I'm going up at the end of the month for a 3 day weekend trip and am looking for recommendations on entry points. I'd like to do some laker fishing so Clearwater looked like an option (how busy can Clearwater be in the winter?). Duncan or Daniels also looked like possibilities. Would you recommend any of these over the others? Or other options I have overlooked?

Those are all good options. I don't think Clearwater will be very busy, there will be some folks fishing outside the BWCA, but there might not be many people going down the lake.

Another option to consider is Seagull Lake, the access is super easy and there are lots of good spots to camp and fish for trout.

Andy

I was just on Duncan Lake 2 weekends ago. Easy packed trail the whole way. Lots of chopped cedar on a particular campsite leftover that I didn't use up.

We camped on Clearwater in early March 2017, and we were the only ones on the lake.