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Post by galaxytrash on Jun 13, 2021 18:21:45 GMT -6
Well,if you put it that way...LOL! I got a lotta drinky poos in me up at the camper up in beautiful Dear River MN so I’m not in an arguing mood! Northwoods and enables my friends! I have to get out and do some shore fishing on the Missouri River soon.
you get trout in the missouri in north dakota? a mate of mine fly fished it in montana, i don't think he did too well but he said it's supposed to be amazing fishing when it's on. i'd imagine a river like that holds many species. what particular one would you be going for?
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Post by hsbob on Jun 13, 2021 21:08:03 GMT -6
Well,if you put it that way...LOL! I got a lotta drinky poos in me up at the camper up in beautiful Dear River MN so I’m not in an arguing mood! Northwoods and enables my friends! Bob, is that a typo and you meant to say "Beer" River?
Hope the fish are biting and the flies stay away. I have to get out and do some shore fishing on the Missouri River soon. My son is coming up from AZ in July and we'd really like to have some fish already in the freezer before he gets here. We plan on going on a guided fish outing either on the River, Lake Sakakawea, or Devils Lake. It depends on the fish bite and the wind. I don't like to get tossed around on big water, I've done that before a few times.
Black flies were all over when I was unloading yesterday,had to keep the door closed in between trips cause they know to follow you but I did OK,only had to kill two. Go outside later with a giant glass of bourbon and this squadron of dragonflies shows up and tears the hell out of the black flies....it was Mother Nature welcoming her son!LOL wish I coulda bought the lil dudes a beer!
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Post by acesandeights on Jun 14, 2021 7:49:08 GMT -6
I have to get out and do some shore fishing on the Missouri River soon.
you get trout in the missouri in north dakota? a mate of mine fly fished it in montana, i don't think he did too well but he said it's supposed to be amazing fishing when it's on.
i'd imagine a river like that holds many species. what particular one would you be going for? Here are words fishermen do not like to hear when they arrive at their fishing spot and they're just not biting; "You should have been here last week!"
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Post by hawks27 on Jun 14, 2021 15:56:13 GMT -6
I have to get out and do some shore fishing on the Missouri River soon.
you get trout in the missouri in north dakota? a mate of mine fly fished it in montana, i don't think he did too well but he said it's supposed to be amazing fishing when it's on. i'd imagine a river like that holds many species. what particular one would you be going for? There are trout (rainbow and brown) in the river up by the Garrison Dam where the water flows through the turbines from Lake Sakakawea. They grow quite large up there, some to over 20 lbs. Most people are fishing for walleyes in the Missouri River. That's what I'd want to catch, but sometimes you get a surprise of some sort (Northern Pike, catfish, sturgeon are some I've caught in the River).
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Post by BigT on Jun 14, 2021 19:48:53 GMT -6
you get trout in the missouri in north dakota? a mate of mine fly fished it in montana, i don't think he did too well but he said it's supposed to be amazing fishing when it's on. i'd imagine a river like that holds many species. what particular one would you be going for? There are trout (rainbow and brown) in the river up by the Garrison Dam where the water flows through the turbines from Lake Sakakawea. They grow quite large up there, some to over 20 lbs. Most people are fishing for walleyes in the Missouri River. That's what I'd want to catch, but sometimes you get a surprise of some sort (Northern Pike, catfish, sturgeon are some I've caught in the River).
Not far from where I live. In the Detroit river about a month ago some researchers caught a massive Sturgeon. Thing was over 6 feet long and said to be well over a 100 years old. Not sure about the weight, but you can imagine it was quite heavy. Lake St. Clair and the Detroit river are a hot spot for those bastards. Here’s the link!!! www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/06/giant-sturgeon-caught-in-detroit-river-may-be-100-years-old
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Post by galaxytrash on Jun 15, 2021 7:40:47 GMT -6
you get trout in the missouri in north dakota? a mate of mine fly fished it in montana, i don't think he did too well but he said it's supposed to be amazing fishing when it's on. i'd imagine a river like that holds many species. what particular one would you be going for? There are trout (rainbow and brown) in the river up by the Garrison Dam where the water flows through the turbines from Lake Sakakawea. They grow quite large up there, some to over 20 lbs. Most people are fishing for walleyes in the Missouri River. That's what I'd want to catch, but sometimes you get a surprise of some sort (Northern Pike, catfish, sturgeon are some I've caught in the River).
