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More fishing on Bete Grise for Lake Trout

On Monday we had both of my boats out with a large family from the Detroit area. Glenn, Coleen and kids. Did a little agate hunting on Manitou besides some fishing.Ended up with 5 lake trout, one was a 7 pounder and the rest were average for this area. The big one was boated on […]

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Summary of the last few days on the water and otherwise.

Thursday we got a later than usual start with some Detroit guys that called me recently. Retired U.S. Navy submarine man Lewis and High School IT computer guy Marshall had a good day on the water as we came in with 6 fish, one of which was a nice steelhead. Submarine man, Lewis, is an […]

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Fishing lately

Fished with baker Julia and nurse Kaitlynn on Monday morning for a couple of hours and got 7 lake trout total, most of them suspended. It was Kaitlynns first time on lake superior fishing for lakers, but Julia has been out before. In the afternoon, Margie and I took out a couple, interior designer Lynne […]

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Fishing with a Party from Detroit and with my Boys

Thursday me and my boys went to the Manitou Island area to try the scum line after fishing on the south side of the island. Had good success on the south, with 4 nice lake trout, but even though we found the scum line did not find the fish in the 40 minutes we fished […]

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Up-date on some recent fishing trips

Thursday, this week was too windy to fish, so spent the day in town and cut a couple cedars for my dock among other things. Friday I had planned to fish out of Eagle Harbor, but as I launched my boat, I noticed the wind pickign up out of the WSW. I decided to change […]

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Fishing for lake trout, small mouth bass, pike, rock bass and…

Fished in Lake Superior with the boys on Monday in order to try new places. Did not find any new ones, so we fished for a short time on one of my “spots” and caught 4 lake trout. Two of them came in together as a double header, one on a deep sea (meat pole […]

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Eagle Harbor, Fishing the “scum line”

Had a slow day with 2 printing shop workers from Mn this morning, one of which I took out into Bete Grise last summer. The threat of showers held off and the weather was really nice in spite of the fog on the lake. Fished about 6 miles out on a temp break, but could […]

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Lighthouse Sightseeing and Fishing out of Eagle Harbor over 750 feet of water

Wednesday, we took a sightseeing ride out to Manitou Island Lighthouse and Gull Rock Lighthouse with a couple from Maryland. After this trip, they were going to Ontonagon to see the Fourteen Mile Point Lighthouse, then to Grand Marais, MN to make a circle around Isle Royale to see Rock of Ages Lighthouse, Passage Island […]

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Mixture of Lake Trout, Coho Salmon and Steelhead Yesterday, but Just lakers today

Sunday was spent; with the family and visiting friends at Lac La Belle, but hope as I might, nobody asked me to take them fishing, so Finally, I asked Margaret if she wanted to go for a boat ride out to Bete Grise. She consented and as it turned out, I set a few lines […]

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Catching more lake trout in Bete Grise in our favorite places

We got a later start today, casting off at 9 am with 3 good guys from MN that also chartered last summer. I think they are “hooked” on lake trout fishing, since that was what we caught last year and they wanted to go after the same this time. The day was just awesome, flat […]

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