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A Fishing Guide to Lake Superior and North Shore Trout Streams E a B L s i i t g t t B A Fishing Guide to Lake Superior and North Shore Trout Streams l T e r B h T a e i n East a r h c v t i y r h e t Stream Information r N y B e i N Boat Launch Sites Stream Access and Easement n a Branch R v i e i v n e er r C Carlton County e A. Twin Points West R Miles Miles Many lands along Lake Superior and North Shore streams are privately owned. r C . Above Below Trout Shoreline (DNR) Half way between Gooseberry and Split Rock Rivers. Anglers should find out where these areas are and ask permission before entering r Parking. Picnic. No gas. Branch . Stream Name Boundary Boundary Species Status private property. The stream information tables indicate which streams have land Split B. Agate Bay in private ownership. 2 Duluth Anderson Creek 5.0 0.0 B P,G Superior National Forest Anderson (to Midway R.) Cr. 3.9 0.0 B P (DNR/City) In Two Harbors at lighthouse point. The DNR purchases trout stream easements from private landowners willing Split W Rock e s Blackhoof River 15.2 7.4 B,Bn,R P,G,SE Turn right on Wilson Street to First Avenue, turn left at First to provide permanent fishing access to the public. Easement corridors are strips of t B B e LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ? Clear Creek 4.9 3.1 B P,G Avenue, turn right on next two streets to Agate Bay. No gas. River a . land along a stream that generally run 66 feet from the streams center line in either ra ver R Clear Creek 6.6 0.0 B P,G Picnic Area. Parking. n The DNR has mapped 51 separate areas of the state Rock ch Be Crystal Creek 2.6 0.0 B P,G direction. The easements are permanentif the land ownership changes, the aver R. showing federal, state and county lands with their Deer Creek 5.4 0.9 B,R P,G C. Knife River Marina easement remains. Landowners interested in the Trout Stream Easement Program Budd recreational facilities. Elm Creek 2.9 0.0 B P Cr. Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM) are (DNR) In The town of Knife River on Scenic Highway 61. available for purchase from the DNR gift shop, DNR Gill Creek 2.1 0.0 B G should contact their area fisheries office. 3 Follow road marked Knife River Marina. Marina facility. Creek Skunk regional offices, Minnesota state parks and major Hay Creek 7.6 0.0 B,Bn P Wales y In addition to easement land, access to streams within State Parks and on River sporting and map stores. Hunters Creek 6.5 0.0 R P,G Parking. Gas. 218-834-5235. St Mud Creek 10.4 0.0 R,Bn P,G Forest lands is not restricted. On National Forest lands access to many Check it out - you'll be glad you did. 14 Nemadji Creek 12.7 0.0 Bn,R P,G miles of brook trout water is available in the upper reaches of S Nemadji River, No. Fork 24.3 9.5 Bn,R P,G Duluth Area Landings Mink p G l North Shore streams. it Nemadji River, So. Fork 2.6 9.6 Bn,R,B P,G Lit o Creek tle Go R osebe o Creek Net River 17.6 5.4 Bn,B,R P,G D. Park Point Recreation Area rr Dago o y s c Net River, Little 9.4 1.5 Bn,B,R P,G R e (City) Take Minnesota Avenue to end of Minnesota Point. b k e Twin Otter Creek 17.8 0.0 Bn,B P,G Parking. No gas. Pay attention to channel markers. Contact r R Otter Creek, Little 9.0 0.0 B P,G ry Creek Points . Red River 4.6 0.0 B P,G Area Fisheries Creek Rock Creek 8.4 0.0 Bn,R P,G E. Rices Point Split Rock Scanlon Creek 2.3 0.0 B P,G (DNR) Below the Blatnik Bridge, Interstate 535. Two launch Headquarters 2 Lighthouse Section 36 Creek 3.8 0.0 B,R P,G sites. Deeper draft boats use launch east of the bridge. 