My Dad and I made our annual trip up to Lake Uchi Lodge earlier this month and had a great time as always. The weather had been in the 30’s two weeks before we got there. It was nice because there were no mosquitos but the fishing was a little slower than usual the first few days.

Our presentation of choice for walleyes were mostly jigs and minnows. But this trip we casted way more that any other.

The first day we were catching tons of pike on Walmart one dollar spinnerbaits with 4” grubs of varying color.

I’ve always done well with HuskyJerks but I discovered my new favorite pattern for this lake. The Ghost pattern out performed all others. One night I caught a 26” and 23” walleye on consecutive casts using the ghost pattern.

This was the ninth time my dad and I have been up to Uchi Lake Lodge and on this trip we had the best morning ever one day. We once caught 150 walleye before lunch but the quality of fish during this particular morning made it much more memorable.

With no wind we had a little trouble finding fish for the first hour that morning. So we looked for any current we could find and remembered a small creek that was running quite quickly into the lake. We backed off creek into deeper water and could not keep the fish off of our lines.

My dad had four pike biteoffs in a row but quickly caught up. We were trying to catch fish under 18” to eat and ended up catching more than 15 walleye over 20” that morning including a 26” and two 25”s.

On our last afternoon we were barely able to get out due to thunderstorms. I’m glad we took advantage of the only hour of dry weather though. While out my dad and I got a double: my fish was my largest pike of the trip and my dads was his largest walleye. The pic of the pike didn’t really turnout too well but you can still get an idea. Luckily the camera decided to work when I snapped a pic of his walleye.

We have a great time going up every time we go. I recommend Uchi to anyone looking for an excellent walleye/pike lake that is run by an excellent staff.

Please enjoy the nature photos, my father has been practicing his photography skills.