2009-05-30_PickwickCreek
Stino and I decided to get out while we could and we didn’t tell our girlfriends. We opted for the 10 – minute drive to Pickwick Creek to get the fishing in before it gets dug up by Trout Unlimited. The creek is slated to get “habitat improvement” for the introduced exotic Brown Trout. [...]
2009-05-28_MississippiRiver, That Dang Stick…
That Dang stick. Chad Wenzel and I headed to Bass Camp on the Whitman Dam on the Mississippi River to chase fish. We were not after anything specific save the rewards of trying to catch fish. We blew a tire on the boat trailer on Highway 61 on our way to the boat [...]
2009-05-26_MississippiRiver, That Dang Stick….
Chad and I hit the backwaters wing dams in search of Walleyes. Chad found them to be hitting green twister tails where the shiners were visible, I caught nothing.
2009-05-23_SouthBranchWhitewaterRiver
We met on the side of the road where the gravel starts. We headed down the trail into the valley. The road was bumpy however in great shape. The only concern was if it rain would we be able to get out. The sky was overcast. Linda and I decided to walk downstream while [...]
2009-05-22_SouthBranchWhitewaterRiver
I had planned to meet my friends Linda and Lisa at Elba this evening for an evening of Brown Trout angling on the South Branch Whitewater River. We accessed at Lloyd’s Pasture and worked our way upstream from the camper park. There were not a lot of bugs flying around however the Browns were busy [...]
2009-05-18_BackcountryCreek
I had to walk the dogs as they were going crazy in the house. I decided to take them to the forest for a romp while I could hunt mushrooms. We headed down into Filmore County to get on a piece of state forest. There is a trout stream on this patch of [...]
2009-05-09_RootRiver
About this time every year Eagle Cliff campground gets crowded with anglers. Some would describe them as Roughfishers, others as non-traditional anglers, but to us we are native species anglers. As a walleye or smallmouth bass is native to some parts of our state redhorse and suckers have a wider native range. The Roughfish round-up [...]
2009-05-08_RoughfishRoundup
About this time every year Eagle Cliff campground gets crowded with anglers. Some would describe them as Roughfishers, others as non-traditional anglers, but to us we are native species anglers. As a walleye or smallmouth bass is native to some parts of our state redhorse and suckers have a wider native range. The Roughfish round-up [...]
2009-05-03_StCroixRiver
The St. Croix border water Walleye opener happens a week before the rest of the state opens for the species. Dad and I had the itch to get on some Walleye. Even though I can fish Walleye year round on the Mississippi River in Winona we decided that a metro area angling day would suit [...]