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Late Fall Fishing on Lake Superior in Duluth
Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Lake Superior Duluth fishing report for Friday, November 21st, 2025.
The weather’s been *surprisingly mild for this time of year*, with a current temperature hovering around **34°F**, partly cloudy skies, and light winds out of the west-northwest about **12 mph**, according to US Harbors. The weekend is shaping up warmer still, with highs in the mid-50s reported by WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer, a welcomed streak before winter truly locks in. **Sunrise came at 7:16 AM, and sunset will happen at 4:31 PM**, so plan your outings accordingly.
Lake Superior doesn’t have true ocean tides, but local wind and barometric changes can shift water levels a foot or two. Today conditions are stable, which favors bite consistency near shore.
Fish activity in the Duluth-Superior area is *solid* as we head into late November. With water temps dropping into the lower 40s, **lake trout** and **walleyes** have shown the most action near breakwalls and rocky structure. Recent reports across the region—not just from Lake of the Woods—suggest fishing in **15-25 feet of water** has been productive. Here in Duluth, that translates to working shoreline breaks, especially near the canal and Park Point, where both lake trout and autumn-run steelhead have been caught in decent numbers this week. Anglers are also seeing **brown trout** and **coho salmon** staging near river mouths. The bite has quieted some compared to peak fall, but persistence is rewarded.
Best baits and lures for today:
- For lake trout and bigger browns, *nothing beats dead-baited smelt or herring* fished on the bottom.
- Trolling with **deep-diving crankbaits**, like the classic Shad Rap in natural colors, is solid for trout, browns, and the tail end of coho runs. Cast these around the shipping canal and breakwalls early or late in the day.
- **Jigs tipped with fathead minnows or plastics** are getting walleyes and eater-size trout out on St. Louis Bay and beyond. Tungsten ice jigs, even before real ice forms, can produce sunfish and the occasional whitefish if you’re working shallow sand.
- For steelhead and cohos, drift a **spawn bag** or pink worm under a float when working river mouths, especially during overcast stretches.
Hot spots worth your time:
- **Duluth Ship Canal and Pier:** This area’s been seeing lake trout, browns, and even some last-chance cohos coming through.
- **Park Point’s bayside shoreline**: Classic late-fall run for steelhead and browns. Focus near the old trestle ruins and shallow gravel.
- **St. Louis River mouth:** Good numbers of walleye, and perch mixed in. Structure between 12-25 feet is holding fish.
The open-water season is closing fast—there’s *skinny ice* forming in the shallow bays, but plenty of good days left if you dress warm and choose your windows. A few spearfishing enthusiasts are working daylight shifts for **walleyes and lake trout**, following Michigan’s expanded rules, but most Duluth folks stick to hook and line, especially for gamefish.
To sum up: Pack your insulated gear, work the breaklines with live bait or slow troll crankbaits, and fish low light for best results. Target the canal and Park Point for trout and steelhead, while St. Louis River mouth gives up solid walleye.
That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe for more fishing reports and local tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
The weather’s been *surprisingly mild for this time of year*, with a current temperature hovering around **34°F**, partly cloudy skies, and light winds out of the west-northwest about **12 mph**, according to US Harbors. The weekend is shaping up warmer still, with highs in the mid-50s reported by WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer, a welcomed streak before winter truly locks in. **Sunrise came at 7:16 AM, and sunset will happen at 4:31 PM**, so plan your outings accordingly.
Lake Superior doesn’t have true ocean tides, but local wind and barometric changes can shift water levels a foot or two. Today conditions are stable, which favors bite consistency near shore.
Fish activity in the Duluth-Superior area is *solid* as we head into late November. With water temps dropping into the lower 40s, **lake trout** and **walleyes** have shown the most action near breakwalls and rocky structure. Recent reports across the region—not just from Lake of the Woods—suggest fishing in **15-25 feet of water** has been productive. Here in Duluth, that translates to working shoreline breaks, especially near the canal and Park Point, where both lake trout and autumn-run steelhead have been caught in decent numbers this week. Anglers are also seeing **brown trout** and **coho salmon** staging near river mouths. The bite has quieted some compared to peak fall, but persistence is rewarded.
