How good is fishing right now? Adults and kids have been picking up some nice lake trout, brook trout and an occasional brown trout in the harbor, or casting from Artist Point of the Coast Guard breakwall. You don’t need a big boat to fish Lake Superior. Coho, lake trout and some coaster brook trout are also being caught in […]
Devil Track Walleyes
I can officially give a firsthand fishing report from Devil Track Lake after spending an hour with my son, Bo, trolling for walleyes. The hardest obstacle of lodge life has been managing our work time efficiently enough to allow family time – even if only for an hour. Devil Track Lake is reputed to have a lot of small walleyes, […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Mary Manning (Grand Marais East) patrolled inland lakes and Lake Superior checking anglers and boaters. The officer also checked several off-highway motorcycles; resident operators are reminded that they must have registration on “dirt bikes” unless they are used exclusively for organized track events. The officer also encountered ATVs operating on the state highway and had to remind the drivers […]
Baseball: alumni lose to youngsters
The final score in the Fisherman’s Picnic CCHS alumni baseball game favored the kids 10-2 over the alumni. Or maybe the score was 10-3? At any rate, more fun was had than anything as former CCHS baseball players donned their gloves, baseball caps, and employed their Ruthian baseball bats once again against kids from 2010 to the present. “It was […]
Minnesota State Log Rolling Championships
Some of the finest amateur log rollers that can be found anywhere on the planet competed at the 2017 Minnesota State Log Rolling Championships in Grand Marais on Aug. 5. Log rollers came from the Twin Cities, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The event was hosted by the YMCA Cook County North Shore Rollers (NSR). The top three kids in four age […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, July 316:48 a.m., Hovland: Report of power lines down on Great SpiritRoad.9:19 a.m., Grand Marais: Complaint […]
