Let's Talk Fishin...

[Bobby Bass]

Let's Talk Fishin...

With the challenge coming up I thought it would be a good idea to start a string on fishing in your area. What can others expect to see coming out of your local waters. I'll Start

I live in Duluth MN and we have a variety of fish to chase up here. I don't know anyone who has the time or money to go after them all. You would have to have several different boats. The big lake and that is Lake Superior gives up lake trout, salmon and walleyes. The Saint Louis Bay also know as the harbor has a awesome walleye fishery. Walleye from the big lake head up through here to spawn and the as summer days move along they work they way back and out to the big lake. A improving small mouth bass population has been growing the past few years here and also northern and trophy size muskies. Crappies can also be found in the back waters. 10# walleyes are not uncommon here.

Several rivers enter the big lake along the north shore and steel head and salmon are there to be caught. I fish in an arc of about 75 miles mostly in the pursuit of largemouth bass and northern. Not as big here as down south but 5# bass are here. Northern into the low teens are not uncommon and the local lakes still put out a few 20 pound fish every season. Inland lakes have walleyes and sunfish. Our sunnies once again are not nearly as big as the lower part of the state and here a 12-14 inch crappies is huge. Our open water season is somewhat shorter then lower part of the state. An interesting thing about fishing here is I can start at the lower end of my fishing area and follow the bite northward. I have lakes that are almost a 150 miles apart, In the fall it can be fall at the northern lake and still summer down south.

Best thing up here is all the variety of fishing to be had. You better learn a lot of techniques to stay ahead. How about your neighborhood? What ya got swimming in your waters?

[tripnchip]

Just to mention a mine pit on the end of town and a lake with in a mile. The pit can give up rainbow- eyes - big pike if you can get them to take a hook instead of the trout- bass- sunnies- and crappie. The lake will give up all the above except trout. In the lake you will get alot of small pike and bass before tying into anything with size to it, same goes for the pan fish and eyes.
 like bobby I nainly fish bass and pike.