like with anything that drives my curiousity...i had to google "fish species in the missouri in south dakota". don't know how i'd survive without google. chinook salmon? i never would have dreamed you could catch a salmon in south dakota. you ever get lucky and hook up with one of those? another fish i saw was maybe the most delicious freshwater fish you can hook in n. america but a fish that has little or no respect among anglers. i don't even think it has a limit but i might be wrong on that one. up in canada we call it the ling cod, or maybe the burbot. i'd say i've caught half a dozen at most in my life. so, maybe 5 through the lake ice and once on a broken bit of fishing line wrapped up in a pile of lumber in a trout river south of calgary that happened to have a very healthy ling cod at the end. i waded out to my chin and managed to free the line from the wood pile and i drug the beast onto the shore. the original angler may have been a few inches too short to claim his fish. anyways...i knew the species but never even knew they existed in the river system i was fishing. so i knocked him on the head (there isn't a more slippery fish)...gutted it (they have a massive amount of guts for a fish of it's size...it's like gutting a piglet), peeled it like a banana as you do and then lopped off his head. at this headless stage, in my mind he was at least 24" but in actual fact he was likely closer to 18". the human brain....or mine at least...tends to misremember things, especially fish sizes from the past. so....this headless beast is skinned and gutted and i'm washing it off in the river when in an instant the last milli-volt in this creature's body makes itself known and this mf'er decides to wrap itself around my forearm. i literally screamed and flung it about 30 feet into the long grass away from the river. i kind've wish someone was there to have a laugh at me but i was all by my lonesome. i was quite shaken. anyways....it took a bit of bushwhacking but i found the fish and not surprisingly he was delicious.
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Post by gigecj on Jun 15, 2021 11:08:23 GMT -6
There are trout (rainbow and brown) in the river up by the Garrison Dam where the water flows through the turbines from Lake Sakakawea. They grow quite large up there, some to over 20 lbs. Most people are fishing for walleyes in the Missouri River. That's what I'd want to catch, but sometimes you get a surprise of some sort (Northern Pike, catfish, sturgeon are some I've caught in the River).
like with anything that drives my curiousity...i had to google "fish species in the missouri in south dakota". don't know how i'd survive without google. chinook salmon? i never would have dreamed you could catch a salmon in south dakota. you ever get lucky and hook up with one of those? another fish i saw was maybe the most delicious freshwater fish you can hook in n. america but a fish that has little or no respect among anglers. i don't even think it has a limit but i might be wrong on that one. up in canada we call it the ling cod, or maybe the burbot. i'd say i've caught half a dozen at most in my life. so, maybe 5 through the lake ice and once on a broken bit of fishing line wrapped up in a pile of lumber in a trout river south of calgary that happened to have a very healthy ling cod at the end. i waded out to my chin and managed to free the line from the wood pile and i drug the beast onto the shore. the original angler may have been a few inches too short to claim his fish. anyways...i knew the species but never even knew they existed in the river system i was fishing. so i knocked him on the head (there isn't a more slippery fish)...gutted it (they have a massive amount of guts for a fish of it's size...it's like gutting a piglet), peeled it like a banana as you do and then lopped off his head. at this headless stage, in my mind he was at least 24" but in actual fact he was likely closer to 18". the human brain....or mine at least...tends to misremember things, especially fish sizes from the past. so....this headless beast is skinned and gutted and i'm washing it off in the river when in an instant the last milli-volt in this creature's body makes itself known and this mf'er decides to wrap itself around my forearm. i literally screamed and flung it about 30 feet into the long grass away from the river. i kind've wish someone was there to have a laugh at me but i was all by my lonesome. i was quite shaken. anyways....it took a bit of bushwhacking but i found the fish and not surprisingly he was delicious. I do not pretend to be a chinook salmon naturalist. However, I also wondered how this species can be in a waterway that would never meet the sea. Well, I forget that the Missouri River actually flows into the Mississippi which, of course, meets the sea (the Gulf of Mexico). Still, that is quite the migration!
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Post by vadarx on Jun 15, 2021 15:58:26 GMT -6
There are trout (rainbow and brown) in the river up by the Garrison Dam where the water flows through the turbines from Lake Sakakawea. They grow quite large up there, some to over 20 lbs. Most people are fishing for walleyes in the Missouri River. That's what I'd want to catch, but sometimes you get a surprise of some sort (Northern Pike, catfish, sturgeon are some I've caught in the River).