Best baits and lures for today:
- For lake trout and bigger browns, *nothing beats dead-baited smelt or herring* fished on the bottom.
- Trolling with **deep-diving crankbaits**, like the classic Shad Rap in natural colors, is solid for trout, browns, and the tail end of coho runs. Cast these around the shipping canal and breakwalls early or late in the day.
- **Jigs tipped with fathead minnows or plastics** are getting walleyes and eater-size trout out on St. Louis Bay and beyond. Tungsten ice jigs, even before real ice forms, can produce sunfish and the occasional whitefish if you’re working shallow sand.
- For steelhead and cohos, drift a **spawn bag** or pink worm under a float when working river mouths, especially during overcast stretches.
Hot spots worth your time:
- **Duluth Ship Canal and Pier:** This area’s been seeing lake trout, browns, and even some last-chance cohos coming through.
- **Park Point’s bayside shoreline**: Classic late-fall run for steelhead and browns. Focus near the old trestle ruins and shallow gravel.
- **St. Louis River mouth:** Good numbers of walleye, and perch mixed in. Structure between 12-25 feet is holding fish.
The open-water season is closing fast—there’s *skinny ice* forming in the shallow bays, but plenty of good days left if you dress warm and choose your windows. A few spearfishing enthusiasts are working daylight shifts for **walleyes and lake trout**, following Michigan’s expanded rules, but most Duluth folks stick to hook and line, especially for gamefish.
To sum up: Pack your insulated gear, work the breaklines with live bait or slow troll crankbaits, and fish low light for best results. Target the canal and Park Point for trout and steelhead, while St. Louis River mouth gives up solid walleye.
That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe for more fishing reports and local tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiGood morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Lake Superior Duluth fishing report for Friday, November 21st, 2025.
The weather’s been *surprisingly mild for this time of year*, with a current temperature hovering around **34°F**, partly cloudy skies, and light winds out of the west-northwest about **12 mph**, according to US Harbors. The weekend is shaping up warmer still, with highs in the mid-50s reported by WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer, a welcomed streak before winter truly locks in. **Sunrise came at 7:16 AM, and sunset will happen at 4:31 PM**, so plan your outings accordingly.
Lake Superior doesn’t have true ocean tides, but local wind and barometric changes can shift water levels a foot or two. Today conditions are stable, which favors bite consistency near shore.
Fish activity in the Duluth-Superior area is *solid* as we head into late November. With water temps dropping into the lower 40s, **lake trout** and **walleyes** have shown the most action near breakwalls and rocky structure. Recent reports across the region—not just from Lake of the Woods—suggest fishing in **15-25 feet of water** has been productive. Here in Duluth, that translates to working shoreline breaks, especially near the canal and Park Point, where both lake trout and autumn-run steelhead have been caught in decent numbers this week. Anglers are also seeing **brown trout** and **coho salmon** staging near river mouths. The bite has quieted some compared to peak fall, but persistence is rewarded.
Best baits and lures for today:
- For lake trout and bigger browns, *nothing beats dead-baited smelt or herring* fished on the bottom.
- Trolling with **deep-diving crankbaits**, like the classic Shad Rap in natural colors, is solid for trout, browns, and the tail end of coho runs. Cast these around the shipping canal and breakwalls early or late in the day.
- **Jigs tipped with fathead minnows or plastics** are getting walleyes and eater-size trout out on St. Louis Bay and beyond. Tungsten ice jigs, even before real ice forms, can produce sunfish and the occasional whitefish if you’re working shallow sand.
- For steelhead and cohos, drift a **spawn bag** or pink worm under a float when working river mouths, especially during overcast stretches.
