Sportsman’s Lodge Fishing Report
7/10/2019

Match the Hatch!

The mayflies hatched a few weeks ago but we are starting to see less and less now. The hatch seemed more abundant on the north side of the lake than around by us. Pro tip of the Week – Match the Hatch! Change up your tackle colors to match the color of the fly, gold and orange.

The guides have been splitting their time this past week between jigging and drifting with spinners. Jigging with with a frozen shiner or leech has been bringing in the slot fish in the mud at 29’-34’ range. Drifting with gold/pink/orange spinners tipped with crawlers has produced nice eating size fish in the 12’-16’ range in the sand or on the sand bars.

Water surface temp is hanging around the 74 degrees mark. If you haven’t had a chance to get out fishing yet this summer, give us a call 800-862-8602. Fishing has been great and trips are still available!

Sportsman’s Oak Island Lodge

 Great Fishing ~ Walleyes
Over the holiday week we had incredible weather and an excellent bite. We saw lots of families out fishing and enjoying the lake. A slow troll jigging using gold, orange and green jigs tipped with a chub or shiner along rock reefs in 17’-25’ has been good as well as drifting with spinners the same colors as the jigs tipped with a night crawler along and on top of rock reefs has produced some nice walleyes. Water temperature is hovering in the mid 70’s now.

Muskies & Pike
Shallow weedy bays have been best although we do notice they are on the move to the points.  Rock piles and cabbage have been good spots. Casting buck tails and jerk baits has been working best during the day and top water baits in the evening.

Wishing you were fishing? Join us!
Sportsman’s Oak Island Lodge has openings July 12-19, 28-31, August 9-19, 30-Sept 7 as well as September and October dates.  Sportsman’s Eagle Ridge has openings now through July 22, August 3-7, 11-30 as well as September and October dates. Give us a call 800-772-8411.