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Heading up to Grand Marais Oct 21 - 26. Staying at Trailside and hoping to hit Hungry Jack, Pike, and Two Island Lakes. Looking for smallmouth mostly, maybe walleye. Any recent general reports? Not asking for specific locations. Have a great day! Jake

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Well as of late the walleyes are deeper and the smallies are loving topwater or most things moving. Do not rule out a trip to Tom Lake for some walleyes same goes with Devilfish. That time of year current areas can be good as the whitefish start heading to spawning area if the water temps are right.

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I will be up there last week in September. Bring warm clothes. Last year we froze in a cold rain.  I was up at HJ in June.  Did pretty well.  In Oct look for everything deep.  Need to trust your locator because they will just be roaming around. Look for deep water humps if you can find them.   If you are going to go to Hungry Jack anyway, I would hit the two other lakes right next door.  West Bearskin had some pretty decent Walleye action.  Clearwater had both walleye and Smallmouth.  We hit the Smallmouth real well on the east end of the lake past the palisades.  You will be in BWCA so it is a 10hp limit there. Plus you need to fill out a permit at the landing.

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 That time of year I'd imagine the lakes will have turned over by then. Some of the sheltered areas might already have skim ice as well. I would guess big swim baits or minnow baits would be ideal, or even shiners or sucker minnows. I'll be up there that same week, but I'll be hitting the stream trout lakes. Definitely bring warm clothes! I wear my ice armor suit while up there...The last 3 years I've been up there the temps have rarely gotten above 40, and had to deal with very windy conditions, and even snow! But you'll be lucky to see other people...after MEA weekend, it's pretty lonely up there ;)

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Note to self to re-read post before submitting - September 21 - 26,  not October :(

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Very late report... Weather was cool and rainy. Pike Lake and Hungry Jack a bust. Caught a few smallies on Two Island.

Jake

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I will be going up to the cabin this weekend to do some hunting and fishing. I will let yall know how it goes.

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I was in shock how many hunters were up in Grand Marais. The most I have ever seen and the DNR officer said the same thing. I was up there with a fellow Fishing Minnesota member and we got 6 grouse and one snowshoe. 2 of the grouse were Spruce Grouse males which is good to see. We saw one moose and a few ducks. We never made it out duck hunting, but some of the ducks we seen were goldeneyes. Here is most of the grouse and bunny.

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Yeah, we stopped going up there on MEA weekend a few years ago. Moose madness is fun for the kids and all, but waiting 1 more week is way cheaper, and there are ALOT less people in the woods. I'll be heading up on friday, hopefully the grouse are out and the trout are hungry!

 

When I was younger, we used to shoot ducks while grouse hunting. We would come up to lakes along the road and stop the truck, get our guns out and walk along the lake. There would always be ducks hanging out along the shoreline by the roads. Then we would retrieve them with a big spoon and treble hook...we would end up catching a few pike in the process as well. 

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Well, just got back from an extended weekend. We were treated to a beautiful sunrise over the lake at the lester river on friday morning. And from there the weather went south! By the time we got up to Grand Marais, and up to pine trestle lake, it was about 35 degrees, raining, cold, windy...and I couldn't have been happier! The splake were hungry, so I was easily able to overlook my soggy gloves and wet ice suit. Caught quite a few, but only kept 1. Things were slower on esther lake, only caught 3. Sunday, we fished a secret lake, and the splake action was ok, kept 3. Found another secret lake, and caught 2 from shore...and was also "attacked" by a mink. Then today, we just did a little shore fishing at bogus, trout, mink, and kimball lakes. And my 7 year old daughter caught the 1 and only rainbow trout of the trip. We only see a few grouse...my dad didn't even get any shots off. I might have to stay an extra day up there next fall. There's just too many trout lakes to choose from!

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Forgot to mention a wild animal encounter...while getting the canoe loaded up at esther lake, I was drinking a rip it citrus energy drink. I set it down for a few minutes to get the last things put in the canoe. As I turn around and go to grab my drink, a chipmunk tipped the can over and was drinking my energy drink! Can't imagine a chipmunk anymore hyper than they already are :grin:

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