fishing advice? Atikokan, Mine centre area

[rkhinrichs]

Well I was wondering if anyone knows the area between Mine Center, Atikokan, and north of these cities. I work for Northern tier, and just need spots to fish i know these areas pretty good. so im not a green horn to these area of fishing but i would like some guidenace or a little mentoring on lakes that are better then other,and spots to fish. Im not asking for your hot spots! just lakes that would be worth fishing, and lakes that i should just paddle across.Im in duluth right now so if you need help chopping wood or other stuff around the house i can help. i can also talk to Northern tier and see if they can give you a little something for the effort! remember this is for the kids and not for my personal gain. i want every kid to catch fish! thank you

[smb1]

Wish I could be of more help, but the only lake I have actually fished in the Atikokan area is Crystal Lake, a few miles to the east of Atikokan. The lake is crystal clear and loaded with Smallmouth, though the average size is not particularly good, at least for me. But as far as action goes, it was incredible. You can catch 100 small bass with out much problem, and you will see tons of bass as well, at least in June when I was there. Might be a great action lake for kids.

[Muskies]

Good evening rkhinrichs,

I've fished the chain of lakes from Crilly dam down to the mouth of the Seine river on Rainy Lake, mostly in the spring and fall. Try Shoal Grassy lakes and you should have some fun. The landing to get into Shoal is south of the Mine Center sign. Good luck!

[magnum mike]

It has been a LONG time but years ago I fished Weller, Tupman nad a few others north of Atikokan. I believe the roads in are pretty good and we caught lots of walleyes. Unfortunatly this report is about 30 years old.

[Cheers]

That must have been a long time ago ! They have since moved those lakes to North of Fort Frances

[rkhinrichs]

Muskies, im trying to find this on my maps, put i cant is it north or south of hwy 11. and where from mine centre

[Muskies]

Good morning rkhinrichs,

Shoal Lake is straight south of Mine Center. It's a gravel road and a gravel landing along a small beach. Grassy Lake is the next lake to the west which flows into a small section of Seine River which flows into Rainy.

[Muskies]

Morning Gentalmen,

Both Tuppman and Weller are up Hwy 502 which is 25km(15 miles) east of Fort Frances then north about 20km. Mine Center is 60 km east of Fort Frances. I've caught fish in both but prefer Rainy Lake.

[rkhinrichs]

thanks muskie i found them on my map. what do you catch there? Northern walleye and smallmouth bass. the norm right?

[Muskies]

Yes also crappie and once in a while a muskie too.

[magnum mike]

Muskie, you have jogged my memory. Now I remember where those lakes are. We used to fish Birch Lake near Attikoken and a couple other smaller lakes north on 611 just past the power plant. Back then, 611 didn't go all the way to 17. I believe it died just past Brown's. The names escape me but I will look at a map and see if I can remember. It was a long time ago.

[rkhinrichs]

Have any of you guys fished calm lake???