2010-07-10_RootRiver
We launched from Wildcat Landing because it is a nice landing with easy ins-and-outs, beyond that its free. We are beginning to think that this landing is called Wildcat because after the ride from the landing to the mouth of the Root River you typically feel like you would have been better off fighting a [...]
2009-07-03_RootRiver
I shook the stick earlier this week by finally catching a Longnose Gar. I have had the stick before and am aware that once its gone good things can happen. With that I have never caught a Sturgeon. It has been something of my imagination for nearly 20 seasons. Today I set out to conquer [...]
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 [...]
2009-04-27_RootRiver
The world record Golden Redhorse was caught in the Root River in 2007 by Andy Geving. In this video I target Golden Redhorse with crawlers in a plunge pool. Golden Redhorse are often incorrectly identified by anglers. Most anglers accept them as carp. In southeast Minnesota most call them suckers. Only a keen few can [...]
2009-04-25_RootRiver
A master angler catches fish for mental health reasons. Typically the larger the fish the more mental health one gains. This time of the year in SE Minnesota’s Root River an angler can catch 40 fish over two pounds in one day. Of course this angler must be able. This video shows a few tricks [...]
2009-04-24_RootRiver
Each spring brings neat things to SE Minnesota. There are the hatching mayflies, flying caddis, blooming wildflowers, slurping trout and the annual run of Redhorse on the Root River. Watch this video and see what Minnesota’s World Class Root River has to offer anglers in late April.
2009-04-16_RootRiver
Today Mikey and I put the canoe in at Lanesboro and paddled down to the take out on HIghway 16. We were seeking redhorse and suckers however ended up with trout and bass. The water is extremely low and it required us to pull the canoe through several riffles.
2009-04-10_RootRiver
Today Eric and I fished the Root looking for Suckers and Redhorse. We found a few White suckers anda lot of Brown Trout.
2009-02-07_DuscheeCreek
Today I had the time to make it over to Filmore County to find a popular creek all to myself. The midge were coming off and the day was a balmy 40 degrees. The fish were holding in their usual haunt. The largest and prettiest fish of the day was caught when the video camera [...]
2008-08-10_NorthBranchRootRiver
The paddle out was more than the distance we paddled to the camp site. We stayed up too late last night and it was too early to paddle. It was a sunny day. We made it to the take out. We took time for lunch at a waterfall that leaked out of a crag. This [...]
2008-08-09_NorthBranchRootRiver
Canoeing in August. Our friend Ass is back from her stint in the Peace Corp in French Guinea, that Africa for those who don’t know. So with two dogs and two boats we headed to the North Branch Root River to paddle to Highway 16. Hatch didn’t ride in the boat the first 10 miles. [...]
2008-08-01_RootRiver
Mikey and I paddled the Lower Root to its mouth to meet up with the Roughfishopen crew in search of the mythical Shovelnose Sturgeon. The paddle took less than two hours and we made our way to a Maple river bottom to spend the night fishing. We caught a few Drum and watched as the [...]
2008_07_20_Forestville
It is always a treat to go camping. This time we had the whole Sershen clan together. Shawn was back from Los Angeles, Mom came out, Tiff and her sons were even there. We made our annual pilgrimage to the Lanesboro fish hatchery where Aries got to see wow trout are reared. We fished Duschee [...]
2008_07_19_Forestville
We are all here. Sleeping in several tents in two campsites. The boys went to Mystery Cave. The men went fishing. A wicked thunderstorm rolled through at dusk, Shawn and I still fished. I caught a bluegill in Forestville State Park. It makes me think that I need some Bluegill streamer patterns to get those [...]
2008-07-18_Forestville
Little Bella sticks by us when we camp. She even ventured into the toilets when we showered.
2008-06-01_RootRiver
Today was a great day as we had six canoes and ten riders. We launched at Rushford’s canoe landing. We parked the take out vehicle at Vinegar Ridge. It was a nice fast paddle that took about two and a half hours to float. It featured a few pieces of a silo that was leftover [...]
2008-05-09_Roughfish Roundup
My round-up started with the float. I met the crew at Eagle Cliff Campground. A bunch of us loaded the boats onto a few cars and headed to Lanesboro to put-in. We had originally planned on floating the North Branch Root River however ended up on the South Branch. The water was stained but at [...]