John C. Jacobsen of Grand Marais had an awesome day of fishing recently. This 35 ½ inch lake trout had a girth of 19 ½ inches. John would not share where he caught the lunker, other than to say he was jigging with a minnow on a mid-Trail lake.
Jon at Buck’s has this report for the week of March 7:
I have a few lakes to talk about this week but there haven’t been too many people out, so I haven’t heard many reports. People were heading up to Kemo Lake and picking up some lake trout. Using a jig or spoon tipped with a minnow, they were fishing in 25 to 33 feet of water. Saganaga was also reporting lakers in 40 to 50 feet or so. Large Bucktail jigs and minnows seemed to produce some fish. Jigging Raps or Nils Masters were also working fairly well.
Gunflint was producing in 50 to 60 feet or so. Spoons and a minnow were the bait of choice according to one fisherman. Greenwood reported some nice action very deep, 55 feet or more using spoons and minnow.
A couple of standbys in the rainbow department would include Trout Lake for both lakers and rainbows. Various depths will work here. Some were at 18 to 25 feet while others went much deeper, 50 to 60 feet using jigs and spoons with minnows. Trestle Pine also reported some rainbow action in 16 to 23 feet using small jigs and waxies. Lastly I’d like to mention Shoe Lake for some Brookies fishing 14 to 22 feet with small spoons and waxies.
Craig Schulte at Super America says Clearwater Lake is doing okay, with one group catching 11 lake trout and another group catching eight. All were small in size. “Just a plain hook and minnow rig was the trick,” he said.
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