There are stairways all along both sides from the top to water level walkways. The stairs are every 100 feet. It's roughly 4 1/2 feet from the top to the lower walkway. There is a two wire safety fence along the top on the harbor side from land to the light house. I've had to come off the wall by walking atop the bottom wire holding onto the top wire....get to fishing and not paying attention to what's happening between me and landfall lol. Its not unusual for waves to roll over the top when the NE'ers blow.
The wall can be spooky when fog sets in. One morning I was out there all by my lonesome with fog so thick I could not see beyond the lighthouse. I knew an ore boat was out there because it was sounding its horn. The lighthouse has a horn too but it has to be called for it to sound. I started to the thrumming of the props when they slowed down and all at once the horn in the house goes off. I damn near left my white right there. Then the ore boat sounds and he's only about 40 feet from the end of the wall....I was able to look up and see the sidewalls of the boat slide past, but could see nothing of it by looking straight ahead. Its absolutely amazing how silent a 1000 foot ship can be and in the fog that is the epitome of eerie. It took an hour for my heart to work proper after that horn shot.
It's a super cool area with campgrounds for tenting as well as larger wheeled units. OR, I know a guy with a cabin that fishes up there a lot. In his own mind he's not a bad guy but there are some here who may beg to differ.....and what do they know? I know it takes between 4 and 4 1/2 hours for me to get to Two Harbors from home and where you're at you'd maybe have to add another couple if you come up 90/94 to 694 then 35E. The two periods I'd suggest are mid-May to early June as one and the last half of September as the other. Your best shot at a pig trout on the water is the September number, but if ice develops heavy enough near Duluth that's another option. I don't ice fish that body of water any more. Looking down the hole and seeing the gravel bottom moving is not a good feeling and running anymore is not an option. Small boats can handle the water as long as the wind stays out of a direction other than NE or straight East. By small, I mean like my jon boat that I have had out there on several occasions. 14' to 16' fishing type boats are common.
If you want to try something different, give me a shout.
