Devils Lake (Overview) - Thursday, June 11, 2009

Woodland Resort/ Mitchell's Guide Service Fishing Report

There are three things in life that are most enjoyable to watch.  The flames of a camp fire at night, a zamboni cleaning the ice between periods of a hockey game, and a bobber sinking below the surface of the water.  This past week Mitchell's Guide Service has watched a lot of bobbers sink.   This past weekend, Devils Lake was hit with a major cold front and so far our temperatures have had a hard time reaching 50 degrees ever since.  This did have a major impact on our fishing for a couple of days.
 
All the spectacular fishing we enjoyed pitching crank baits in our last fishing report came to a screeching halt.  After casting our arms off pitching crank baits, we did find success pitching Northland Mimic Minnows with a slower retrieve.  Silver and blue have been good colors.
 
After the cold front came through, slip bobbers along with leeches worked well any where from 2 feet to 10 feet of water.  A plain hook has worked the best. We have learned some valuable lessons this past week.  Instead of focusing on one particular depth and continually moving trying to find new spots, we slid deeper fishing current spots we had been successful at in the past.  This paid off big time!  Once we found the magic depth we found ourselves tripping over one another scrambling for the net.  The action was hot and heavy.  Once we found the depth where active walleyes were feeding we would go from having one or two in the live well to ten or eleven in just a matter of 10 to 15 minutes.  Then it would get quiet again and we would have to go back to moving the stopper knot and continually trying new depths until we found them again.
 
Major cold fronts such as the one we have just experienced this past week, often make fishing very difficult, especially walleye fishing.  But this is where the team work approach of Mitchell's Guide Service really shined.  The constant communication amongst the guide staff and each guide trying something new or different until discovering a pattern or method that worked, and sharing it with one another is what made us successful this past week.  The white bass fishing from boat and shore remained incredible and so did the northern pike fishing.  We have had some incredible fishing this past week, check out the photo gallery at:http://www.fishdevilslake.net/reports.html from pictures taken this past week.

So far, shallow bays have been the key.  The fishing does seem solid across the lake.  Find warmer water in the back ends of bays and give the spots time.  The fishing often picked up during the afternoon when the water warmed up.
The forecast does look better coming up.  It is supposed to reach 80 degrees by this weekend.  These warm temperatures and sunshine will again warm up the shallows and should ignite the bite all over the lake. 
Good Luck Fishing!

Steve Zippy Dahl
Mitchell's Guide Service

Mitchell's Guide Service 701-662-6560   www.fishdevilslake.net
Woodland Resort 701-662-5996   www.woodlandresort.com

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