out on Waubay fishing for walleye's yet this year??? They should be biting. I have been hearing that they are catching them out from the access by grenville, might be worth taking the boat out there and checking it out.

[walleyeking#8]

It seems pretty quiet around here. Looking to head west next weekend to try for some eyes myself, but am not sure what lake to try. Mostly catch and release. Wouldn't mind a couple small ones for tablefare.

There are so many to choose from, but not sure yet. Any reports from waubay or surrounding lakes would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[32 degrees]

We were out Friday and Saturday and it was crazy. 200+ fish with the largest going 26". All the males were milking and were very shallow. Very few people out there. Good luck.

[PERCHJR]

Was out there Sunday afternoon and night and caught 3 eye's one short of our limit but nothing to crazy yet!!! Alot of small ones being caught also we caught at least 6 that were around 12" or better. So I think that the Lake is still not as good as it once was but there are a few fish being caught!!!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD FISHING!!!

[hill7410]

32 Degrees, that is a lot of fish you caught there, must of been really fun reeling in all those eye's, where were you fishing on the lake? i suppose you dont have any coordinates that you would care to share would ya?

[rattleL]

hey 32 degrees as an avid waubay angler id exchange some cordinates for some cordinates

[32 degrees]

Its not too hard to find the fish. We were fishing a point in 7-9fow that had rocks and a few weeds. Slip bobbers and jigs both produced really well. We anchored on the spot and only moved when we needed more minnows

[steel24]

32 deg..any color preference? I am heading out tomorrow to finally get the boat in the water..Can't wait to set the hook on my first eye of the year!!

[tweedlap]

I just talked to three guys who fished Waubay the last two evenings. No problem getting their two eaters each plus quite a few releases. Lots of small fish and no big releases. They anchored on a point. Two slip bobbered and one jigged.

They fished Bitter earlier in the day and zipped on walleyes but mangaged a few snakes.

tweed

[steel24]

Just wanted to post results...Went down and fished Sat. from about 11:00 til 6:00 Three of us boated around 50-60 walleyes..avg length was 17-18 in..caught very few smaller than that..We anchored by trees and pitched jigs and slip bobbered..1/16 white jig worked the best...5-8 ft of water was all we fished.. My question is will the fish be bunched up and shallow next weekend??? If anyone has that answer please post..thx

[sloughshark]

I would say yes. Ive caught them eyes up there in the shallower water (less than 10 feet) and also in the trees well into the beginning of summer. It doesnt look like theres gonna be any kind of heat wave this week to push them out to deeper water. i remember last year i anchored my boat in about 2 feet of water southeast of grenville and pitched jigs out into 5-7 feet and pounded eyes all day!! That was right in the middle of May.

I may have to try that this weekend also, its always a hell of a day whwn you can catch and release upwards of 100 eyes in a day!!!

[Take 'Em]

headed up to waubay on sat with the old man. thinking about starting at waubay or bitter. this is the earliest i have been up their on open water. where would be a good place to start. In the trees, shallow bays? any help in the right direction would be appreiated.

[minnducker]

Dear "take-em":

Hope this helps-

Three of us fished Waubay 4/23-25 (Sun-Tue). Great weather except Monday. No problem getting 2 fish limits each day. Caught 6 -10 fish per hour, no 100 fish day type bite, but consistent and fish seem a little larger than previous years.

We put in at Kanago landing. Action in 8-12 ft. of water in several spots near this landing. Used 1/4 oz. white jigheads and fatheads.

[Tyler Holm]

It seems the fish have really taken off in Waubay. My sources say Bitter has been much slower.

[Take 'Em]

was on waubay this morning and did very well. nothing big but very fun. ran out of five scoops of minnows by 11am

[csharpe]

Heading up this coming weekend any good spots to try?

[verg]

one of the best places is right around the dock. everytime i come back in the boat to load up, there will be kids fishing from the kanago dock hammering them. Denholm's bay (south)is decent too. Too many areas to list. Duck island area is good.

[csharpe]

fished waubay this saturday and sunday got or 2 fish limit per person but was a battle on waubay on saturday got most of them off school bus point and around a lot of trees. Sunday drifted in the wind around Kanango acess. Finished up at Bitter did real well nice sized fish. Thanks for the info had a great time.

[Mike Walerak]

These reports are killing me guys . If gas was not $2.80 per gallon I would be there in a heart beat.

mw

[percherman]

Mike: I wish I could use the old saying, " If time were only money." Heck I am busier than a one arm paper hanger.

SOON, Real SOON.

[gorrilla]

2.80 a gallon is going to seem cheap by this time next year. You better get out there Mike. Just bring the friends along that normally are left behind because they are annoying. Thats what I do...

[verg]

went last night in the sprinkle just to catch a couple for supper. Started with jig/minnow and caught many. Switched to casting plugs off a point then near a little honey hole in the trees. The plugs produced a couple bigger fish. Timmy--better come back.

[Tyler Holm]

OK,

These reports are killing me and I've cracked. I'll be fishing the area this comming weekend hopefully with similiar reports as detailed above. What general depth has been holding fish?

[percherman]

Verg: Your killing me!!!

Oh, To live in God's country.

Dean

[verg]

i usually don't bother fishing in the spring until late in the evening. fished from 6-8 pm. In that time the fish are pretty shallow. In my first loc. boat sat in about 8ft and pitched into 4. The tree area was about the same. caught them deeper too though. 10-12ft