Fishing Report
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Sixth year here and as usual, another great week.
580 walleye, many, many over 20″ and about 20 northern, biggest at 34-1/2″
Next year we’ll get that 30″ walleye!
Judy and her staff, Bertha and Dennis, have been great hosts, as usual.
First trip to Leg Lake. What a beautiful lake with big fish.
Twelve months and counting till Uchi is home for a another great week.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Wow, not 10 minutes after leaving the dock on our first day, I boated a 33″ Northern! Uchi Lake is great!
Friday, August 21st, 2009
This is our 5th year coming to Uchi Lake Lodge and after catching 581 fish in 2007, we thought it could not get much better. Boy were we wrong.
This year we caught three trophy fish: a 40 inch northern and a 32 inch and a 27.5 inch walleye. We also shattered our 2007 total of 581 by 171 posting a total of 752 fish which is over 107 fish a day.
Here is a daily summary of our catch:
Day 1 60
Day 2 88
Day 3 91
Day 4 100
Day 5 123
Day 6 154
Day 7 136
TOTAL 752
Significant Walleyes in inches: 32, 27.5, 26(2), 25.5, 24(4), 23(4), 22.5, 22(10), 21(5), 20(4)
Significant Northerns in inches: 40, 36(2), 33, 29.5, 27.5
Bernie also drug up a rod and reel from the bottom of the lake on two separate occasions. We later found out that our conservations license only allowed for one rod and reel catch so we threw one back into the lake.
No fishing report is complete without a fish story. Well here is ours. Bernie was bringing in a walleye and a northern made a pass at the walleye but missed. Then while Bernie was bringing the walleye to the surface and I was netting the the walleye the northern made a comeback and leaped out of the water and landed in the net with the walleye. It was a 36 inch northern and figured that since there were no hook marks in the fish I should get at least half credit for the catch. Bernie rode back to camp that night with the fish net in his hands hoping to catch a flying northern.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Day nine of my ten day trip. Seventeen Walleye over 23 inches. Largest was 31 1/2. Good news is, I caught the largest Walleye of my life. Bad news is, I lost two larger. Just another reason to come back next year. Oh, by the way, my fish is the largest caught this year. Sorry Mr.Grant I beat you out by .5 inches.
Bill
Monday, July 27th, 2009
…rain…rain…but !!…31 inch northern and 12 walleye in about 45 minutes…
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
What a trip!! 23 guys and no problems!!
We have been coming up for over 20 years now and this had to be the best trip of all. We caught more big fish than ever. One day 7/14 was amazing, the party caught 34 walleys over 24″, 8 over 28″.
P.S. Any one looking for a good neterman, contact Bobby D. from Albert Lea. He also comes with full bar while you enjoy your day!! Plenty of excitement.
The Grant Party
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
This is the place to come to catch fish and you do it with class..
Includes the lovely ladies who do a magnificent job in taking care of a bunch of noisy guys.
See all of you next year!!!
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
I have been fishing at Uchi with 25 friends for at least 12 years. This is the best any of us, many who are in our 70s have fished. We are set for 2010!
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
5 days of big fish (and a few little ones too). Biggest walleye was 31″ & the largest northern was 42″!
We also caught 9 walleye that went 28″ with lots of 27″, 26″, and 25″ inchers to round out a fantastic trip.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Unbelievable fishing. Are you kidding me? Yesterday, I caught a 31, 27, 26, 25.5, and a 24 inch walleye. Does it get any better than this?
