Fishing & Boating SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST NORTH SHORE AREA TOFTE & GRAND MARAIS, MN Your Guide To…. Access and facilities Fish species in accessible lakes Location map Some key regulations Where to find more information “Many … go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” -Henry David Thoreau T en to twelve thousand years ago, this part of North America was covered by huge continental glaciers. Mile high sheets of ice scoured out the rocky basins that would later become northeastern Minnesota’s lakes, rivers, and wetlands. O ur lakes are still geologically young. The water is clear and cold, the lake bottoms rocky. In these conditions, fish grow slowly. The walleye, northern pike, trout, and bass that call northern Minnesota home swim in some of the most pristine waters in the country. T he watery landscape of the Superior National Forest is a beautiful place to go fishing and soak up some solitude. Please ‘Leave No Trace’ to help keep it that way. Superior National Forest - Fishing & Boating 4/20/11 sar 4/20/11 sar Tofte Ranger District PO Box 2159 Tofte, MN 55615 218-663-8060 Need more information? on the web at: www.fs.usda.gov/superior www.dnr.state.mn.us USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer Printed on Recycled Paper Gunflint Ranger District 2020 W Hwy 61 Grand Marais, MN 55604 218-387-1750 Before you wet a line….. Are you traveling within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness? Everyone traveling in the BWCAW must have a permit. Overnight and motor permits are limited through a quota system. They are available at Forest Service offices and some area businesses. Reservations are desirable: Visit www.recreation.gov, or call 877- 550-6777. If your visit is non-motorized and only for the day, fill out a self issuing permit at the entry point. Do you have a Minnesota fishing license? If you are 16 or older, you probably need a Minnesota fishing license. Trout fishing requires a trout stamp. Both are available at many resorts, gas stations, bait shops, and outfitters in the area. For more information, call the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources at 888-MINN DNR. Does your watercraft have a current registration? ALL watercraft on Minnesota waters must be registered. Call the Minnesota License Bureau in St. Paul at 800-285-2000 for information. Out of state registration on watercraft is acceptable, however non-motorized watercraft that don’t need registration in their home state must obtain a Minnesota registration. If you are already up north and need to register your watercraft, there are local MN DNR outlets where you can obtain watercraft registration. Fish for the Future! Don’t bring in invasives! Put excess live bait in garbage cans, and check your boat and trailer for weeds! Read any information posted at landings. Think about lead free tackle. Consider catch-and- release. Check fish consumption recommendations and mercury contamination for your lake. Know the limits.
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Fishing & Boating SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST NORTH SHORE AREA TOFTE & GRAND MARAIS, MN
Your Guide To…. Access and facilities Fish species in accessible lakes Location map Some key regulations Where to find more information
“Many … go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” -Henry David Thoreau
T en to twelve thousand years ago, this part of North America was
covered by huge continental glaciers. Mile high sheets of ice scoured out the rocky basins that would later become northeastern Minnesota’s lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
O ur lakes are still geologically young. The water is clear and
cold, the lake bottoms rocky. In these conditions, fish grow slowly. The walleye, northern pike, trout, and bass that call northern Minnesota home swim in some of the most pristine waters in the country.
T he watery landscape of the Superior National Forest is a beautiful place to go fishing and soak up some solitude. Please ‘Leave No Trace’ to help keep it that way.
Superior National Forest - Fishing & Boating
on the web at: www.fs.fed.us/r9/superior
LaCroix Ranger District 320 North Hwy 53 Cook, MN 55723
218-666-0020 Voice and TTY
Need more information?
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Tofte Ranger District PO Box 2159 Tofte, MN 55615 218-663-8060
Need more information? on the web at:
www.fs.usda.gov/superior www.dnr.state.mn.us
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer Pr inted on Recycled Paper
Gunflint Ranger District 2020 W Hwy 61
Grand Marais, MN 55604 218-387-1750
Before you wet a line….. Are you traveling within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness? Everyone traveling in the BWCAW must have a permit. Overnight and motor permits
are limited through a quota system. They are available at Forest Service offices and some area businesses. Reservations are desirable: Visit www.recreation.gov, or call 877-550-6777. If your visit is non-motorized and only for the day, fill out a self issuing permit at the entry point.
Do you have a Minnesota fishing license? If you are 16 or older, you probably need a Minnesota fishing license. Trout fishing
requires a trout stamp. Both are available at many resorts, gas stations, bait shops, and outfitters in the area. For more information, call the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources at 888-MINN DNR.
Does your watercraft have a current registration? ALL watercraft on Minnesota waters must be registered. Call the Minnesota License Bureau in St. Paul at 800-285-2000 for information. Out of state registration on watercraft is acceptable, however non-motorized watercraft
that don’t need registration in their home state must obtain a Minnesota registration. If you are already up north and need to register your watercraft, there are local MN DNR
outlets where you can obtain watercraft registration.
Fish for the Future!
Don’t bring in invasives! Put excess live bait in garbage cans, and check your
boat and trailer for weeds!
Read any information posted at landings.
Think about lead free tackle.
Consider catch-and-release.
Check fish consumption recommendations and mercury contamination for your lake.
Know the limits.
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Leave No Trace Principles
1. Plan ahead and prepare. 2. Travel and camp on
durable surfaces. 3. Dispose of waste
properly. 4. Minimize use and
impact of fires. 5. Respect wildlife. 6. Leave what you find. 7. Be considerate of other
visitors.
This map should be used to locate lakes only. It does not show all the roads. Please use a Forest Map available at District Offices and other locations for travel in the Forest, and obtain lake maps for navigation on the lakes themselves. Numbers and letters of location grid match those of the Forest Map.
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