Forum: Trout / Salmon

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Heres Some Follow up pics from the next few days of the trip. Hope you enjoy. Snagged this one and still got it in!

Jay Soderbloom and company spent a few days out near Isle Royal and caught some dandy fish. He caught his biggest Laker ever...30lbs+ 42"!!!!! The other fish were between 8-15lbs. Water was still cold and the fish were caught up shallow. Congrats on a brute of a fish Jay! :Banane09:

For anyone coming up the Ely way..... I just spoke with a friend of mine who has been fishing Miner's Lake in Ely quite extensively this season. If you are unfamiliar with where Miner's Lake is located... The Lake is within the city limits of Ely. Come into town from the West on 169 and take a...

Sat: Ran out of the Knife back towards Duluth to try and find a break. Found a few spots, but nothing defined. Trolled around for a few hours going 1 for 2 with a 7 lbs Laker that took a Monkey Puke off a SWR 70 feet down. Sun: Ran out of the Duluth Entry up to the Lester. Found some good ...

My buddy went to algoma to troll for Kings. Came back with 15 and 2 steelhead. 30-90 fow. White dodger and white fly did well - 'anchovie' Moon Shine spoon was the ticket early and late (it glows blue).:chin: "Orange crush" spoon on top for steelhead - 5 colors of lead core and one full core...

Left for Montana at 4:30 in the Morning sat the 23rd of June, swung into St. Cloud and picked up my cousin, and made the 12-hour drive to mom’s house. Got to mom’s and relaxed for a couple of hours then went and looked over the prairie dog towns we were going to be shooting at, went back to town...

6/2/07 Saturday: Left the dock at 6:00 and tried to get out before the waves got too big....they were darn close as we got out of the Duluth Entry. Trolled over to the Superior Entry and called it a day going 1 for 1 the lone fish being a 27 1/2" Walleye that took a Rebel Fast track 18 feet down on...

I took avantage of the warm weather this last weekend and the lack of under growth and walked a few miles of a small brook trout stream. I know trout season is closed now, so I didn't have a rod in hand. After about a mile the small stream started to reveal that it's home to quite a few brookies...

Have any of you launched on Grindstone during the Summer months? I was thinking about making a run up there tomorrow (weather permitting) but I've heard that the channel can be pretty shallow. I don't want to haul my barge up there and then not be able to launch.

I am looking for 2 or 3 guys to fish this on the 1st and/or 2nd. JAWS DERBY RULES 2007 The JAWS DERBY begins Friday, June 1, one hour before Sunrise and runs until noon Sunday, June 3, 2007. The fishing area is from the mouth of Barden Creek, Wisconsin to Knife Island at Knife...

Evacuation order in effect along Gunflint Trail Duluth News Tribune The Cook County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation order for areas of the Gunflint Trail north and west of the Cross River due to a forest fire. The evacuation order, which covers about the last 8 to 10...

What are all of the differences in fishing designated trout lakes and other lakes with trout in them?

To ease the confusion of some of our staff, here is a new thread with the info in an easy to find spot: When: Saturday, April 21st Time: Sunrise - ??? Launch Site: Park Point Public Access This will be a fun event targetting Lakers and Coho Salmon on Lake Superior. Lodging is available at...

Here is a link to some Lake Superior Coho Salmon footage we shot last weekend. Thanks again to Stratocaster and Marv for taking the wife and I out there! Also, on the home page there is a smaller version for those with dial up. ...

Returning specially tagged fish to DNR worth $50 Duluth News Tribune Published Sunday, March 25, 2007 North Shore anglers should keep their eyes open this spring for Kamloops or steelhead rainbow trout that have yellow “reward” tags inserted near their dorsal fins. The specially marked...

Did anyone else see the pic in the new In_Fisherman of the Laker caught up on Lake Tazin??? They released it but the measurements were 50 inches long with a girth of 33.5" Some calculations put it over 70 lbs, the current hook & line record is 72!!!

This is an "Iron Range" report, so I thought it would look good if I posted it here. Went out to Deep Lake on Friday just out of Gilbert. It's a fairly small lake, roughly 60 acres, so I was hoping to catch a few decent crappies. Set up the portable in about 32 FOW at around 4PM. Fished from 4-8...

does anyone have any suggestions for a salmon charter or and easy rig for a private boat on Superior?

Dan Wood, Steve Wood, and myself hit Grindstone by Hinkley today in hope of some rainbows. While I was there we only saw one fish and that was from 7:00am ish to 10. Slowest day I have had yet out there. Dan and Steve stayed longer so maybe they were able to find some fish later...hopefully they...

Heading to Grindstone tomorrow morning for my second attempt at some Rainbows. I was spoiled on my first outing there this year and hope I will be again. Anyone else going to be there? I will report when I get back.

Hit grindstone today. we started off for some lakers in 45ft, graphed a few a few fish early in the morning pulled two smallers lakers about 15inches. then we tried in shallower in 11ft right when we set uo there got a nice 16in rainbow and a 13 bow. after the second on nothin for a few hours....

A friend of mine took me out to Grindstone this morning for some trout (Rainbow/Brown) fishing. I went because I've never fished trout trough the ice before and I sure am glad we did. He told me we would be fishing in 3-4 feet of water which made me question the choice but not anymore. We got to...

Area trout lakes in good shape for winter season (2006-12-28) The winter trout-fishing season begins January 13, 2007, and is eagerly anticipated by many area anglers. "Trout stocking last spring and this fall should give anglers plenty of opportunity," explains Jeff Tillma, DNR fisheries...

It will be interesting to see what affect these things have on Lake Superior...... New species invades harbor John Myers Duluth News Tribune Published Wednesday, January 10, 2007 The good news is that the Twin Ports’ population of invasive zebra mussels could be wiped out of the harbor...

Does anybody know of any good lake trout lakes or spots? I have a couple buddies coming up in a couple weeks and would like to go catch some lakers. I have it in my mind that any lake up in the BWCA would be a good lake, or any lake in or around Ely, it's just this will be all of our first time...

Updated fisheries plan reflects progress on Lake Superior (2006-11-28) A decade of progress in rehabilitating Lake Superior's wild lake trout, lake herring and salmon populations is reflected in the final version of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Lake Superior fisheries...

I was able to get out for a few hours in the morning today. Luckly we have had warm weather the last few days and today was just as nice. I ended up hooking and landing 2 nice Steelhead and 1 nice brown. All 3 giving a great fight! Not sure what the water temp was but it was very cold to the...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A government crackdown on live fish shipments from the Great Lakes states is intended to check the spread of a deadly aquatic virus, but critics say it could devastate the region's fishing industry. In an emergency order last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's...

Got up to Port again yesterday with my wife and we ended up having a good outing. We landed 6 Kings and one fish that wasfoul hooked. The wife got 4 and the first 3 and I got 2 biggest. The fish ranged from 5-17 lbs. and all were taken on spawn. The wife had a blast but was bummed about losing a...