Welcome to Arrowhead Outdoors' Ely MN Fishing Reports—your trusted source for Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) fishing reports since 2017.
Weekly fishing reports are written by Steven Renneberg, owner of Arrowhead Outdoors since 2017. Steven has a lifetimes worth of fishing experience chasing fish throughout northern Minnesota and is eager to teach others on how to catch fish. This experience and willingness to teach others has helped Arrowhead Outdoors be voted as Minnesota’s top bait shop and tackle shop since 2022. Steven’s fishing reports are no fluff—just practical advice to shorten the time between bites, updated weekly.
June 5, 2020
Classic Northwoods kid excitement on an Ely-area lake in the BWCA gateway—two smiling young boys in life jackets stand on a wooded shoreline, each gripping a chain stringer loaded with 15-20 keeper walleyes. The fish show dark backs, golden-olive sides, white bellies, and glassy eyes—fresh from the water after a hot shallow bite. Calm lake and green trees behind capture the joy of a family limit in Boundary Waters walleye country.
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