The 2008 season has been wet and wild thus far, with a lot of cool temps and windy, rainy weather.  Much of Lake of the Woods was covered in ice on the Minnesota opener, which is almost two weeks later than usual.  The end result of all this is that water levels are high and water temps are cooler than normal for this time of year.  This hasn't cooled off the fishing though!  The average size of our walleyes has been larger this year, and there has been a lot more 24" to 27"fish caught than normal.  We've had good action on smallmouth bass this year, and landed a few pushing the 20" mark.  We have spent very little time chasing after the toothy critters this year, but our biggest northern so far is 42", and the biggest muskie is 46".  Our midsummer weather patterns are just around the corner, so the best fishing is yet to come for most species.  With the hot weather comes some hot fishing!