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09/26/2016 08:02PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Coming up in a couple weeks to fish Clearwater for Lakers. I normally use Powerpro with a fluorocarbon leader for smallies. Looking for advice on what to use for lakers. Should I go with just Powerpro line without a leader or will that be too visible to the fish?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
09/26/2016 08:55PM
quote walleye_hunter: "Lake trout season closes the end of September."
Boy do I feel stupid; I should have researched the regulations prior to making reservations; thanks for the info. Looks like we'll be focusing on smallmouth, which is ok with me :-).
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
09/27/2016 12:14AM
quote bwcahuggy: "I wanted to ask why would they close the season so early? "lakers are a great fishing resource and fragile. very few lake trout lakes are south of the BW and they(mn dnr) just want to protect them, the limit use to be 3 and was changed to 2 about 10+ years ago ? once again to protect them.
keep your line wet, good things will happen
09/27/2016 12:14AM
quote bwcahuggy: "I wanted to ask why would they close the season so early? "lakers are a great fishing resource and fragile. very few lake trout lakes are south of the BW and they(mn dnr) just want to protect them, the limit use to be 3 and was changed to 2 about 10+ years ago ? once again to protect them.
keep your line wet, good things will happen
09/27/2016 09:15AM
quote walleye_hunter: "quote bwcahuggy: "I wanted to ask why would they close the season so early? "
The season closes to protect them while they spawn."
Yes and actually around October 10th the DNR will be collecting eggs on Mountain lake this year.
09/27/2016 12:10PM
quote Pinetree: "quote walleye_hunter: "quote bwcahuggy: "I wanted to ask why would they close the season so early? "
The season closes to protect them while they spawn."
Yes and actually around October 10th the DNR will be collecting eggs on Mountain lake this year."
Didn't realize that Lakers spawn in the fall; thought all fish did that in the spring. I have no prob fishing for smallies instead; we release everything we catch anyway.
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
09/27/2016 09:47PM
quote bwcahuggy: "You can fish Rainbows Brook Trout and Brown Trout all through October, so that might be an option in addition to Smallies.quote walleye_hunter: "Lake trout season closes the end of September."
Boy do I feel stupid; I should have researched the regulations prior to making reservations; thanks for the info. Looks like we'll be focusing on smallmouth, which is ok with me :-)."
" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD
09/27/2016 10:25PM
quote Basspro69: "quote bwcahuggy: "You can fish Rainbows Brook Trout and Brown Trout all through October, so that might be an option in addition to Smallies."quote walleye_hunter: "Lake trout season closes the end of September."
Boy do I feel stupid; I should have researched the regulations prior to making reservations; thanks for the info. Looks like we'll be focusing on smallmouth, which is ok with me :-)."
Not in streams which closes Sept. 30th. Stream trout lakes you can still fish them as I am sure is what you meant.
09/28/2016 08:46AM
From the regs...
SMALLMOUTH BASS - Northeast* May 14, 2016 - Feb. 26, 2017 6 total combined largemouth bass with smallmouth bass.
*Northeast is defined as north
and east of U.S. Hwy 53 from
Duluth to International Falls
and Pelican and Ash lakes in
St. Louis County
SMALLMOUTH BASS - Northeast* May 14, 2016 - Feb. 26, 2017 6 total combined largemouth bass with smallmouth bass.
*Northeast is defined as north
and east of U.S. Hwy 53 from
Duluth to International Falls
and Pelican and Ash lakes in
St. Louis County
"Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it..." Harry Middleton
09/28/2016 08:54AM
quote eOar: "From the regs...
SMALLMOUTH BASS - Northeast* May 14, 2016 - Feb. 26, 2017 6 total combined largemouth bass with smallmouth bass.
*Northeast is defined as north
and east of U.S. Hwy 53 from
Duluth to International Falls
and Pelican and Ash lakes in
St. Louis County
"
Saw that; we're good to go. Like i said in an earlier post, we release everything anyway. Looking forward to catching some smallies like this!
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
09/28/2016 02:22PM
quote eOar: "From the regs...
SMALLMOUTH BASS - Northeast* May 14, 2016 - Feb. 26, 2017 6 total combined largemouth bass with smallmouth bass.
*Northeast is defined as north
and east of U.S. Hwy 53 from
Duluth to International Falls
and Pelican and Ash lakes in
St. Louis County
"
While not wrong, That may be misleading in that you would assume you can keep smallies until 2-27-2017, so ill just add this from further down in the regs so people that don't carry around a regulations book know they can no longer keep small mouth.
09/12/16 - 02/26/17 Smallmouth Bass - 2016 Catch and Release season only (statewide)
09/28/2016 05:11PM
Canada/MN border waters
border waters are different than inland lakes. if you open this link and scroll down to smallmouth/largemouth bass it appears you can have 6 in your possession. perhaps i'm not seeing the catch and release part in this border waters rules section? and if crdroste regulation quote is also correct then there is some confusion at the DNR... oh my!
border waters are different than inland lakes. if you open this link and scroll down to smallmouth/largemouth bass it appears you can have 6 in your possession. perhaps i'm not seeing the catch and release part in this border waters rules section? and if crdroste regulation quote is also correct then there is some confusion at the DNR... oh my!
09/28/2016 09:36PM
quote Mocha: " Canada/MN border waters
border waters are different than inland lakes. if you open this link and scroll down to smallmouth/largemouth bass it appears you can have 6 in your possession. perhaps i'm not seeing the catch and release part in this border waters rules section? and if crdroste regulation quote is also correct then there is some confusion at the DNR... oh my!"
Ahh, yeah I see that now,
Thats the link http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/seasons.html
Thats where I pulled my information, but in the regulations book I have it does appear they define the Northeast as Open, the term "statewide" from the link i posted is not the word they should use, and it does appear to be open until 2-27-2016
There are too many regulations in this state.
09/28/2016 09:56PM
quote bwcahuggy: "Very nice smallie.quote eOar: "From the regs...
SMALLMOUTH BASS - Northeast* May 14, 2016 - Feb. 26, 2017 6 total combined largemouth bass with smallmouth bass.
*Northeast is defined as north
and east of U.S. Hwy 53 from
Duluth to International Falls
and Pelican and Ash lakes in
St. Louis County
"
Saw that; we're good to go. Like i said in an earlier post, we release everything anyway. Looking forward to catching some smallies like this! "
" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD
10/10/2016 12:35PM
Heading home today, and of course it's mid 60s and warm . We got to Clearwater on Friday and it was 44 degrees. Saturday was windy, rainy and cold. Sunday they had their first frost. Cold fronts suck! 1 fish was all that we caught in 2 days. Beautiful Lake and love the experience at Clearwater Historic Lodge. Will be back in June and hope to fish Caribou and West Pike. Love the Gunflint trail area.
Time to get the bow out and practice for deer season.
Time to get the bow out and practice for deer season.
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
10/10/2016 10:48PM
quote bwcahuggy: "Heading home today, and of course it's mid 60s and warm . We got to Clearwater on Friday and it was 44 degrees. Saturday was windy, rainy and cold. Sunday they had their first frost. Cold fronts suck! 1 fish was all that we caught in 2 days. Beautiful Lake and love the experience at Clearwater Historic Lodge. Will be back in June and hope to fish Caribou and West Pike. Love the Gunflint trail area.
Time to get the bow out and practice for deer season. "
Clearwater in open water is a tough lake for me to catch fish. That said it is one of my favorite to canoe-I love that lake.
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