Fishing Report June 2026

June 22, 2026

The walleyes have finally settled into a more stable spring pattern and have provided a solid morning bite, when the weather cooperates.  We are catching very nice size walleyes on shoreline breaks and adjacent sand flats in 19-23 feet of water.  The bigger northern pike were also present and aggressive.  Mid-size redtail chubs were the preferred bait still, and surprizingly we have not found much of a bite on leeches yet.  I will post a few photos in the Catch Photos segment of this website.

June 16, 2026

Woman Lake finally recieved some much needed rain, but we could benefit from much more as water levels are still low. The weather has also stabilized somewhat, and the walleyes are beginning to settle into a more traditional spring pattern.  Surface water temperatures have reached the 65-66 degree range, the smallmouth bass are done spawning, and the northern pike bite is still very hot.  We are still finding our walleyes on shore related structure (mostly shoreline sand breaks) in the 19-23 foot depths, but also finding some as shallow as 14-15 feet on weed edges.  We are catching them on minnows (both shiners and redtail chubs), but the best bite will likely switch to leeches and nightcrawlers before too long.  I expect some of these walleyes will also begin gradually dispersing to bottom structure in the main lake basin, before the end of the month.  Most of the walleyes we are catching have been nice ones in the 19-22 inch range, and the northern pike have been in the 27-34 inch size range.

June 3, 2026

Our walleye bite on Woman Lake is still challenging, and the northern pike are still on a feeding rampage.  Surface water temps have now shot up into the low to mid 60 degree range after our long string of very hot sunny days, but I suspect the lake basin temperatures at walleye depths is still chilly.  It has definitely been an unusual spring fishing pattern so far.  I still have walleyes coming up onto the 5-8 foot sand flats in front of my dock, most every night after sunset, and that feeding pattern typically ends by late May.  I can see their eyes glowing with my headlamp after dark.  I see their eyes as they chase my crankbaits, but mostly it is northerns that I hook off the dock.  Also strange is the fact that even the crappies are still active in the shallow dark bottom bays.  I suspect the walleye bite could turn for the better, any day now.  The water clarity in Woman Lake is exceptional this spring, clearest I have ever seen, and that certainly could be a contributing factor.