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An axiom of fishing is that the harder the bugs bite, the harder the fish bite. The only problem is, who will get their limit first? You? Or the bugs, who are feeding off you? Or will the fish eat enough bugs so you will only be bait for the bugs not eaten by the fish with full stomachs who are no longer enticed by lures, leeches, minnows, or crawlers?
Fishing can be vexing. A conundrum of sorts, but a fun sport none the less, bugs or no bugs.
Locally, Off-shore fishing is picking up, with nice catches of lake trout and coaster brook trout being reported. The nice thing about this type of fishing is that you don’t need a boat. Fish in front of streams or rivers that empty into Lake Superior or even from places like Artist Point in the Grand Marais harbor. Plenty of fish are near shore and can be caught by patient fishermen/women.
Out on the big lake the salmon are starting to appear, and lake trout are being taken in depths of 80 feet to the surface.
Stream fishing for brook trout is good right now. Wade in the streams if there is no trail to follow. Use an ice fishing rod in brushy streams where there is no room to cast. Spinner and small hooks tipped with worms or nightcrawlers are best to use to catch brook trout.
Tyson at the Beaver House has been getting good reports of inland lakes giving up nice catches of bass and northern. He said the walleye fishing is a little slower now but that should pick up at any time.
Some inland lakes to try are Trout, Northern Light, Hungry Jack,
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 just at dark in 8-12 feet of water.
Small mouth bass are being caught on artificial lures and wacky worm rigs, leeches, and crawlers.
Mink, Trestle, Leo, Trout, and Kimball Lakes are giving up some nice catches of rainbow and splake, said Tyson.
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