North Country Angling: Fishing jigs for lake trout

Driving by Silver Lake this week and seeing open water, my heart sank. Silver Lake is our trophy lake trout water in the valley. It is the lake that Clay Groves, ice-fishing guide, took me out on my first winter back in the valley. It is the lake that ice anglers covet for the great ice fishing.

I can’t tell you how much anticipation builds for the opportunity to ice fish Silver Lake. I have been getting calls from anglers since early December asking if Silver Lake is safe to ice fish. Such is the popularity of the big lake.