Paul Anderson of Grand Marais and friends had a great day on Lake Superior with Captain Jerry Skarupa of Secret Lures. They caught a feast of lake trout. (L-R) Paul Anderson, Warren Strootman, Bob Strootman.
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank files this report:
Northerns and smallies, northerns and smallies… it’s what I’ve been hearing all week. People have been trolling their favorite northern lakes with various Rapalas and spoons. There are those who are still fishing with sucker minnows as well.
The smallies are in their familiar haunts in 4 to 12 feet of water. You can pitch plastics or throw spinners at them. Walleye action is there but has slowed a bit. You know the basic routine, a little deeper during the day and in at night. Evenings can still be hot.
I fished a few 12 inchers out of a local stream this past week using panther martins as well as some crawlers when I started getting hungry. Though it was too tight for this amateur to fish with a fly, I went home with a little smile on my face.
Emily Meyer from Deer River, Minnesota caught this 10-pound lake trout while fishing on Lake Superior with Captain Darren Peck of Tofte Charters on Tuesday, July 1.
Rainbow, brookie, and splake action is picking up for those morning and evening fly fishermen. Lake Superior is also giving up some lakers and salmon down in the 120- to 160-foot range. That is if the fog doesn’t deter you, or the rain for that matter.
Tyson at the Beaver House said walleyes are biting good on most area lakes using leeches and crawlers on pink or orange Beaver Flicks and your favorite tackle of choice.
Smallmouth bass are hitting on the surface at Two Island Lake. Brook trout in the local streams are biting good now, and with all the rain they are up and moving.
Rainbow trout on Mink, Kimball and Trout lakes are doing good. Lake trout are biting on Loon Lake.
Lake Superior lake trout are being caught or 70 to 140 feet deep.
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