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E a B L s i i t g t t B A Fishing Guide to and 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 permanent—if 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, 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 water is available in the upper reaches of S , 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 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 . . 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. Rice’s 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 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 Minnesota’s North Shore fishery is truly a rags to In 1962, commercial fishing was closed in r

Lake Co. Cr. i e N (DNR) – Near 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 , 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 DNR’s 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. 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 Shore’s 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. Louis River 0.0 17.5 P,G n Little K affecting other aquatic or terrestrial species. The lamprey winter navigation on the worries many 40 ni Sargent Creek 6.0 0.1 B,Bn P,G 44 Creek fe population is being controlled and is now less than ten fisheries professionals. While these problems remain, Schmidt Creek 5.8 0.5 B,R P R Larsmont 37 . Sport Fish percent of its former abundance prior to the use of TFM. one thing is certain—fish and anglers are finding things Scanlon Creek 2.3 0.0 Bn,R P,G French Stewart Creek 7.8 0.5 B P,G considerably improved over years past. Shoreline Status River 43 61 Sucker River 15.0 2.4 B,Bn,R P,G,SE 4 Talmadge Creek 5.2 0.5 B,Bn P,G,SE 40 Tischer Creek 6.2 0.1 B,Bn P,G P - Private lands 43 Knife River 43 G - State, federal, and Superior River 42 C Also in Carlton County 43 Lester 43 c county lands 12 Fishing sanctuaries exist 43 on both the Knife and SE - Private lands with 34 12 Palmers the Little Knife Rivers. Minnesota DNR Information Center landowners having River Schmidt Experimental Regulations Please refer to 500 Lafayette Road Lake County granted angling Cr. Miles Miles Little Talmadge Cr. current fishing Portions of selected streams may be set aside for St. Paul, MN 55155-4040 Above Below Trout Shoreline easements Lester R. 61 regulations. experimental regulations. Refer to the current fishing st B Stream Name Boundary Boundary Species Status Ea ra French River Twin Cities (651) 296-6157 n regulations for a list of those streams and type of c Wild Rice h regulation. MN Toll Free 1-888-646-6367 Lake Kamloops Rainbow Trout Budd Creek 2.6 0.0 B P,G A Posted boundary Castle Danger Creek 1.7 0.1 R P,G Amity m at expressway bridge. Similar to steelhead, sometimes with a stouter, TTD (Telecommunications Device for Deaf) Crow Creek 3.6 2.8 R P,G i French River closed to fishing t Twin Cities (651) 296-5484 Dago Creek 7.5 0.0 B P,G,SE y from the expressway to Lake deeper body. Olive green on back with C 12 Encampment River 5.2 3.5 B,R P,G r Superior. MN Toll Free 1-800-657-3929 9 9 . 61 characteristic rainbow stripe. Adipose fin is clipped. 22.5 0.8 B,R P,G Creek Trout and Salmon Stamp 37 Gooseberry River, Little 5.3 0.0 B P,G 4 Anglers need a trout and salmon stamp and a fishing www.dnr.state.mn.us Knife River 13.8 10.2 R,Bn,B,C P,G,SE Tischer t Bra or sports license when fishing in designated trout Knife River, W. Branch 17.1 0.3 B,Bn P,G,SE 194 as n Produced by: Knife River, Little E. Br. 5.9 0.0 B,R P,G E c streams, designated trout lakes, and Lake Superior, and h Minnesota Department Creek Knife River, Little W. Br. 7.4 0.0 B,Bn,R P,G C when in possession of trout or salmon. Trout stamps 53 Chester of Natural Resources McCarthy Creek 2.9 0.0 B,Bn,R P,G h R 48 e 23 are not required for children less than 16 years old, Mink Creek 7.1 0.0 B P,SE s Division of Fisheries o 13 te c r resident adults who are 65 and older, people fishing Silver Creek 11.4 1.2 B,R P,G,SE k 9 Hermantown Miller Cr. Silver Creek, E. Branch 3.9 0.0 B P,G,SE y Duluth with a 24-hour license, or people who are exempted Publication Date: 6 R 6 61 Skunk Creek 12.7 0.0 B P,G,SE 4 34 from fishing license requirements or who receive a Revised April 2005 2.7 0.7 B,R P,G u Coho Salmon (Silver Salmon) n 194 River 91 fishing license at no charge. Split Rock River, E. Branch 13.0 0.0 B P,G Lake C The inside of a coho’s mouth is gray or black, but C Split Rock River, W. Branch 12.7 0.0 B P,G Continuous Fishing 4/2005, State of Minnesota, r Creek e to State Hwy. 61. the gums are white. Tail is not as broad as that of Stanley Creek 0.0 6.8 B,Bn,R P,G,SE Keene Department of Natural Resources e Stewart River 13.1 3.1 B,Bn,R P,G,SE k 56 a chinook and if there are any spots, they are on Brook Trout Artist: Stewart River, Little 6.0 1.9 B,Bn,R P,G,SE 53 the upper lobe. Anal fin has 12 to 15 rays. Lower This information is available in Stony Creek 5.1 0.0 B P,G E Brook trout have pale markings on a dark green Stephen R. Hamrick 2 alternative format upon request. Twin Points Creek 1.7 0.0 2 R P,G 48 jaw is blunt. Has 121-148 lateral line scales. Hay Elm 91 background. The back is covered with wormlike Kingsbury Cr.Creek “Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of Also in St. Louis County Creek markings. Tail is nearly square. Leading edges of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all the lower fins have a distinct white margin. individuals regardless of race, color, creed or religion, national origin, Cr. 535 Bold indicates streams with fishing sanctuary: An Proctor sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, age, de disability, or sexual orientation. Discrimination inquiries should be refer to current fishing regulations for more 2 2 rso 2 St. n C D sent to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette details. Tributary streams may be listed Lo Midway r. u 1 Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4031; or the Equal Opportunity Office, under the main stem. i 13 Superior s Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 20240.” Scanlon45 R Stewart Cr.

