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Fishing piers near Duluth
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Fishing piers near Duluth

9 stops2 watersUpdated Nov 6

9 piers and shore spots on public waters near Duluth — no boat needed.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Duluth; below are the 9 closest, grouped by water.

Lake Superior

Recorded in Lake Superior: White Perch, Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, and Freshwater Drum.

Surveyed depths in Lake Superior reach 962 ft.

  1. 1Lake Superior, Brighton Beach Public Water Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 6.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 2French River Public Water Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 12.8 mi from downtown.
  3. 3Mouth of the Middle River Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 14.6 mi from downtown.
  4. 5Lake Superior, Flood Bay Wayside Rest Public Water Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 28 mi from downtown.
  5. 6Lake Superior, Stewart River Public Water Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 28.9 mi from downtown.
  6. 7Lake Superior, Gooseberry River Public Water Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 39.3 mi from downtown.
  7. 8Herbster Landing: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 40.3 mi from downtown.
  8. 9Lake Superior, Split Rock River Public Water Access Site: shore access on Lake Superior, ≈ 42.9 mi from downtown.

Island Lake Reservoir

Recorded in Island Lake Reservoir: Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Island Lake Reservoir reach 70 ft.

  1. 4Cloquet River Public Water Access Site: shore access on Island Lake Reservoir, ≈ 15.4 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Rainbow Trout is at peak around Duluth in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Duluth fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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