Devils lake report

[lmt out]

Just back from devils lake. Had a fun trip. First the weather. First two days rainy and windy just fished close to the resort catch a few small walleye. Friday was a beautiful day a little on the cool side. Wife and I caught around 50 walleye didn't think that was to bad for really our first day to be able to roam caught on jig and crawler and bb spinners but the best part we decided to slip bobber leaches on the electric poles on the main lake. First flip sits for about 30 seconds and bobber gone 22 1/2 inch walleye then a 20 1/2 walleye. Fish for a little while longer with nothing move to next pole first flip wife catches a 22 3/4 walleye. It was a very good day. Saturday heavy rain and wind only 5 walleye. Sunday very windy but we braved it and found some fish very tough to fish and very tough to control boat in 25 mph wind but wife and I caught 42 walleye biggest 24 inches. Monday our last day went out in beautiful weather wind perfect but picked up some around noon. Wife and I had 69 walleye most between 15 and 19 inches. Sister and her ex husband added 32 more with a 22 3/4 inch walleye. We ended with 211 Walleye and 22 pike for the wife and I. Sister and the ex added 114 walleye and 23 pike. We really got 2 1/2 days of serious fishing. Also Sister and her Ex boat broke down the week before we went and that hampered them quite a bit having to use the rental boat 2 days then threw in with us the other days. I was surprised we bottom bounced the last day with 4 in the boat with out many problems of getting lines tangled only happened a couple times and we sure did laugh and have fun and caught a bunch of walleye. That lake definitely could put a wall hanger in the boat at any time I believe and it sucked that I was just starting to get some things figured out then oops last day had to come home. All in all a great trip. And a great time with family. So how has the walleye fishing been on Stockton. I will be out there next week.... I have some fish pics but my phone is messed up so I will be going to hopefully get that fixed tomorrow and will put some on then.

[o2bnMO]

Lmt out thanks for the fantastic report. I've been looking/talking about devils lake for several months. On google earth it doesn't look like there are many places to stay at on the lake. Would you mind saying where you stayed and what it was like?

On a side note 34 yrs ago next month my wife and i spent our honeymoon on lake Oahe in SD. She caught her first walleye there. It weighed 6lb 7or 8 oz(i don't recall exactly). 

Glad you had a safe trip and hammered the walleyes.

[lmt out]

We stayed in the govenors suite at Woodland Resort I would highly recommend it they were very helpful and a great place to stay. The room was great. However it was on the expensive side. The restaurant and bar next door was a lot of fun and had great food. They had a live band Saturday night and it was a great party.

[o2bnMO]

Thanks for the info. I'll check woodland out.

[Walleyedmike]

Thanks for the report lmt out. That wind on Devils Lake can be a butt kicker, for sure. Kinda makes Stockton seem tame. Glad you guys had a good trip! o2bnMO, we always stay at  Lake View Lodge. Nice place, but their ramp is a little sketchy. With the wind up there on the flat lands, we usually had to put in at different parts of the lake anyway. Give DL a shot, I don't think you'll be disappointed. Haven't been there in a couple of years, I need to change that!

WM

[dan hufferd]

Awesome ! Thanks for sharing. For me walleye are good at day light until 10am and then nothing, but I did not troll or stroll, just spoon. I did a little teaching on the joy of spooning (insert joke here) with my nephews. We caught a few shorts and 3 keepers one just over 20" and never moved the boat for our honey hole. We were back to the Southwinds by 10 am.

Not to bad for a bunch of beginners like us.