Likely Minnesota Laker Waters
Photo by Ron Anlauf.
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Lake trout are fussy eaters and ice-fishing for them can test an angler’s patience. Hook up with one, however, and you’ll be addicted, especially if you love the taste of fish.
According to the DNR, lake trout swim in thousands of acres of Minnesota waters, but the biggest populations are found in Cook, Lake and St. Louis counties that form the tip of the state’s Arrowhead region.
The list may be deceiving — many of the lakes haven’t been stocked in decades or lack recent DNR reports — but the lakes listed below offer some of the finest lake trout ice-fishing in Minnesota, according to local sources and DNR fisheries offices.
Lake trout anglers are no different than their open-water counterparts in that they love to fish the opener. Depending on where you go fishing, the opener begins in late December or early January, so check the regulations. Anglers who have the knowledge and the time know lake trout can be caught through the ice throughout the winter, well into March when the season closes.
Drilling a hole in the ice over sharp breaks or humps and tossing down a jig, spoon or plain hook tipped with meat is about as complicated as lake trout fishing is at its most basic. Just like any other kind of fishing, an angler has the right to make it as complicated as he wants, but most die-hard lake trout anglers will tell you that’s as crazy as they get.
http://www.minnesotasportsmanmag.com/fishing/trout-fishing/MN_0108_01/
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