Cloquet River

[EatSleepFish]

otters flowing pretty fast and murky now, but should be alright come opener. if u choose to fish otter let me know

[vermilionwally]

I drove by Midway today and stopped and looked. It was flowing really fast and was a little high and murky. Doesnt look like too good of fishing conditions . I got another friend thats gonna come fishing with me so i dont know if you wanna fish with a couple high school kids

[vermilionwally]

I wonder if there are still a lot of fish left after last years die off from the heat and low water. Anybody fish Midway last year after the heat wave in September?

[EatSleepFish]

hey thats okay, believe it or not im only a freshman at cloquet high...

[vermilionwally]

Really? I used to go to Cloquet but I transfered to Esko and im a sophomore now. Hope this snow goes by opener.

[vermilionwally]

EatSleepFish

You wanna go fishing on the sunday morning after opener? Im going to Midway opener but Id like to try otter if theyre biting the next morning.

[EatSleepFish]

might be steelhead fishing or with my friend fishing the white pine. we'll see.

[vermilionwally]

You ever have any luck on the white pine? Ive never caught any there. Just let me know when your open some day to fish.

[EatSleepFish]

yeah, we can get together whenever you want and i'll show u the ropes. i just got a couple of my friends into fly fishing, and none of their dads are into it, so it looks like i'll be teaching quite a few people this year. whats real fun is going out to otter in the middle of summer and catching em off of hoppers twitched by the bank, they absolutely explode on it. its pretty much like topwater fishing for bass. that was fun on a 4 wt. what kind of rod do you have? just post whenever u want to go. about the White Pine ive caught quite a few brookies out of there and spotted a really big brown cruising the shallows too. i can take you out there too if u want. wow! theres been quite a few people looking at this post

[vermilionwally]

Yeah thatd be cool if you could show me the ropes. I dont think i fished the right area on the white pine because i just fished on 33 in that parking area. Im the only one in my family that fishes too except my granpa but he only likes to fish on vermilion so around here i am on my own. If you ever want to get out on the Midway i could take you to some areas that my friends have caught fish and we could fish there. Maybe the second weekend of the season. O yeah i think my fly rod is a 6 weight martin, I also have like 6 spinning rods too and i spooled one with 4 pound test for trout.

[vermilionwally]

Looks like my fising party for opening day kinda fell apart so im thinking about going to otter. Are you free to meet me this day? Or have any tips on where to start? You can email me if you dont wanna post on here. [email protected]

[EatSleepFish]

sorry i couldnt email you, i just got a new internet service the other day and have yet to figure out how to email. So do you know where hwy. 1 meets the munger bike trail in Carlton? If so you can meet me there any time. give me a cell phone number so i can call you. im thinking around 11 or noon would be fine, since this is the warmest time of day and the most productive this early in the season. i'll be riding my bike since i dont have my license yet ( ill get it next november), and since the bike trail runs practically through my back yard in twin lakes township. i'd recommend bringing your ultralight and a few of the spinners i talked about in sizes 0 or 1. spinners will definitely be the most productive since shes still running fairly high and cloudy. i'll be fishing spinners too, its too early to fish flys. we'll probably talk before saturday though, so you can tell me your thoughts on the plan. my new email is [email protected]. you can email me, but ill either have to try and figure out this stupid email thing or post it on here in order to talk to you.

[vermilionwally]

EatSleepFish,

You should have mail . I just wanted to verify which road hwy 1 is because im not good with road numbers. Is it the one that runs right through Carlton? If i parked in the bike trail parking lot would it be too long of a walk? I dont need waders do I?

[EatSleepFish]

if you got waders definitely bring them, if you dont youll need some type of waterproof boots since alot of the stream bank is real swampy. waders also help to get out that occasional snag.

[vermilionwally]

I got some rubber boots that go about up to my knees so i will bring those. Should I bring some nightcrawlers? I got a few left from catfishing monday but could pick up some more. I also picked up a couple more of the spinners you mentioned so i got about 6 now.

[Badger_55]

hey guys thinking about going out this weekend. Not real familiar with the trout streams up and around here. I am from cromwell, but never been fishing trout up here. I go down to Wisconsin every year to fish in the kinnikinic river and catch a lot of nice browns. I would like to go out and try the cricks around the carlton county area.

Any help will be appreciated

[EatSleepFish]

just find the deep holes away from suburb areas, cast a nightcrawler or small spinner into tthe hole and usually youll manage to pull a few brookies out of the local creeks.