It probably wasn’t very well known outside of MN, or maybe even northern MN, but the entire Minnesota watershed that feeds into Lake Winnipeg, which included Lake of the Woods, experienced insanely high water levels this year. Our humble cabin was built on the water’s edge and was constructed to handle fairly high water levels but this year was just off the scale.
This was state of things for about three months. Believe it or not, all of our systems continued to operate, although the water heater and pressure tank spent most of the summer in standing water. The water has dropped about two and a half feet since this photo was taken so the dock is finally above water again.
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The fishing didn’t seem to be affected much and was solid all summer, although the Walleyes seemed to be somewhat scattered. Lately though, we’ve been able to put some serious numbers in the boat on a single stop so my sense is they are more concentrated now. Also getting some nice bonus fish: fat Perch and even some of these guys. Have to love the Crappies.
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