Panfish, bluegills and crappies

[TomBow]

After too dang long, I finally have a home computer, access to the net and can reconnect with my internet buds. Moved to Proctor in November and now need to start researching the fishing around Duluth. Any info you can share will be greatly appreciated. I am looking for decent panfish lakes to hit for ice fishing. Any suggestions? Thanks, Best of all to you and yours, Happy New Years and here's hoping your frying pan is filled with tasty filets from time to time!

Thanks,

TomBow

[Capt.Blaine]

Welcome to Duluth! If you are looking for lots of action fish pike lake for perch and walleyes. You will have to do some sorting the perch run small. A few nice eyes mixed in with the perch. Or head down the rd to Caribou lake for crappies and bluegills. your best bet for bluegills is waxies on the edge of weedlines. Crappies try the deeper parts of the lake. Hope this helps a little good luck!

[Surface Tension]

Tom welcome to the area. In addition to those try Nichols, Elora, Comstock, Fish, and Island (near Barnum)lakes. They all have crappies, Nichols and Fish also are good for gills.

[roosterslayer]

Surface can you tell me which of those lakes near barnum that you would recommend for good panfish but also a pike or two on tip ups.i will not be from the barnum areas next weekend.

[Surface Tension]

roosterslayer, I rarely go south to fish and Island lake out of Barnum is one of the few lakes I hit for crappies there. When you have suspended crappies in an area your going to have pike targeting those crappies. So if your into crappies stick your tipup near by. Suspend your bait it at or above the level your seeing the crappies at.

[TomBow]

Thanks guys for the information. I or we will be hitting Boulder, probably this afternoon, to see if cooperative 'eyes are around. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again.

[roosterslayer]

Thanks surface i ahven't even been out yet this year, i cant trust bad ice after going through in the past. I hope something will be biting where ever we go.

[Walterwontfalter]

Island Lake is actually about 10 miles south of Barnum by the town of Moose Lake. Bear Lake by Barnum is good for panfish. Island is too. Island Lake has many big Pike and is stocked with Muskies too.

[only ice]

Welcome to the Form, and Proctor. There is a few members on here that are from Proctor,and mabey a few that wont admit it!! Wish I could help you out about the fishing around here. I havent been out in a few weeks. been going up to LOW alot and when I get home after a 4 day trip I need a day or two off. There is alot of good information on this form and a lot of help with questions. Good Luck and Good Fishing!!!

[loadmaster]

Try Echo lake oputside of Moose Lake (city) in the state park. You have to buy a day pass but you can walk out from the beach area and be in 20-30' of water and also be close close enough to put a tip up out. If you look at the lake map you can see where to go. Do good on the crappies and smaller snakes on the tips>>>. Also a good little lake is lake twelve on the anderson rd. Tons of crappies you have to sort at this lake to take home a nice limit but for kids its great. The back bay is putting out now 25-30'fow [email protected]

[TomBow]

Thanks roosterslayer. Did end up on Boulder on Tuesday afternoon, due to limited auger sharpness we stuck to one spot and got one hit, 8' deep, 1 16" walleye at 4:50 PM, using blue jig and fathead. That was all that happened. We marked lookers but I guess we just didn't have the right spot, or right lure/bait. dat's fishin'! Thanks again and good luck!

[roosterslayer]

hey TOM not sure what i did or said that needed a thanks but ok!