Summer pattern Walleye + top water Muskies
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Awesome fishing vacation at
South Shore Lodge

This is hands down my favorite time of year for fishing central Eagle Lake.  The summer pattern around here is easily the most productive and predictable fishing of the season and it’s just beginning.  July is shaping up to be a great month to have a line wet and I always look forward to August and working the deep humps.  We’re through the mayflies and transition fishing, which was a bit of a challenge this season with our goofy spring, and things have stabilized nicely. 

The Walleye fishing this past week has been outstanding with one of our guests commenting that he had “the best day of Walleye fishing of his life” last week. 
We have been battling some wind here and there but other than that the temperatures and precipitation amounts have been normal. 

Our new resident guide has been on the water and with his history on the lake and our knowledge of our backyard, we have tremendously expanded our “fishing hot spots” that we mark on our maps.  Where we have really grown in knowledge is in the area of Muskies.  We have seen and know of more spots holding fish this year than I can ever remember and that is the result of a top-notch guide having incredible fishing knowledge of a body of water.  We are working multiple fish in the mid to high 40’s and a few behemoths in that mid 50 inch class. 



Keith from Missouri boated this beautiful 50” er, and this was his first ever. 



On the same day his wife boated her first Muskie.  It was a smaller mid 30’s fish and they noticed it had different markings.  They didn’t realize the rareness and uniqueness of this fish until returning to camp with the pictures of a gorgeous tiger Muskie.  Keith was a bit taken back when we got more excited seeing Anita’s “little” Muskie picture than his monster.

The Smallmouth fishing has been pretty good this year. 

No one boasting great numbers but the quality of the fish has been great with many 17" to 20" fish boated so far this year.  Click on the Smallmouth image for an enlarged photo.

Working the pencil weeds over deeper rock piles with tube jigs seems to be a good producer.

Of course there are always plenty of Northerns agressively attacking almost everything you throw in the lake and 2010 has been very productive. 

The Pike don't seem to care if you are an experienced angler or a first timer.  Working your favorite swim bait, or a buz bait over the cabbage is a great pattern for "seeing" these prehistoric fish in their element doing what they do best... FEED...

All in all we are shaping up to have another stellar year of fishing in the central part of Eagle Lake.  Many people ask me about the fishing North and South of us and they are surprised that I have no knowledge of what’s happening in these parts of the lake.  Then when I explain that we simply don’t have to travel more than a few miles from camp to get on some of the best fishing on the lake they start to understand.  Then when I mention that many fishermen from these other far reaches of Eagle travel right past our lodge to fish our favorite spots it solidifies the true fact that “we are where the fishing is on Eagle Lake”

We still have some availability and holes in our reservation book for August, one of our best months for Walleye fishing and hunting the infamous Muskie.  So if your planning a fishing trip don’t put it off until 2011, it’s not too late to make a summer reservation at South Shore Lodge.

For all of you eagerly awaiting your arrival date, we look forward to seeing you on the dock.  For all of you reading this that haven’t yet booked your trip…  Better get’er done before another season passes you buy and you’ve put it off AGAIN…

Your host,

Gord Makara