You’ve probably heard about Lake of the Woods – with over 65,000 miles of shoreline and over 14,500 islands, it’s a spectacular lake. The Canadian side of Lake of the Woods offers many different points, drop offs, flats and island chains. The structure combined with the variety of fish makes it a great place to go ice fishing. There are healthy populations and trophy fish in many different species. Fish for walleye, lake trout, crappie, northern pike, whitefish or perch. You may catch the occasional muskie or bass too. Use a light rod for crappie or perch using 2 to 4 lb. test and a medium action rod for trout, walleye, whitefish and 6 to 10 lb. test.
Type of fish available to fish:
Walleye:
Like in the summer, walleyes can usually be found on Lake of the Woods under the ice. Most times you can readily catch your limit. It’s so nice to taste fresh walleye in the middle of the winter. Many fishermen will say only use a gold jig or a pink one. As with in the summer though, use what’s biting. If you’re fishing for 20 minutes without a bite, changes colours or you may have to change areas. One strategy would be to have two different approaches on town different holes. Use an aggressive or noisy hook like the Lindy Rattl’N Flyer Spoon in one hole and a maybe a simple jig and minnow on the other.
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