
Wes and I launched by canoe from McNally Landing on the Upper Mississippi River Refuge confident that we could find active fish in between squalls on weeds edges in the slough. I had two spinning rods rigged and Wes was set up with a casting rod. Rod one was rigged with a 1/2-ounce chartreuse spinner [...]
Jun 13, 2010 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Reports, The Mississippi River, Winona County, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2010, Fishing Links, Heath Sershen, June, McNally Landing, Minnesota, Pike, Summer, Upper Mississippi River Refuge, Wes McRaven, Winona | Leave A Comment »

Gar, Pike, Catfishes, Mooneye, Redhorse, Dogfish, Bass, Sturgeon, Buffalo, Trout and Carp, amongst other species, can all be readily caught by hook and line angling methods on the Mississippi River today due to the high pressure weather pattern that has been holding for the majority of the past week.
The trick of it is where to [...]
May 29, 2010 | Categories:Rambles, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: 2010, Fishing Links, Heath Sershen, May, Memorial Day Weekend, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Winona | Leave A Comment »

I have now been working in Wabasha for about six months. I started making the commute in November when the water had just began to start to turn over for the winter season. I drive 30 miles of Highway that runs along the Mississippi River twice a day.
If you are a regular reader of my [...]
May 21, 2010 | Categories:Rambles, Rivers, The Mississippi River | Tags: fishing blog, Heath Sershen, Rambles | Leave A Comment »

Today I went to a different piece of water for my lunch break. This was a place that was previously undiscovered to me. It is what the locals call the slough as it is connected to the Mississippi River by means of culverts under the dike roads. It has lots of veg in its murky [...]
May 19, 2010 | Categories:Fishing Reports, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2010, bowfin, fishing blog, Fly Fishing, Heath Sershen, May, Mississippi River, report, the slough | Leave A Comment »
Sep 06, 2009 | Categories:Fillmore County, Fishing Reports, Rivers, Spring Creeks, The Mississippi River, Trout Run Creek | Tags: 2009, Camp Creek, feature, Fillmore County, Heath Sershen, Justin Carroll, South Branch Root River | Leave A Comment »

Today Justin and I set out to catch some fish. he had never fished Trout Run before so I took him to a spot where, more times than not, I traditionally caught large native Creek Chubs.
This section of stream went under the knife a few years back. In the process of “habitat restoration” it lost [...]
Aug 30, 2009 | Categories:Fillmore County, Fishing Reports, Rivers, Spring Creeks, The Mississippi River, Trout Run Creek | Tags: feature, Fishing report, Heath Sershen, Trout Run Creek | Leave A Comment »

Today the hunt to handle George is in its eighth month. I have nothing to report save for I did not see this extraordinarily large in stream Brown Trout today. The grass in the pool that she lives is thick and I hope that she was in there instead of facing a trophy hunters fate.
The [...]
Aug 23, 2009 | Categories:Backcountry Creek, Fillmore County, Fishing Reports, Rivers, Spring Creeks, The Mississippi River | Tags: feature, Heath Sershen | Leave A Comment »
Jul 31, 2009 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Rivers, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: 2009, Fishing Links, Heath Sershen, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Summer, Winona | Leave A Comment »
Jul 23, 2009 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Rivers, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: 2009, Fish Fly, Fly Fishing, Heath Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mayflies, Mississippi River, Summer, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge | Leave A Comment »
Jul 22, 2009 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Rivers, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: Fishfly, Fishing Links, Fly Fishing, Heath Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, Mayflies, Minnesota, report, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Winona | Leave A Comment »

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Jul 11, 2009 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Houston County, Rivers, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2009, Dry fly fishing, Fishing report, Gar, Heath Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mayflies, Minnesota, Mississippi River, shortnose gar, Video | Leave A Comment »
Jul 11, 2009 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Houston County, Rivers, The Mississippi River | Tags: Fishing report, Heath Sershen, July, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Winona County | Leave A Comment »
Jul 09, 2009 | Categories:Fishing Reports, Prairie Island Spillway, Rivers, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: Fishing Links, Heath Sershen, Mayflies, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Winona | Leave A Comment »