Posts Tagged ‘April’

2009-04-28_HoustonCounty

Conditions: Sunny, 65 degrees, light breeze. I accessed the creek at a bridge on a gravel road that shoots east off the highway. My intensions were to scout the creek downstream to the confluence with the river. This hike is about three quarters of a mile. I know the upper section of this creek intimately. [...]


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.


2009-04-21_StMarysBloodroot


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.


2009-04-04_CrookedCreek

I found this creek while scouting with my father opening weekend in 2003. Mayflies were coming off. I had never experienced a mayfly hatch like this in a spring creek in 20 seasons of Trout angling. This was my second season of owning an actual trout fly rod. I had several seasons swinging flies in [...]


2008_04_24_RootRiver

 
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2008-04-03_Pine Creek

Today I met Brad on Pine Creek. We figured we’d better get our fill of this creek before the trout harvest opener as it gets hit pretty hard. It was windy in this part of the valley. Our plan was to hike upstream through the State Forest in search of new water to catch fish [...]


4.25.07-TheRootRiver

 
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4.20.07-TheRootRiver

 
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4.18.07-TheRootRiver

 
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2006-04-11_WhitewaterRiver


2005-04-30_RootRiverRound-up


2005-04-30_TroutRunCreek


2005-04-29_RootRiver


2005-04-29_StocktonValleyCreek


2005-04-24_PrairieIslandSpillway


2005-04-22_MainBranchWhitewaterRiver


2005-04-17_CrookedCreek


2005-04-16_BadgerCreek


2005-04-16_BeaverCreek


2005-04-15_TroutRunCreek


2005-04-14_BollersLake