I was lucky enough to get a permit for Little Gabbro for mid July. Does anyone have any fishing advice they can give me? It seems like a mixed bag. I am trying to decide on a campsite where fishing would be decent between the two lakes. We will day trip to some of the surrounding lakes. This is a new area of the BWCA for me. Thank you in advance.

I have had better luck fishing on Bald Eagle than Gabbro. There are a few nice sites on B E, but Gabbro has better overall sites. Fish below the rapids that drain into Gabbro. There are two deep holes in the narrows between the two lakes. But I’ve had better luck fishing the east side of the of Bald Eagle especially if the wind is out of the west. Pietro is also another lake I’ve caught a lot of walleye and Turtle is a great northern lake.

I haven't been on Gabbro but the Bald Eagle sites were nice and totally open last week. I only fished the east side of Bald Eagle and had your typical BWCA success...a mix of walleye, smallmouth and pike. Grass was pretty thick in places so it limited lure selection. I did fish Gull and Pietro as well. Gull is loaded with little eater walleye...just troll parallel to the bank about 40-80 yards off. I'm just not sure it's worth the portage...haha. Pietro will yield some nice 16" smallies but I caught bigger ones in Bald Eagle. Again...not sure it's worth the effort to get over there.

I think Bald Eagle is a better fishing lake as well. A lot of nice sites on Gabbro. Had some of my best walleye fishing ever on Gull on a few trips. Turtle Lake does indeed have a good population of nice sized pike. Caught my biggest there. I suggest you do the loop - Gull, Pietro, Clearwater, Turtle, it’s a good one.

Have fun and good luck, scat

We put in on little gabbro late June and spent the week on Gabbro. While we didn’t hammer the fish trolling over the points and around the islands on Gabbro delivered plenty of pike and walleye to eat. Fished from a couple campsites with little success outside of a personal best sunfish.

There’s a rock pile in the middle of the lake south of the middle peninsula site on the north shore.

Fish there!!!!!