like with anything that drives my curiousity...i had to google "fish species in the missouri in south dakota". don't know how i'd survive without google. chinook salmon? i never would have dreamed you could catch a salmon in south dakota. you ever get lucky and hook up with one of those? another fish i saw was maybe the most delicious freshwater fish you can hook in n. america but a fish that has little or no respect among anglers. i don't even think it has a limit but i might be wrong on that one. up in canada we call it the ling cod, or maybe the burbot. i'd say i've caught half a dozen at most in my life. so, maybe 5 through the lake ice and once on a broken bit of fishing line wrapped up in a pile of lumber in a trout river south of calgary that happened to have a very healthy ling cod at the end. i waded out to my chin and managed to free the line from the wood pile and i drug the beast onto the shore. the original angler may have been a few inches too short to claim his fish. anyways...i knew the species but never even knew they existed in the river system i was fishing. so i knocked him on the head (there isn't a more slippery fish)...gutted it (they have a massive amount of guts for a fish of it's size...it's like gutting a piglet), peeled it like a banana as you do and then lopped off his head. at this headless stage, in my mind he was at least 24" but in actual fact he was likely closer to 18". the human brain....or mine at least...tends to misremember things, especially fish sizes from the past. so....this headless beast is skinned and gutted and i'm washing it off in the river when in an instant the last milli-volt in this creature's body makes itself known and this mf'er decides to wrap itself around my forearm. i literally screamed and flung it about 30 feet into the long grass away from the river. i kind've wish someone was there to have a laugh at me but i was all by my lonesome. i was quite shaken. anyways....it took a bit of bushwhacking but i found the fish and not surprisingly he was delicious. fear not, someone was here to laugh at you now! 😅🤣😅 edit: a side note here... last summer whilst up in da UP, my sis caught herself a keeper northern for the first time in years (in her defense, it had been a few years since she'd been fishing outside Colorado) and decided she wanted to have a pike dinner. so we are at the cleaning table and she had already done one side of the fish and was starting the second when that damn thing suddenly flopped and she squealed and off it went onto the ground... I missed the flop, as I was tossing some of the innards off the bluff down to the Big Lake when it happened, but she was insistent that I finish cleaning it. being the good brother that I am I told her to suck it up and finish the damn thing... it freaked her out, though!
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Post by galaxytrash on Jun 15, 2021 22:00:49 GMT -6
like with anything that drives my curiousity...i had to google "fish species in the missouri in south dakota". don't know how i'd survive without google. chinook salmon? i never would have dreamed you could catch a salmon in south dakota. you ever get lucky and hook up with one of those? another fish i saw was maybe the most delicious freshwater fish you can hook in n. america but a fish that has little or no respect among anglers. i don't even think it has a limit but i might be wrong on that one. up in canada we call it the ling cod, or maybe the burbot. i'd say i've caught half a dozen at most in my life. so, maybe 5 through the lake ice and once on a broken bit of fishing line wrapped up in a pile of lumber in a trout river south of calgary that happened to have a very healthy ling cod at the end. i waded out to my chin and managed to free the line from the wood pile and i drug the beast onto the shore. the original angler may have been a few inches too short to claim his fish. anyways...i knew the species but never even knew they existed in the river system i was fishing. so i knocked him on the head (there isn't a more slippery fish)...gutted it (they have a massive amount of guts for a fish of it's size...it's like gutting a piglet), peeled it like a banana as you do and then lopped off his head. at this headless stage, in my mind he was at least 24" but in actual fact he was likely closer to 18". the human brain....or mine at least...tends to misremember things, especially fish sizes from the past. so....this headless beast is skinned and gutted and i'm washing it off in the river when in an instant the last milli-volt in this creature's body makes itself known and this mf'er decides to wrap itself around my forearm. i literally screamed and flung it about 30 feet into the long grass away from the river. i kind've wish someone was there to have a laugh at me but i was all by my lonesome. i was quite shaken. anyways....it took a bit of bushwhacking but i found the fish and not surprisingly he was delicious. I do not pretend to be a chinook salmon naturalist. However, I also wondered how this species can be in a waterway that would never meet the sea. Well, I forget that the Missouri River actually flows into the Mississippi which, of course, meets the sea (the Gulf of Mexico). Still, that is quite the migration! no expert here either but i have my doubts that chinooks swim up the mississippi from the GOM. i'd guess they're either stocked fish, or landlocked from the ice age or some geological event maybe.
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Post by galaxytrash on Jun 15, 2021 22:05:01 GMT -6
like with anything that drives my curiousity...i had to google "fish species in the missouri in south dakota". don't know how i'd survive without google. chinook salmon? i never would have dreamed you could catch a salmon in south dakota. you ever get lucky and hook up with one of those? another fish i saw was maybe the most delicious freshwater fish you can hook in n. america but a fish that has little or no respect among anglers. i don't even think it has a limit but i might be wrong on that one. up in canada we call it the ling cod, or maybe the burbot. i'd say i've caught half a dozen at most in my life. so, maybe 5 through the lake ice and once on a broken bit of fishing line wrapped up in a pile of lumber in a trout river south of calgary that happened to have a very healthy ling cod at the end. i waded out to my chin and managed to free the line from the wood pile and i drug the beast onto the shore. the original angler may have been a few inches too short to claim his fish. anyways...i knew the species but never even knew they existed in the river system i was fishing. so i knocked him on the head (there isn't a more slippery fish)...gutted it (they have a massive amount of guts for a fish of it's size...it's like gutting a piglet), peeled it like a banana as you do and then lopped off his head. at this headless stage, in my mind he was at least 24" but in actual fact he was likely closer to 18". the human brain....or mine at least...tends to misremember things, especially fish sizes from the past. so....this headless beast is skinned and gutted and i'm washing it off in the river when in an instant the last milli-volt in this creature's body makes itself known and this mf'er decides to wrap itself around my forearm. i literally screamed and flung it about 30 feet into the long grass away from the river. i kind've wish someone was there to have a laugh at me but i was all by my lonesome. i was quite shaken. anyways....it took a bit of bushwhacking but i found the fish and not surprisingly he was delicious. ... it freaked her out, though! what a wuss she is.
