2012 Wahkon Hunt for the Lucky Lure

References a Wahkon sign, specifically the one on the Soo Line Trail, which is used year round. Clue number one is the 1st clue, loosely referencing 1st St which runs into the trail near the sign.

The “key to the city” (and these clues) is a specific sign with many words (featured in later clues) on the Soo Line Trail, listing amenities Wahkon has to offer. 
 

“lie” and “soon” anagram to Soo Line, “vital art” anagrams to atv trail as well as referring to the sign being more of a piece of art, and vital to our clues.

Three words featured on the sign are “park” “fish” and “beach”

This clue contains four words featured on the sign, “gifts” “food” “resorts” and “motel” 
 

This clue contains five words featured on the sign, “churches” “bars” “bait” “groceries” and “gas and oil” (ok technically that’s seven words but it’s 5 spots on the sign)
 

ATV can be spelled with the first 2 letters of the first 2 lines, both ways. “peek left” “peek right” refer to the “keep left” “keep right” signs along the trail and “across” loosely refers to the church and more specifically to a cross made of trees back off the other side of the trail that can be seen from the sign. 
 

The tv show “Leave it to Beaver” (Theodore being the Beavers first name) refers to the beaver on the sign, and again “A tv” = ATV. “Stick to your guns” refers to the stick shaped almost like a gun that the lure is hidden in, check the stick carefully to find the crack the lure is tucked into.