shore fishing

i’m a first time angler to fishing superior, when shore fishing at the mouth of the lester river, so i cast as far as i can to catch fish. or can i catch fish close to shore. also, can i catch a fish on a bobber, or do i have to let the bait or lure sink close to the bottome. any help would be appreciated.

First off, be darned sure that your lures are bought or converted to having only a single hook. Don’t worry about hooking potential, the single hook does a dandy job.

If you are throwing hardware…spinners, cleos, kroks….get it out as far as you can and start the retrive when you see it hit the water.

For bait and spawn bags being fished on the bottom, use a “slinky” sinker to keep things in touch with the bottom. The slinky snags up way less than anything and they are available at just about every bait shop in the area. Marine General on London Road in Duluth can really be a beneficial stop and I’d recommend you tacke the time to go in and ask questions. The sales people are top notch and they can show you whats currently hot and explain the ins and outs of how to use it.

If you are using a “looper bug” and waxies, be sure to pick up a couple of the looper bobbers. They are weighted and heavy for a slip bobber, but they cast clear out of sight sometimes. Looper floats will really up your odds with baits being drifted off the bottom. Weighted yarn balls will fish nice under these floats.

With both the floats and the bottom fished baits, you can make a short cast into the main current and slowly feed out line but keeping the line fairly tight. If there is a lot of current you can get a darned long drift doing this.

If you use the float method, keep you eyes on it all the time. You may see the float dip straight down and pop back up again as the current washed it along. This is normal and probably a rock, not a fish. BUT, if that float dives to either side, set the hook. It takes some time to get accustomed to what is natural float movement in the rocky streambed and what is a fish hitting.

You don’t say when you are going, but if its within the next couple, maybe three weeks, you should have yourself a riot with those brutes.

thanks CT that was really helpful.