It was a beautiful weekend on the Gunflint Trail and the wife and I decided to celebrate her 30th birthday at the cabin. Saganaga was busy with anglers on both the Minnesota and Canadian sides. Fishing was much better than the week before and the girls actually laid out in the sun while trying to catch a trout.
If you were willing to hike into Minnesota, the action was a lot better than on the Canadian side, but it was still pretty good. If you need a Canadian fishing license they are available at both Chippewa Inn and Sagonto Resort. You need to have your Canadian Sportsman’s Card from last year to purchase a license. However, if you are like me and never received your card last year you will simply need to buy another one for $9. There is a phone number to call on the receipt in case you did not get your card in the mail, but I just never got around to it.
The recent warming trends are melting snow faster than I had hoped, but it is hard not to enjoy the warm sunshine hitting your face every day. It feels like spring but without all of the pesky bugs flying around. The driveways and side roads are getting very soft and muddy and I cannot imagine the trails are looking any better.
If we get the forecasted rain this week, this winter season could be all but a memory. I hope it does not happen, but it would take an awful lot of snow and cold temperatures to save it.
TheMush for a Cure fundraiser to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation will be this weekend, March 12 – 13. The take-off will be Saturday morning in front of Gunflint Pines resort and the non-competitive run will end at Trail Center.
There is a very good chance the event could be altered, but as of right now the plans are to continue as scheduled. Thewarm weather makes the dogs work too hard and the slushy trails make it even harder to pull a sled. The dogs can actually work much harder in the colder temperatures, which makes sense, and the trails need to have some snow on them.
There will be a huge tent set up at Trail Center for the pre-party on Friday the 12th. They are calling it the “Meet the Mushers” spaghetti dinner, and following will be a dance that I am being told has a “prom” theme. In pink, of course. So don’t be shy. Come up the Trail this weekend for a great party and a great cause.
Cory Christianson, a 2000
graduate of the University of
Iowa, has worked as a fishing
guide on the Gunflint Trail
for nine years. If you have any
fishing reports or stories to
share, send an email to: christiansoncory@
hotmail.com or
call 218-388-0315
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