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Stannard - Standard - Rock Fishing Charters
At times known by Standard Rock
Fishing Stannard Rock
Charter
fishing trips to fish at Stannard
Rock, which is often pronounced as Standard
Rock, leave the dock at 5:00 am. Our fishing
charter boat is ready to go at 5. We set the compass for
Stannard
Rock. The Stannard Rock buoy looks like a lighthouse (see
photo of Stannard Rock below). Stannard Rock is the furthest
buoy from shore anywhere in Lake Superior. (Read more about
fishing
Stannard Rock).
Stannard Rock (Map)
When the bite is on... time stands still...
Rising from the waters into the horizon, from a
distance we see a mirage that comes into our focus as we approach...
a lighthouse atop a rock, ageless, timeless, its solitutde mysterious...
it beckons all who seek the thrill of the frenzied feeders,
the lakers of this sunken island who come from the depths of
Superior to feed nearer the surface, the shallower waters of
The Rock... and we set the hook... they hit... one after another
after another after another... THE BITE IS ON!
When the bite is on... time stands still... and
time stands no stiller than it does at Stannard Rock (sometimes
called Standard
Rock and known to the fishermen who've been there as 'The
Rock'), it is one of Lake Superior's most remote fishing spots
of all. Here is where the great and grand Lake Trout gather
from the deepest depths of Superior to feed. Lakers in excess
of 60 pounds have laid their claim to fame in the records and
brought a thrill unsurpassed elsewhere to their hunters.
On the appropriately patriotic day of July 4, 1882,
John Pasque, the first keeper assigned to the light trimmed,
adjusted, and exhibited the light for the first time. The Stannard
Rock reef had been discovered by Captain Charles Stannard,
for whom it was named. Captain Stannard was aboard a fur trading
ship when he discovered the reef and the abundance of lake
trout.
Today, Stannard
Rock continues to stand vigil over the shoals it was built
to protect, but does so without human assistance, since the
station's light is completely automated with a solar-powered
300mm plastic lens.
To reserve your date, give us
a call
at (906) 892-8230, or use our
online Reservation Form.
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