The forecast shows highs in the lower 20s C. If true, it will be the first of the season. We have been plagued with rain and cold. Daytime highs have been more like 14 C. A few nights ago the low was 2 C.
The lake now might be a foot higher than when we first came and the water is way colder than normal.
This must have impacted fishing success but I only have a couple of reports to go on. In Red Lake, walleye fishing heats up with the temperature in the spring. I've always been stumped why fishermen refuse to believe this but they don't. They believe with all their might that fishing starts out red hot and gets continually worse as the season progresses. In reality, it starts slow and gains momentum until mid-July and then stays about even until the weather starts to cool off in late August.
It also has been abnormally windy which limits where and how you can fish. Why is it always cold and windy but hot and still?