3 State Park Silver Creek 4.3 0.0 B,Bn,R P,G Parking. No gas. E River A Victory for Duluth, MN 55804 131 n Silver Creek 3.7 0.0 B,Bn P,G c a A Skunk Creek 8.6 0.0 Bn P,G F. Spirit Lake Marina S m t State Line Creek 5.9 2.4 B,Bn,R P,G (218) 525-0853 e p (Private) Near Riverside off State Highway 23 (Grand w Gooseberry Fish Management m C Stony Brook 3.4 0.0 B P,G a Falls State Avenue). Lauch fee, travel lift and parking. No gas. r e r o t n 61 w Castle Park Also in St. Louis County for more information t Danger G. Munger R C Minnesotas North Shore fishery is truly a rags to In 1962, commercial lake trout fishing was closed in r Lake Co. Cr. i e N (DNR) Near Smithville off State Highway 23. Parking. on these streams. v Castle riches story. By the late 1950s, lake trout had been Minnesota waters and a massive restocking program e Silver e Danger St. Louis Co. Silver k St. Louis County No gas. r virtually eliminated from Minnesota waters of Lake began. Most stocked lakers are provided by the Miles Miles Creek McCarthy Cr. Superior, the result of predation by the deadly sea Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Above Below Trout Shoreline H. Boy Scout Landing Stewart East 131 201 L Branch lamprey. Walleyes and northern pike still inhabited the Wildlife Service. Today, lake trout numbers are high Stream Name Boundary Boundary Species Status (DNR/City) Follow Commonwealth Avenue to where State River i Silver t St. Louis estuary, but their numbers had been drastically and natural reproduction is increasing in the Minnesota Highway 23 turns west to Fond du Lac, continue heading L Little t CreekCr. 3 l W E i Amity Creek 9.3 0.3 B,R P,G E e reduced by municipal and industrial pollution. The waters of Lake Superior and stocking has been south to the end of the gravel road. Parking. No gas. t Amity Creek, E. Branch 7.4 0.0 B P,G West t a S Brophy Cr. l s flesh of those fish that remained was too tainted for discontinued in some areas. The goal is natural e t t Brophy Creek 3.3 0.0 B G I. Chambers Grove B ew Cloquet State Forest W ra a 12 human consumption. Although steelhead were less reproduction which will eventually maintain the lake Captain Jacobson Creek 4.4 0.0 B,R P,G (Private) Near Fond du Lac Bridge in Fond du Lac off State n rt Carlson Creek 3.3 0.0 B P,SE e Knife ch River 3 affected by the sea lamprey, their reproductive potential trout population and reduce the need for expensive Highways 23 and 39 west of Duluth. Fee. Limited parking. 44 s K Chester Creek 4.9 0.1 B,Bn,R,C P,G t n B was hindered by high waterfalls which blocked their hatchery fish. No gas. i S Chester Creek, E. Branch 3.2 0.0 B P Branch r f a 12 e 2 migration to upstream spawning areas. Good steelhead In 1975, the Department completed the $2 million French River 12.3 0.0 B,Bn,R,C P,G,SE Closed to n fishing from Captain ch R. R runs occured in the lower reaches of many North Shore French River Hatchery. This increased production Keene Creek 5.7 0.9 B,Bn P,G . State Hwy. 61 Jacobson K Tw o Kingsbury Creek 7.5 0.3 B P,G 266 n 61 streams, but much of the land was in private ownership capability of the DNRs hatchery system and assured a Creek K i 11 Harbors to mouth. 266 ni fe Knife River, Little 0.0 7.2 B,Bn,R P,G,SE fe R and access was restricted. supply of trout and salmon for Lake Superior. Lester River 16.5 5.1 B,Bn,R,C P,G,SE Trout Species . 11 Ross R The turnaround in the lake trout fishery began in Not all of the North Shores fishing problems have Lester River, Little 4.8 0.0 B,Bn P,SE B - Brook trout 41 . Creek Stanley River 1957 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researchers, been solved. If lamprey control measures are relaxed, Midway River 18.3 0.0 B,Bn P,G 44 Creek 9 Miller Creek 9.7 0.0 B,R P,G Bn - Brown trout 42 B after screening over 6,000 chemicals, discovered a the high mortality will surely resume. Mission Creek 7.1 0.1 B P,G R - Rainbow trout Sucker selective lamprey toxicant. Called TFM, the chemical Industrial and residential development looms as a threat Rocky Run Creek 7.0 0.0 B,Bn P C 40 C - Chinook salmon arl killed larval lamprey in the spawning streams without to some North Shore streams and the possibility of Ross Creek 4.2 0.0 B P,G,SE so Knife St.
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