Great Lakes
Poplar River
Live Conditions
Poplar River — Poplar River near Lutsen, MN
24-Hr Pressure
29.28 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
🌫️Foggy
66° / 45°
Tomorrow
🌤️Mainly clear
68° / 51°
Tue
☁️Overcast
66° / 52°
Wed
☁️Overcast
64° / 53°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Poplar River · June · Early Summer
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Caddis evenings. Brook trout in cold spring flows above falls.
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About Poplar River
The Poplar River flows through Lutsen on Minnesota's North Shore — a small, steep freestone with a strong spring steelhead run and fall coho salmon. Brook trout above the first waterfall barrier. The river drops past Lutsen Mountains ski area and into Lake Superior. Less famous than the Knife or Baptism but a productive small-water steelhead fishery.
Regulations
SPLIT REGULATIONS — above the first waterfall from Lake Superior: standard MN inland trout regulations. Below the falls to Lake Superior: steelhead/salmon regulations, may be open year-round per MN DNR North Shore tributary rules. Pink salmon return on odd years only — next run is 2027. Minnesota fishing license required ($25 resident annual) + $10.75 trout stamp. Verify all section-by-section closures and seasonal dates on the MN DNR North Shore tributary page before fishing.