A few highlights from the trip follow: -Paddled in Thursday the 11th and out Monday the 15th. -Expected ice on LLC but didn’t run into ANY -Water surface temps as cold…
Someone in our Corner…
Frank Benson was a local hero for young recent immigrants to Ely, Minnesota in the 70’s and 80’s. He scouted out garden tools and fishing gear and just about anything…
I had always dreamed of living somewhere close to water. Close to lakes, to be precise because I grew up near the Rock River in Oregon, Illinois. Back home I…
by Steve Piragis All my friends seemed a bit squeamish about early season ice conditions yesterday. It is early but the small lakes now have at least four inches of…
Crooked Lake Fishing Trip Report, May 26th– 29th, 2020 By Eric Glasson For the last six years, a group of my high school and college buddies have ventured into the…
Boundary Waters Fishing Tips
by Tim Stouffer Jigging for Walleye in the Boundary Waters Jig fishing is a time-honored nearly failsafe method for fishing for Walleye in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It…
Walleye Fishing Spring 2020
Fishing Walleye Spring 2020 by Tim Stouffer For a couple of weekends in a row we’ve gone out fishing for walleye close to Ely in the late afternoon leading into…
By Taylor Ham Paddling from a solo canoe is something that I have become very comfortable with. I’ve spent the last five summers paddling them when I can’t find anyone…
By Taylor Ham. After spending my last winter in the cities I’ve realized there is no other place for me than a small town like Ely, MN. I feel so…