Ron Schlienz of Grand Marais stopped by to show off his frosty catch on Monday, January 16. The big lake trout was 19¾ pounds. Schlienz said he caught it on Gunflint Lake but didn’t want to share any other information. Asked what depth the big trout was caught in, Ron said simply, “Over my head.”
This week’s report from Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank:
Over in Birch Lake the splake were pretty nice. Not a bunch but as usual in Birch, some really nice ones. Don’t all rush over at once, word was splake were hitting in 8 to 15 feet of water though the fish were suspended about 4 feet beneath the ice.
Other lakes are hitting as well. Word on Musquash was there were so many people that the actual ice fishing was nearly an afterthought. People did get fish however. Depths were from about 6 feet to 18 feet or so; waxies being the bait of choice. Trestle Pine reported action on both rainbows and splake… jigs and waxies in 8 to 10 feet. Kimball and Mink were a little slow over the weekend but most were fishing in 12 to 20 feet of water. Bring your waxies along.
While you’re out that way you might want to hit Trout Lake. The lakers were suspended in 50 to 55 feet of water or so and the rainbows were shallower in 8 to 16 feet or less. Both minnows and waxies were being used.
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