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Walleye Fishing Opener & Mother’s Day Weekend is soon here!

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Does your Mom like to fish or relax?  Treat her to a trip to Sportsman’s Lodge Mother’s Day and Walleye Fishing Opener Weekend, May 11-13.  Walleye Opener is Saturday, May 12 and Mother’s Day is Sunday May 13.  Enjoy walleye fishing, food, entertainment, indoor pool, hiking, relaxing, boating, shopping and our Mother’s Day Champagne Brunch on Sunday, May 13.

Walleye Opener 2011 Lake of the Woods South Shore

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5/16/2011

Successful Opener!

The walleyes are hungry!  Walleye opener on Lake of the Woods was a success! We wrestled with some wind but that didn’t keep the walleyes from biting. Limits of walleye were not hard to come by this past weekend.  Jigging with a gold, orange or pink

jig tipped with a minnow was the technique that pulled in most of the limits of

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Check out a few of last years catches.

Opener Walleye!
One of many Patty pulled in over the weekend while fishing with Sportsman’s Captain Dan. 
Way to go Patty!
Patty Ternes, Rockford, MN
 

walleyes. Some hot spots were Lighthouse Gap, Rainy River and Morris Point washout.  We saw lot of nice good eater size 14”-18”and a decent amount of large walleyes in the 24”-29” range and a few over 30” over the weekend, all released back for more catching enjoyment to be had in the future.

The guides did a great job at finding the action over the weekend and are looking forward to taking you out this summer.  If you haven’t made your reservation yet, now is the time to book your summer trip.  Take advantage of our Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day special. Stay 3 nights and get the 4th night free and our 100% Walleye Limit Guarantee!  Our guided trips include poles, bait, tackle, fish cleaning, assortment of pop and water and are priced right for groups of 1,2,3,4,5,6, or more!  If you don’t have a group of 6 to fill the boat, no problem! We have affordable per person rates.  Give us a call 800-862-8602 for more information and to book your trip today.