Hot spots worth your time:
- **Duluth Ship Canal and Pier:** This area’s been seeing lake trout, browns, and even some last-chance cohos coming through.
- **Park Point’s bayside shoreline**: Classic late-fall run for steelhead and browns. Focus near the old trestle ruins and shallow gravel.
- **St. Louis River mouth:** Good numbers of walleye, and perch mixed in. Structure between 12-25 feet is holding fish.
The open-water season is closing fast—there’s *skinny ice* forming in the shallow bays, but plenty of good days left if you dress warm and choose your windows. A few spearfishing enthusiasts are working daylight shifts for **walleyes and lake trout**, following Michigan’s expanded rules, but most Duluth folks stick to hook and line, especially for gamefish.
To sum up: Pack your insulated gear, work the breaklines with live bait or slow troll crankbaits, and fish low light for best results. Target the canal and Park Point for trout and steelhead, while St. Louis River mouth gives up solid walleye.
That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe for more fishing reports and local tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
The weather’s been *surprisingly mild for this time of year*, with a current temperature hovering around **34°F**, partly cloudy skies, and light winds out of the west-northwest about **12 mph**, according to US Harbors. The weekend is shaping up warmer still, with highs in the mid-50s reported by WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer, a welcomed streak before winter truly locks in. **Sunrise came at 7:16 AM, and sunset will happen at 4:31 PM**, so plan your outings accordingly.
Lake Superior doesn’t have true ocean tides, but local wind and barometric changes can shift water levels a foot or two. Today conditions are stable, which favors bite consistency near shore.
Fish activity in the Duluth-Superior area is *solid* as we head into late November. With water temps dropping into the lower 40s, **lake trout** and **walleyes** have shown the most action near breakwalls and rocky structure. Recent reports across the region—not just from Lake of the Woods—suggest fishing in **15-25 feet of water** has been productive. Here in Duluth, that translates to working shoreline breaks, especially near the canal and Park Point, where both lake trout and autumn-run steelhead have been caught in decent numbers this week. Anglers are also seeing **brown trout** and **coho salmon** staging near river mouths. The bite has quieted some compared to peak fall, but persistence is rewarded.
Best baits and lures for today:
- For lake trout and bigger browns, *nothing beats dead-baited smelt or herring* fished on the bottom.
- Trolling with **deep-diving crankbaits**, like the classic Shad Rap in natural colors, is solid for trout, browns, and the tail end of coho runs. Cast these around the shipping canal and breakwalls early or late in the day.
- **Jigs tipped with fathead minnows or plastics** are getting walleyes and eater-size trout out on St. Louis Bay and beyond. Tungsten ice jigs, even before real ice forms, can produce sunfish and the occasional whitefish if you’re working shallow sand.
- For steelhead and cohos, drift a **spawn bag** or pink worm under a float when working river mouths, especially during overcast stretches.
Hot spots worth your time:
- **Duluth Ship Canal and Pier:** This area’s been seeing lake trout, browns, and even some last-chance cohos coming through.
- **Park Point’s bayside shoreline**: Classic late-fall run for steelhead and browns. Focus near the old trestle ruins and shallow gravel.
- **St. Louis River mouth:** Good numbers of walleye, and perch mixed in. Structure between 12-25 feet is holding fish.
The open-water season is closing fast—there’s *skinny ice* forming in the shallow bays, but plenty of good days left if you dress warm and choose your windows. A few spearfishing enthusiasts are working daylight shifts for **walleyes and lake trout**, following Michigan’s expanded rules, but most Duluth folks stick to hook and line, especially for gamefish.
To sum up: Pack your insulated gear, work the breaklines with live bait or slow troll crankbaits, and fish low light for best results. Target the canal and Park Point for trout and steelhead, while St. Louis River mouth gives up solid walleye.
That’s it from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe for more fishing reports and local tips. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI