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presentation took a little time. Eventually, we got dialed
in on what seemed to be the best presentation.
My best action came on a Clam Red/Gold Leech Flutter
Spoon tipped with a minnow head or tail. I also caught
plenty of fish on a dead stick and minnow. I found that by
hooking my minnow through the belly I got more bites.
When hooked this way, the minnow is constantly
struggling to turn over and right itself, which seems to
trigger strikes.
In typical Lake of the Woods fashion, we found ourselves
catching a real variety of fish. The walleyes were
cooperative but so were the sauger, perch and tullibee.
Some of the tullibee were quite large and very scrappy
fighters.
It wouldn’t be a Lake of the Woods trip without a few
eelpout in the mix. A couple of the ones I caught were
huge and tested my four-pound-test line to the max.
Anglers have learned that these fish are actually very
good to eat. Mine went back down the hole, however.
