Anglers should be aware of a change to the law regarding the purchase of fishing licenses. You now must have a driver’s license or MN public ID card, you can’t use just your last year’s fishing license.
Changes to licensing have not slowed down Northland fishing, however, and walleyes have been caught on a number of local lakes—on Hungry Jack in 17 feet of water using a jigging rap and minnow; on Flour Lake in 22 feet with a jig and minnow; and on East Twin in 12 feet using a jig and minnow.
Lake trout fishermen have been finding success on Clearwater Lake in 60 feet of water, fishing 40 feet down using cisco pieces on spoons. Lake Saganaga anglers are setting up in 55 feet of water, fishing down 25 – 30 feet using a jig and minnow. Reports from Gunflint Lake suggest fishing at 45 – 50 feet of water using spoons with flathead minnows. And Moss Lake fishermen have found lakers at 40 feet of water using a jig and minnow.
Esther Lake has been good for rainbow trout at 12 – 15 feet of water using waxies on an ice fly. Chester Lake browns are being caught in 20 feet of water using waxies in the evening. The Trail Center Winter Fishing Contest continues but fishermen should be aware that there was a typographic error in last week’s fish report. The lake trout caught by Eli Hill of Grand Marais was 28 ¾-inches, not 38 ¾ inches. Sorry Eli!
This week the only entry was a 34-inch lake trout brought in by Reid Johnson.
The Trail Center contest continues until March 31 with first, second, and third place prizes in all categories. Sarah at Trail Center said all fish count—walleye, northern, splake, lake trout, etc.
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