Lake Superior Early Summer Mixed Bag: Spoons and Jigs Working in Duluth Harbor

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This episode provides a fishing report for Lake Superior, detailing conditions and species being caught in Duluth Harbor.

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Superior Duluth fishing report. We don’t have real ocean tides up here, just a little seiche effect, so think in terms of **wind-driven levels** instead of true tides. A steady onshore breeze will stack some water and bait along the western tip of the lake and in the harbor. Weather-wise, plan on **cool near the water**, upper 40s to low 50s at first light, warming into the 60s later. Light to moderate northwest winds will keep the big lake a little choppy on open shorelines but very fishable in the harbor and along Park Point. Skies are partly cloudy with decent barometric stability, which usually means consistent action through the morning and again toward evening. Sunrise comes around the early 5 o’clock hour with sunset near 9 in Duluth this time of year, giving a **long low-light window**. Those first two hours after sunrise and the last two before sunset have been the best bite. Recent reports from local bait shops and charter captains around Duluth and Superior say the **trollers are into good mixed bags** just outside the shipping lanes and along the Wisconsin side breaks. Anglers are boating **lake trout** in the 3–8 pound range, with…

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Host: Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing report
• Lake Superior
• Duluth
• weather conditions
• fishing techniques
• species caught

Keywords

• Lake Superior
• Duluth fishing
• coho
• lake trout
• fishing techniques
• Duluth Harbor
• weather conditions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: magnum spoons, small flasher-fly

Places: Lake Superior, Duluth Harbor, St. Louis River, Wisconsin, Duluth

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