Seven Beaver Lake

[spivak]

Anybody access this lake? I've walked in alongside the railroad tracks before but wondering if there is any better way to get in--especially with a canoe. Can you come in from further down on the St. Louis (skibo mills), through Pine Lake to Round or other options? Also, what about Butterball Lake just south of the St. Louis. Wondering about that one as well. No 4 wheeler. Thanks

[reinhard1]

that is one lake i have always wanted to try as well but never made it in there. if you look at the dnr lake finder and get the lake, check the topographic map of that lake. i see a few un-inproved roads leading to the lake. i have no way of knowing if they are private or not, but there are a few. it also says you can travel by canoe up from skibo mill with some portages required. the lake hasn't been survey'ed since 1986. i would also call the Duluth area dnr office to see if they could help you. good luck.

[fateyes]

just a heads up, both Seven Beaver and Round are very shallow and very weedy lakes, this time of year they are both probably choked up with weeds bad. the trail going into Round has a bunch of no trespassing signs but I talked to the DNR regarding and they said there are property owners where the trail goes into round but all they care about is that nobody leaves old junkie boats or garbage on their property, used to be many boats on shore at one point

[MNexpoler]

I tried getting to seven beaver lake about 14 years ago by snowmobile, never made it, snow was deep and it was a warm march day and kept getting stuck, then kinda got lost. I've put it on the back burner untill I came across this topic.

[spivak]

One of my motives for getting up in there is for the wild rice. Seven Beaver, Round, Butterball all have rice. My wife and I tried heading up there in 1999. We followed a gravel road up to where it intersected the railroad--couldn't drive beyond that. Lots of grouse hunters with their 4-wheelers. I walked back in that same year with my dog and shotgun. 6-7 boats stashed where the river left the lake. Every couple of years I get the hankering to get in there. I wonder about the railroad engineers coming down through that beautiful section of country. What the heck do they get to see?

[reinhard1]

try wolf lake near brimson for wild rice. i have no idea what the regulations are for harvesting the wild rice but wolf has a lot of it and can be easily accessed. good luck.

[just_jig]

Ricing is difficult on Wolf due to the large number of stumps plus rice is thin.

Folks were out ricing on 7 beavers and butter ball over the weekend with most of the rice still green. Should be good this weekend.

Accessing butter is by either going up the St Louis from Skibo and walking a portage across to butter or up the 7 beaver road, drive along tracks just past pine lake trail a ATV trail goes west to lake (lease cabin also). To access 7 beaver drive along tracks as far as possible walk across bridge and take trail to the mouth of the St Louis. Used to be a lot of boats but Feds removed, looked real trashy.

Hard to fish 7 beaver this time of year due to rice, no fish in butter - strictly rice.

[reinhard1]

thanks for the information. i have fished wolf many times and realy never seen people harvest any of the rice. you are right about those stumps, have to navigate around them to get to the main lake. good luck.

[spivak]

Thanks for the information. I've tried ricing on Wolf one time before. Just as you say--kept running into stumps in the rice beds. Always looking to try new ricing spots.

[John12121265]

bit late but seven beavers is a amazing lake for walleye and pike they slam artificials like you wouldnt belive but its a real pain to fish the trail to get to it is dump and you definatly would need a atv in the spring (rice fills the entire lake during summer and fall) and winter fishing is not as good because the lake has low visibility. also imo the other people on the lake normaly are jerks bunch of drunks who have no repect for the law or enviroment.

[kylemaunu]

anyone have any current status of fishing stone lake  7 beaver or Big Lake? I grew up with a dad and uncle that had  a shack just off the tracks in Skibo. It has always been a dream to fish up there. Kyle Maunu in Cloquet  on Facebook also to mssg me