Northern Minnesota Lake Trout Fishing Trips

Gunflint Lodge

• Set along the shores of Gunflint Lake, the Gunflint Lodge offers a variety of northwoods cabins, lake homes and cottages. Tall stands of aspen, pine and spruce surround the lake which straddles the Canadian border. The 4,000-acre lake reaches depths of 200 feet and holds an abundance of lake trout in its cold, clear waters. A 2007 Department of Natural Resources lake survey revealed an average size of nearly 6 pounds for lake trout sampled in the lake. The lodge offers special lake trout packages throughout the year that include lodging and boat usage. Ice houses are included for winter anglers. Fishing guides are also available through the lodge.

  Gunflint Lodge

  143 S. Gunflint Lake

  Grand Marais, MN 55604

  800-328-3325

  www.gunflint.com

North Coast Charters and Tours

• The world’s largest freshwater lake holds an abundance of lake trout. North Coast Charters and Tours offers partial, half and full-day charters on Lake Superior and supplies all the gear and bait needed to land a coldwater lunker. Captain Tom Muntean has been fishing the big lake for more than 25 years and his 24-foot Hewes craft can accommodate up to six anglers. North Coast Charters and Tours operates out of Tofte. The picturesque village is situated along the rocky coast halfway up the North Shore between Duluth and the Canadian border.

  North Coast Charters and Tours

  6921 W. Highway 61

  Tofte, MN 55615

  218-663-7384

  www.northshorevisitor.com/charterfishing/index.html

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

• Adventure seekers can enter the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for access to some of the premier lake trout waters in the state. More than 2,000 primitive campsites are spread throughout the U.S. Forest Service-managed wilderness and in most areas, traveling by canoe or by foot is your only option. The wild and remote lakes are clear and deep and the challenging access means fishing pressure is light. Permits are required to enter or camp in the wilderness boundaries and are available at multiple ranger stations that line the more than million-acre perimeter. Lake trout are a favorite catch on the wilderness lakes and the effort in reaching your fishing destination can be rewarded with multiple trophy-sized fish.

  Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

  Superior National Forest

  8901 Grand Ave. Pl.

  Duluth, MN 55808

  218-626-4300

  www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/superior/bwcaw/