Grant Sorensen from Superior Angling joined The Lift to share about the summer fishing season.

“It’s been rainy and cold, overcast, and our water temps have not gotten up to where they normally are,” he said “But we’re finally getting there now.”

Sorensen says a rainy summer will move fish around and keep water temps cooler. With warmer weather lately, the fish are starting to year.

“Right now, our water temps on Lake Superior are 60-65, pushing 70 degrees in some places. And it really gets those fishes’ metabolism going. So the fishing is really good right now,” he said. “If you don’t have plans this weekend, go out and fish because there’s a lot of fish to be caught.”

He says the harbor is kicking out walleye, and Lake Superior itself has been turning out lake trout and salmon.

He also recently had the opportunity to give back by going fishing with a 14-year-old named Neil who is being treated for brain cancer. Superior Angling partnered with the Catch Your Moment Foundation to take Neil to Ontario.

“He had the time of his life and said it was one of the funnest fishing trips he’s ever been on,” Sorensen said.

The Catch Your Moment Foundation provides the trips at no cost to cancer patients and their families.

“It puts life into perspective how fortunate you are when you are healthy, when you don’t have cancer, when you can do everything you want to do,” Sorensen said. “It really puts things into perspective and makes you appreciate everything that you have.”

There will be a fundraiser for the Catch Your Moment Foundation this winter.