On Sunday, June 26, the young ladies on the right, Emily Grote and her friend Katie from Eden Prairie, reeled in this monster lake trout. For 15 minutes they took turns with one holding the rod while the other reeled, switching off when they got tired. Dave Grote stepped in as the fish neared the boat and the girls tired, to slide the 26-pound, 44 inch-long fish into the landing net. Mom Katie Grote was also on hand to watch the action. It was released to be caught again.
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank has this report:
Walleye action has slowed a bit in the local lakes. Most of the advice from up the Trail would indicate the best time to fish is those hours around sunset and sunrise.
Leeches are the bait of choice right now but I wouldn’t pass up the chubs so quickly as some are having good success with minnows. If action is what you’re looking for during the day then smallmouth bass is the best choice. The action is good on Hungry Jack, Seagull, Crescent, and just about all the smallmouth lakes.
Rainbow lakes reporting good action include all the old standbys: Leo, Kimball, Trout and Mink with crawlers on the drift or just off the bottom if you’re bobber fishing.
Good word on some lake trout! On Daniels Lake the lakers were hitting at about 25 feet or so. Try a jig or silver spoon with a larger minnow. Also, for some who want to trek into the B.W.C.A., word is Gillis Lake was producing very well for lake trout.
Holly Clark from Indiana, with the nice 20.25-inch smallmouth bass she caught and released on the Canadian side of Lake Saganaga on Sunday, June 26. According to Marco Manzo III of Sagonto Resort on Sag, Holly and her husband Kirk come to Lake Saganaga only for the bass/northern fishing—the walleyes are thrown back!
Tyson at the Beaver House reports the brookies are biting in the area streams. Smallmouth bass are hitting in most area lakes.
Rainbow trout are biting in Trout, Mink, Kimball and Birch lakes.
Northerns are biting in Elbow, Devil Track and Loon lakes, and the best lure of choice is called the live target frog.
Walleye report is slow with a mayfly hatch going on. Best lakes are Crescent, Elbow, Gunflint and Seagull using leeches and spin floats.
Lake trout are biting in 180 feet of water in Lake Superior and the water temperature is coming up from 43 degrees. Sag, Gunflint, South and Moss lakes are doing good.
Left: News-Herald Publisher Hal Kettunen had great luck while fishing at High Banks Resort on Lake Winnibigoshish over the 4th of July weekend. He got this 27.5-inch walleye on Sunday, July 3, using a Lindy rig and crawler in 21 feet of water.
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