Where are the fish?

Catching fish is a little bit like catching butterflies. First, you have to know where to find them. Next, you must use some stealth, or they will get away from you. Last, when you think you’ve finally corralled one, they slip by your net and you start again, excited, and ready for more action. The only difference of course, is that butterflies don’t taste that great.

Now for the fishing report.

Tyson at the Beaver House says brook trout and lake trout have been caught in the Grand Marais harbor in the Rec Park area, Artist Point, and from the end of the break-wall walk to the Coast Guard lighthouse.

“Lake trout are also being caught in front of the mouths of streams going into Lake Superior,” added Tyson.

Meanwhile, further out in the big lake, lake trout have been found in 100 to 140 feet of water.

If your fishing in the big lake, try lead core line fitted with flat lining spoons and Dipsy Divers to catch trout. Fish seem to prefer hitting watermelon-colored spoons, orange spoons, spoons that glow or are colored with purple and pink spots.

Inland, fishermen have reported nice catches of walleyes, bass, and northern in the following lakes: Devil Track, Elbow, Two Island, Gunflint, Saganaga, Sea Gull, Crescent and Caribou, just to mention a few.

Walleyes are being caught with Lindy rigs and spinners hooked with leeches or crawlers at dusk in 8-12 feet of water. lures and wacky worm rigs, leeches and crawlers.

“Mink, Trestle, Trout, and Kimball Lakes are giving up some nice catches of rainbow and splake,” said Tyson.

Leo Lake is also producing rainbow trout. Trolling or still fishing with a night crawler is a good way to catch them.

Stream fishing for brook trout is hot right now. Check out the following streams and rivers: Cascade, Elbow, Kimball, Little Devils Track, Big Devils Track, Sundling, Poplar, Kadunce, and Temperance.

Tyson said Rainbow trout are being caught on Little Cleo’s. And of course, Beaverflicks work well to catch most anything, except maybe for butterflies.