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Did you know? - Upstream boundaries

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The North Shore (including Duluth area) has 73 tributaries listed with upstream boundaries.  These boundaries are typically located at areas with a natural barrier, such as a high waterfall, preventing fishing migration upstream.   Designated trout streams typically have different angling regulations for above and below barrier.  See the 2018 fishing regulations HERE . Below barrier is where Steelhead anglers focus their efforts, yet many anglers are unclear where these barriers are.  Lets add some clarity. Though listed, many of the North Shore tributary may not get much, if any steelhead migration in a given year. This is due mainly to stream size, flow, and distance.  Many listed tribs. are a mere trickle of water, but a spring thaw with above normal flow can trigger a surprise for those adventurous anglers. The link below is a listing of upstream Posted Boundaries and Fish Sanctuaries on North Shore tributaries to Lake Superior.  It was revised in December 2016 so it is p

Flies from Afghanistan - Part one

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Flies from Afghanistan - Part 1 Being deployed offers many challenges; How will I perform my mission?  How will I like  my fellow airmen, sailors, marines and soldiers?  Will there be personal conflict?  What is my  level of risk?  How will my family handle my deployment? These questions and many others go through your head at a furious pace. Once you  have settled into a daily routine your focus can shift to your down time.  How will I pass the time without going nuts?  Depending on your location, downtime can be tackled in numerous ways. I  have never been much of a video game player so that is out. I love to read but that can only  last so long. Through my many deployments the thing that keeps me going is pulling out the  bags of feathers, yarn, and hooks and creating something that can transport you to a spot  halfway around the globe. A spot in your mind where you can smell the moss and cedar, hear  the rush of the current and share the company of the kingfisher and ch

Did you know?

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We are starting a new segment called "Did you know?"  The idea is to provide further clarity to some never ending questions, enlighten anglers on some interesting facts, and share some great tips, techniques and other interesting tid bits. The information won't stop at steelhead. We will provide interesting fishery-wide insight and info.  Have an idea?  shoot us an email! We plan to start off bi-weekly for starters, who knows maybe we will go nuts and wind up with regular weekly posts! Did you know? In 2012 (study date), approximately 95,870 trout stamps were sold in Minnesota. Trout stamps cost  $10 each, for a total of $958,700 in stamp sales. Trout stamp funds go into a dedicated account and are used to help  support the extra costs required to manage the cold water fisheries in Minnesota.

The unfortunate result of trolls

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A few folks have asked, "What happened t o all of the facebook comments yesterday from your survey post?" T he comments referred to are specifically from two individual followers and MNST staff . When you block a follower, their comments and our response vanish into the interweb.  First a bit of a disclaimer: As many of you know, this blog is not our only social platform. We have a strong facebook presence as well as Instagram  and a light twitter footprint.  Regarding  facebook specifically , we have some basic policy and rules, and these are d escribed in the page' s " about " link. Pretty standard stuff really, and there you will see what we do not tolerate or accept by way of follower comments, remarks or shared images . Y ou folks rooted in  common   sense  likely have no need to visit the disclaimer section as disrespect, out-of-line and/or inappropriate   content  is not in your nature to post . As for the comments in question; MNST  posts