Two Harbors-July 11-12

Hit the water around 6am Sat and got one Laker right out of the harbor in 60′ on a Tammy Fae on the slider. Trolled around for 2 hours and got another just north of the Stewart river in 42′ on the same rig. Had a couple swings and misses on the lead core and called it a day around 12:30.
Sunday morning felt pretty warm around 5:00 so I brought my daughter along for her first time on the Gitch. Got a tip from a local at the gas station and stopped at the bait shop for a Pink and White,Laker Taker from Swedish Pimple. Ran 1.7 gps in 150+ fow and got 3 in the first half hour. My daughter had a blast but couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t slow the boat down while she was trying to drag the fish off the bottom.
Tried alot of high line stuff , stickbaits, lake trolls and anything else I could think of, to no avail. Talked to a couple other boats who said they didn’t have any luck for salmon either.
Surface temps stayed in the mid 40’s and we never really found any temp breaks. The wind is suppose to stay out of the WNW most of the week which will help but the warm water will stay south unfurtuneatly.
Did hear the south shore is doing well if you can handle the rough water.

Thanks for the report. I never get a chance to get up that way fishing but still like seeing the photos and reports.

Went back up on the 18-19. Got 11 Lakers in 2 hours on Saturday evening from 7-9:00. Then went right back Sunday morning at 5AM and got nothing. Sat night water temps where in the low to mid 40’s and Sun AM tough to find any above 39, headed north with no luck. Decided to pull the plug at noon and smacked a nice 7-8 lbs King right outside the break wall. Sure was tastey.

So are you running downriggers for these fish? I’ve got a dipsy diver and also a leadcore rig. Could I make my way down there and have any action close to shore or am I looking at a drive out into the big water? Thanks!

Your dipsy can get you into trout depth waters not too far into the lake if you launch Two Harbors. I’ve had my 14 foot jon boat out there where the water is flat and our usual boat if the wind isn’t howling is a 16 foot open boat with a 25 horse on it.

All you need reach is about 50 feet with a dipsy and the trout will rise to your bait if they are hungry..

We only caught 2 fish in dipsy range, which I consider 60′ or less. The water is just too cold for the fish to rise that high. If the water raises above 50 you can catch them from top to bottom. We caught everything in 150+ fow, right on the bottom. Even the guys running out to the state line in 300+ are down 150 to 200 for even the coho’s and steel head. This is a funny year. We need about 2 weeks of 90+ degrees and a stiff south wind to get the north shore going. If I were you I’d buy a Wisconsin License and hit the south shore, the fish are closer to shore and shallower. They’re getting a few walleyes in the 30+” range with laker trout and salmon mixed in.