February 15th, 2022

***Fishing Report***

Lake Trout - Lake trout fishing was slow for many anglers this last week. Anglers reportedly saw lots of trout on the graph and cameras, but often the trout wouldn’t chase or bite.  Anglers that caught trout were often using jigging spoons and anglers fished the trout more like a walleye then a lake trout. This means they kept the spoons moving but didn’t reel the spoon away from the trout. Sharper breaks seemed to produce more trout then deep flats, points and sunken islands.

Eelpout - Eelpout have become very active as they are starting to spawn on many of the area lakes. Anglers have been catching them during the day, evening and overnight on heavy glow spoons, pounded on the bottom. Rattle baits have also been very effective on eelpout too, so be sure not to overlook these baits.  Areas to focus on are near river mouths, sunken islands, large shallow flats.  Depth often varies day to day, so be sure to fish different depths.

Stream Trout - Anglers continue to have good luck catching stream trout this last week.  Anglers have been finding Splake and Brook trout shallow, in 10 feet of water or less, close to downed trees or weedbeds. Here, small spoons and tungsten jigs tipped with a wax worm or salmon egg has been very effective.  Rainbow trout have been found very shallow too, but more in the very early mornings and later in the evenings.  During the day, rainbow trout are being found out over deeper water, often cursing just under the ice to 20 feet down. Same baits used for Splake and brookies will work for rainbows.