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Over 1,000 lakes. 190,000 acres of surface water. Numerous streams.
Smallmouth bass. Lake trout. Walleye. Northern Pike. Pine studded
rocky islands. Lilly pads. Sunken logs......need I say more? This
is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This is freshwater
fishing for warm water species at it's best in the lower 48, period.
The fishery is largely preserved due to the wilderness characteristics
of the BWCAW. In this case, it's not just about the catching,
but the environment in which you do the catching - remote, quiet
and rugged. It's the well rounded experience that contributes
to all those stories you hear, about the one that bent so and
so's rod in half, took out line straight to the bottom and then
broke off. Or the stories you hear about someone reeling in a
walleye, only to have a monster northern pike come up and grab
it at the side of the canoe. The opportunities are endless. There
are entire lakes that specialize in one fish, or lakes that are
jacks of all trades, offering good fishing for several species.
Fishing
gear.
To fish in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, you need
a Minnesota fishing license. Those under 16 and under get to fish
for free. The Minnesota resident annual fishing license is $17.
The annual nonresident fishing license is $37.50. There is also
a nonresident annual family license that includes parents and
children under 16 for $50.50. A 7 day license for nonresidents
is $26.50. To fish for lake trout, you will need the optional
trout stamp. You can get more information and order fishing licenses
from this
website. Please refer to that site for the extensive
fishing regulations per lake for the BWCAW.
Snowbank Lake: Northern pike, walleye, lake trout. 4,273
acres, 150 feet deep.
Basswood Lake: Northern pike, walleye, black crappie, smallmouth
bass. 22,722 acres, 111 feet deep.
Lake One: Northern pike, rock bass, walleye, bluegill.
876 acres, 57 feet deep.
Ojibway Lake: Lake trout. 367 acres, 115 feet deep.
Moose Lake: Walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, sunfish,
bluegill, largemouth bass. 1,211 acres, 65 feet deep.
Tofte Lake: Northern pike, rainbow trout, splake. 155 acres,
73 feet deep.
Wood Lake: Northern pike, bluegill, walleye, sunfish. 643
acres, 21 feet deep.
Sea gull Lake: Walleye, smallmouth bass, lake trout, sunfish,
northern pike. 4,032 acres, 145 feet deep.
Saganaga Lake: Lake trout, whitefish, northern pike, walleye,
smallmouth bass, yellow perch. 17,593 acres, 280 feet deep.
Gunflint Lake: Northern pike, lake trout, rock bass, smallmouth
bass, walleye. 4,009 acres, 200 feet deep.
Crooked Lake: Northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye,
sauger, whitefish, black crappie. 10,359 acres, 165 feet deep.
Trout Lake: Lake trout. 123 acres, 56 feet deep.
Pine Lake: Northern pike, sunfish, rock bass, walleye.
923 acres, 18 feet deep.
Lake Insula: Northern pike, rock bass, walleye, whitefish,
yellow perch. 2,957 acres, 63 feet deep.
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