Migration of walleyes from Lake Superior, up the St. Louis River, draws anglers to harbor ice. 6:30 am, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
Joe Hagen fishes on Superior Bay Tuesday morning. Fishing was slow Tuesday, but two days before Hagen caught and released a 29-inch walleye. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
Joe Hagen was still smiling on Tuesday from the monster walleye he caught Sunday, so the fact the fish weren’t biting much on Tuesday wasn’t bothering him.
“That’s my biggest walleye ever,’’ Hagen said of the 29-inch beauty he landed in Twin Ports harbor officially Superior Bay about a quarter-mile off Park Point.