With the calendar now into September, we are starting to see a slowdown of angling pressure. Some folks have already prepared to remove docks and start the winterization period for local cabins.
We are past peak water temperatures and are now starting to see a minimum amount of new plant life — a typical early autumn routine. Some lakes have passed full bloom of the invasive purple loosestrife, which are beginning to drop seeds onto shorelines.
If you are a lake homeowner, it's best to take flower heads and dispose of them. Even better, uproot the plants to help manage future growth production.
As far as fishing goes, we have been doing more of the same, but have also conducted some scouting missions to pass the time. Here is our report:
Fall is spawning time for lake trout and the fish certainly have been putting on the feed bag, chowing down herring and other prey on both the north and south shores. You have to pick and choose your days around the weather, but charter captains have been reporting some big lakers being caught recently.
This is an awesome time to be on the Big Lake because of the comfortable weather and chance at a trophy lake trout. Some are still catching a few coho and a few king (chinook) salmon as well. Depths of around 150 feet of water have been good. Look outside the clouds of muddy water.
As usual, it's important to take notes on water temperatures and trolling speed. If one is finding success in a certain water temp and speed, it's important to not change things up. Downriggers or copper wire long-lined has been effective, with spoons or dodger fly combos with a smelt head (meat rig) continuing to be a good tactic as well. If you don't have any cut bait, try adding some scent attractant.
South Shore walleyes were slower this week. Stream fishing has not changed much either. Anglers are still catching a few resident brown trout and brook trout. Browns are coming more frequent in the late afternoons when the sun is setting.
The St. Louis River has had somewhat of a decent bite in the mid-morning hours trolling channel breaks or flats near deeper channels. A variety of crank baits have been finally turning on. Find which one works best, and set up other lines with same or close to same presentations. My favorite has been the old firetiger colored baits in 5- and 7-inch sizes.
Jig fishing has been on the slower side, but should pick up very soon. We are starting to see musky anglers frequent the river more and more. Speed trolling oversized baits on the lower sections, or chucking big spinner rigs at shorelines up river is showing some success.
Inland lakes continue to give up fish. The reservoirs north of Duluth and some select Wisconsin lakes have seen some successful walleye catches trolling in about 20 feet. Low-light periods are still a thing and if you can help it, staying after hours can be very productive. I like to concentrate on the shallower waters of around 10 feet when night trolling.
We are also hearing other anglers are catching fish dragging live bait on lindy rigs over mid lake humps and near other structure. Panfish have been plentiful near vegetation in and around that 5-10 feet of water. Best bet is a float combination with worm chunks.
Bass have been coming off of topwater baits like poppers or buzzers. Northern pike are also being reported shore casting near breaks and vegetation.
A side note, the Lake Nebagamon boat access will be closed for several weeks for upgrades. Construction will last from Sept. 14 through Oct. 16.
Jarrid Houston of South Range is a fishing guide (houstonsguideservice.com) on Minnesota and Wisconsin inland waters, the St. Louis River and, in winter, on Lake Superior.
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