Lake Saganaga has been the place to go this week, offering both lake trout—in 55 feet of water using ciscoes—and walleye in 20- 25 feet of water using jig and chubs.
Anglers stopping by Buck’s Hardware say that lake trout are also biting on Gunflint Lake in 30 – 40 feet of water using ciscoes; in Clearwater Lake in 35 feet using ciscoes; and Greenwood Lake in 60 feet of water suspended at 45 feet using ciscoes and jigs and chubs.
However, fishermen at Mike’s Holiday report that fishing for lake trout is slow. Those that are biting have been caught in 40 – 45 feet of water using whole ciscoes, jigs and minnows and artificial lures.
Waxies have been the bait of choice for brook trout on Carrot Lake. They’ve been biting in 18 feet of water. Musquash splake have been found in 12 – 15 feet of water with waxies. And Kimball Lake has given up some rainbow trout in 15 feet of water with waxies also.
Left: The Cook County Ridge Riders Trout Derby on Sunday, February 28 on Gunflint Lake had a lot of happy ice fishermen, including Victor Pederson of Grand Marais with his prize-winning 10 pound 6 ounce lake trout. Below: Also enjoying the day was Jeanne Wilson of Grand Marais. Her son, Bradley, is holding the nice lake trout she caught.
The Trail Center Winter Fishing Contest continues and entries came in this week from Grant Smith who brought in a 20-inch whitefish on Feb. 26. Also on Feb. 26 was a 20-inch eelpout entry from Tyson Cronberg. On Feb. 27, James Peterson entered a 28 ¼-inch lake trout. Dale Speck was the angler of the day on Feb. 28, bringing in two brook trout, one 13 inches and 13½ inches, and a 17-inch rainbow trout.
Starting the month right, Dwight Moe brought in a 16-inch brook trout. March 3 was a busy day with Gary Brumberg entering 16-and 17-inch brook trout and Jackie Dalbec entering the other 20¾- inch lake trout.
The contest continues until the end of March, so keep fishing!
The Cook County RidgeRiders Snowmobile Club Fish Derby saw some very nice fish, with Victor Pederson winning with a 10 pound 6 ounce lake trout. In second was Gary Schlienz with a 6 pound 4 ounce trout.
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