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Scanlon St. Louis Co. Crystal Creek Mission Sargent Chinook Salmon (King Salmon) 23 Otter Creek 23 Largest of the Lake Superior salmon, Chinook have 1 194 North Thomson Fond North 3 Lake Cr. St. du G a wide tail with spots on both upper and lower Thomson Gill Lac Cr. River Brown Trout Reservoir Creek Louis Superior lobe. Inside of the mouth is gray or black with 210 Continuous fishing on Duluth The back and sides of the lake-run brown trout are Carlton 210 DAM dark gums. Anal fin has 15 to 19 rays. Lower jaw Shore Sargent Creek and Shore Jay Creek 1 terminates in a sharp point. Has 130-165 lateral spotted with x-shaped markings. The tail is usually Little Silver Creek Mission Creek to Fitger’s Cooke State Hwy. 23. line scales. devoid of spots or just has a few. Inside of the 61 I Reef mouth is white. Anal fin has 12 rays or less. Cr. State H FishingFishing Otter 3 Refuge 23 Continuous fishing for trout Park and salmon on the St. Louis 23 Wrenshall River applies up to the State 18 Highway 23 bridge. GuideGuide Red River The dates of closure are 5 1 The St. Louis River between from October 1 to the Fond du Lac Dam and November 30. When 35 November 30 falls on a 4 the posted boundary at the Clear MN/WI boundary cable is a Saturday, the closure 4 extends to the following Creek fishing sanctuary. No fishing is allowed Sunday. Fishing is 104 at any time allowed only from 4 SHIP CANAL shore in this area during 103 in the sanctuary. Pink Salmon (Humpback Salmon) 102 Duluth the dates of closure. Mud Smallest of the Lake Superior salmon, pinks have Lake (Lean) Trout Deer Creek Harbor Blackhoof Creek a few large black spots scattered over the tail. Lake trout have pale markings on a gray or green 35 23 Breeding males develop a large hump in the front background. Tail is deeply forked. Leading edges 3 Rock Creek 1 of the dorsal fin. Scales are very small with 147- of the lower fins often have a white margin. MINNESOTA River 6 205 along the lateral line. Blotching and spots Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 5 Division of Fish and Wildlife first should be visible. class 6 iver 500 Lafayette Road River dji R 6 ma LEGEND St. Paul MN 55155-4012 Ne rk Creek Fo Hunters Skunk 103 th Creek u So Seasonal Fishing Nemadji 11 k e ook re r B k C Net River y e Nemadji Creek n 8 o . e t r 8 r S Section 36 Cr. Fork C Continuous Fishing r C

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A 23 The body is silvery, although they darken when trout. Snout is angled downward from the eye Carlton Co. Scale in Miles returning to spawn. Anal fin has 12 and the head is smaller in relationship to the 48 Co. 04123 5 Turn In Poachers rays or less. body compared with lean lake trout. Scale in Kilometers TIP Hotline 1-800-652-9093 04123 5 Fish illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri. 48