This spot happens to be off Michigan's Wilderness State Park, 

 and most of the fishing is done on boulder flats in hip boots or 

 waders and holds up throughout the summer. The guess is that 

 in these stingingly cold waters the bass must go to the shallows to 

 find their supply of forage fish. In the beginning only a few 

 anglers tried the spot, because the shoreline, being a dedicated 

 wilderness area, was closed to automobile traffic and getting there 

 involved a g-mile hike. But now a one-way fire road is open to 

 the public. I've seen eighty cars parked along the beach at one 

 time during the summer. 



Countless miles of Lake Superior's shore line, too, have never 

 been thoroughly explored by rod-and-reel fishermen, and some 

 highly productive grounds long known to natives have only 

 recently become widely used. The new Mackinaw trout-trolling 

 facilities at Whitefish Point are an example. For years, ports on 

 the Keweenaw peninsula have been popular embarkation ports 

 for deep-water trollers. Then Munising, Grand Marais, and 

 others began providing boats and overnight lodgings. Whitefish 

 Point began beckoning customers two summers ago, and luck 

 has been excellent. 



Many rivers emptying into the upper Great Lakes have been 

 famous for their spring rainbow trout runs for a generation and 

 more. Perhaps a few lads knew about the rainbow in famous 

 Two-Hearted River, which flows into Lake Superior, but they 

 kept it to themselves. Three years ago fishermen who weren't 

 so close-mouthed tried the lower waters of the stream in May and 

 June, showed catches with specimens up to six pounds or better, 

 and another rush was on. 



Biologists will tell you that in all probability there have 

 always been fish at these recently discovered spots. Nobody hap- 

 pened to find them before. There are ups and downs in supply, 

 of course, as is true with any other crop. But, with the exception 

 of the introduced smelt, many species have undoubtedly fol- 

 lowed their life cycles in various points about the Great Lakes 

 for centuries without discovery by anglers. So the resourceful, 

 prospecting sportsman has a large chunk of a world to conquer 

 right here in the heart of America! 



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