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.

Hi Judy,

Sheila and I visited during the last week of August, a few weeks later than the previous 2 times we’ve been here. Upon our arrival, which was delayed slightly due to fog, we were able to get in a couple of hours on the lake before meeting the ‘veterans’ at shore lunch.

Sheila mentioned to some of the folks that we had some luck with the northerns, but hadn’t located any walleyes.  One particular fellow, we’ll call Clyde (veterinarian, emergency medical tech, overall jack-of-all trades - you know who you are), went so far as to provide us with a couple of tinsel-skirted jig heads and detailed directions to one of his successful walleye spots. That afternoon we proceeded to catch one after another, mostly in the keeper size range of 15″ to 17″. Just when we thought we might call it a day, Sheila’s rod bent to the water line. What we thought to be an opportunist pike turned out to be a 27″ walleye, the largest catch of that week.

Clyde got a kick out of chiding us for using ‘his’ lures, and ‘his’ spot to catch what he had spent the previous few days searching for. The next day I managed to land a 24″ walleye. On our last day we decided to count fish. After less than 2 hours fishing in one spot we landed 49 walleyes. The pike weren’t hitting the top-water baits as eagerly as in the previous trips, but we still managed to bag a number of decent sized fish using spoons and spinners.

Overall, I would (and have continually) highly recommend Uchi to anyone looking for a place to catch quality fish. The numbers and sizes are both exceptional. The staff is among the friendliest and most attentive that you’ll find anywhere.

Sheila & Steve McMahan