The warm summer weather is continuing.  The week starts out with the days in the 80's with cooling to the low 70's overnight.  By mid-week the daytime temperatures are in the low 70's with overnight temps in the low 60's.  There are a few trees that have started to change to fall colours.

Walleyes are in transition and are moving from shallow reefs to the weeds.  There is no consistency to where the muskies are located;  they are being caught everywhere.  While fishing one evening, guide Bryan raised two muskies right off the dock at Duck Bay within a few minutes of each other.  One was low-to-mid 40's and the other was smaller.  The next night he caught a different muskie off the dock, and it was 49 inches;  his personal best!  Some of the other nice catches are:

Jeff Fisher (Miltona, MN), a 26 inch walleye
Elizabeth Cordero (Stateline, NV), a 29 ½ inch northern (pictured above)
Duck Bay guide Bryan, a 38 inch northern and 42 inch muskie.

If you're still considering a trip this fall, below is our August and September availability.  All availability can also be viewed on our website, or contact us by phone or email.  We'd be very happy to help you with your planning.

anytime between August 30th - September 3rd
September 6th - 9th (1 cabin available)
September 7th - 10th (2 cabins available including the "honeymoon" cabin)
anytime between September 17th - 25th

Duck Bay Lodge will be closing for the season on September 25th.

This week starts out like last week with very high winds that subsided in a few days.  The temperatures all week were in the 70's and 80's.  This is unusually warm weather for late August so we suggest that if your trip is coming up soon, you prepare for both warm and cold weather.  Some of this week's catches are:

Seth Weaver (Fort Myers, FL).  On his first trip to Canada, Seth caught a 36 inch muskie (pictured), a 27 inch walleye and 36 inch northern.  This is the first time he has ever fished for any of these species, so he surely got some real beauties!

Lowell Weaver (Fort Myers Beach, FL), 38, 36, 35 and 30 inch muskies;  as well two 34 inch and a 33 inch northern pike.  On the last day of his trip Lowell caught 3 muskies - a 40, 39 and 38 inch!
Tom Carey (Gilbert, MN), a 30 inch muskie;  his first ever
Bonnie Kearney (Racine, WI), a 17 inch smallmouth bass
Jon Gabrelcik (Montrose, MN), a 25 inch walleye
Jeff Fisher (Miltona, MN), a 32 inch northern
Jim Kearney (Racine, WI), a 38 inch muskie;  his first ever
Dewey Johnson (Fresno, CA), a 17 inch smallmouth bass
Al Lange (Rock Rapids, IA), a 24 inch walleye.

The week starts out with a couple of days of high winds.  This really limited the fishing spots fishermen could use.  In spite of that, some nice fish were caught and by mid-week the winds have died down.  Daytime temperatures at the beginning of the week were in the 60's and overnight temperatures were in the low 50's.  By the end of the week, the temperatures were in the 80's with overnight temperatures in the 70's.  Very unusual weather for late August.  Some of this week's nice catches are:

Duck Bay guide Bryan, a 36 inch northern and 18 inch walleye
Kevin Duffy (Clarendon Hills, IL), a 41 ½ inch muskie
Eric Schaaf (Sugar Grove, IL), a 47 ½ inch muskie and 26 inch walleye
Jan Kluck (Marshalltown, IA), a 25 inch walleye
Ileen Lindner (Warroad, MN), a 20 inch walleye
Harry Horak (Warrenville, IL), a 24 inch walleye
Seth Weaver (Fort Myers, FL), a 30 inch northern.

The week starts out with daytime temperatures in the 80's.  The last few nights the overnight temperature has dropped into the high 50's and low 60's making the weather seem a bit like fall.  But what a welcome relief after the hot days!

Walleyes are being found on the reefs in 18 - 24 feet of water.  The biggest walleyes are being found on sandy points in 12 - 14 feet of water.  Our muskie fishermen are having action;  guest Mike Flynn during his 2 week trip to Duck Bay raised 88, boated 16 with 6 of them being 40 inches or better and had another 12 hooked but not boated.  Some of this week's other nice catches are:

Ralph Suchyta (Grosse Ile, MI), a 45 inch muskie (while jigging), and 25 and 19 inch walleyes
Diana Buelow (Hebron, KY), a 14 inch crappie and a 29 inch northern
Mike McIntyre (Crystal Lake, IL), a 40 inch muskie and 26 inch walleye
Terry Hagen (Bemidji, MN), a 21 inch walleye
Janis Suchyta (Grosse Ile, MI), an 18 ½ inch walleye
Terry Buelow (Hebron, KY), 22 and 18 inch walleyes and a 32 ½ inch northern
Bob McIntryre (Schaumburg, IL), a 33 inch northern
Jim Hess (Bemidji, MN), two 24, a 20 and 19 inch walleyes and 39, 37, and 35 inch northerns
Don Meyer (Ixonia, WI), a 21 inch walleye
Rick DeAngelo (Greenville, IL), 47, 43, 42, three 40, 38, 37 ½ and two 37 inch muskies
Paul D'Amico (Erdenheim, PA), a 36 inch northern
Chuck Wittman (Abington, PA), a 19 inch largemouth
Mike Flynn (Hillsboro, OR), a 43 inch muskie
Chip DeAngelo (Dekalb, IL), 44, 43, 40, 37 ½ and 36 inch muskies
Chuck, Charlie & Ben Danegger (Simsbury, CT), a 35 and two 34 inch northerns
Danny DeAngelo (Wentzville, MO), 44 and 43 inch muskies
Duck Bay guide Thatcher, a 28 inch walleye;  also a 35 inch muskie off the dock
Mike Grieben (Aberdeen, SD), 23 and 21 inch walleyes
Dave DeAngelo (Coal City, IL), a 39 ½ inch muskie
Duck Bay guide Bryan, a 41 inch muskie and 20 and 19 inch walleyes.