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Post by hawks27 on Jun 16, 2021 18:03:45 GMT -6
I do not pretend to be a chinook salmon naturalist. However, I also wondered how this species can be in a waterway that would never meet the sea. Well, I forget that the Missouri River actually flows into the Mississippi which, of course, meets the sea (the Gulf of Mexico). Still, that is quite the migration! no expert here either but i have my doubts that chinooks swim up the mississippi from the GOM. i'd guess they're either stocked fish, or landlocked from the ice age or some geological event maybe. GT, you are correct about the stocking of Chinooks. They are in the deep water Lake Sakakawea. Some may miraculously survive going through the turbines at the Garrison Dam (where the Missouri River begins...again). Salmon fishing on the big Sak is usually good in the fall.
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Post by galaxytrash on Jun 16, 2021 18:26:38 GMT -6
no expert here either but i have my doubts that chinooks swim up the mississippi from the GOM. i'd guess they're either stocked fish, or landlocked from the ice age or some geological event maybe. GT, you are correct about the stocking of Chinooks. They are in the deep water Lake Sakakawea. Some may miraculously survive going through the turbines at the Garrison Dam (where the Missouri River begins...again). Salmon fishing on the big Sak is usually good in the fall.
cheers for that. was wondering how many different species you've pulled out of the missouri over the years?
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Post by hawks27 on Jun 17, 2021 16:31:03 GMT -6
GT, you are correct about the stocking of Chinooks. They are in the deep water Lake Sakakawea. Some may miraculously survive going through the turbines at the Garrison Dam (where the Missouri River begins...again). Salmon fishing on the big Sak is usually good in the fall.
cheers for that. was wondering how many different species you've pulled out of the missouri over the years? We moved from the Mpls area to Mandan, ND in 1995-96. When I had my boat, I tried to mainly fish largemouth bass in some small reservoir about 45 miles away. One day I caught 33 bass, with the largest around 5 lbs. I only kept three that were about 1 to 2 lbs. That was great because I was always mainly a bass fisherman.
The Missouri River has a lot of different species in it. I have caught mostly walleyes. Some northern pike, a catfish, a sturgeon (about 3 lbs.) and I did catch a small rainbow trout a few years ago.
Since I sold my boat a few years ago (my back got too bad to be dealing with it), I have fished with a friend in his boat a few times, but mainly I have fished in the shallows with waders on. I cast floating Rapalas upstream and hope that I don't snag a tree or rocks, etc. I haven't fished like that very much lately either (the back). When the walleyes come in to the shallows to feed in the early evening, it can get really exciting. You just never know what you are reeling in until you get it near or up on the shore.
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Post by hsbob on Jun 18, 2021 9:45:13 GMT -6
Got out Tuesday with a good buddy and great guide,we pull up on a spot with about 8-10 other boats on it and get in line for our drift over a half mile long rock ridge. The boats were there because the fish were there and we got a few every drift much to the dismay of some of our neighbors and two limits of nice keeper walleyes by 11:00!!
O'l Roy boy then said he heard that the crappies might just be startin' to go on at the 'rock pile'.....had to work for em but we limited out by 2:00. A few keeper pike mixed in but mostly 'Hammer handles' on Bowstring. One of my best days ever and why I pay guides most of the time when I go out up there. I don't drive 8-9 hours to hope I catch a few......I'll tell ya that!
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Post by hsbob on Jul 6, 2021 9:12:11 GMT -6
Goin' back up to 'Tin town' tomorrow for three days,fish one because that's all my buddy's wife'll let him off the leash for...LOL! His Ol' lady is actually a good gal and he has a meeting on Monday I guess and it is five days with the drive up and back. Went through about half my haul from last month already so I'm gonna need a 'hot stick' Thursday to restock my freezer. Speakin' of 'sticks',I take the rod condom off my StCroix 'Eyecon' last time up only to see the top three inches come with it,my guide asked me how old it was(2-3years)and tells me to call StCroix. The guy in customer service asks me for the serial number and tells me they'll send me a new one for a $25 charge(here in 3 days) AND it was in stock which is ultra rare.......fish barely stand a chance now!
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Post by T-man2010 on Jul 6, 2021 18:00:07 GMT -6
Goin' back up to 'Tin town' tomorrow for three days,fish one because that's all my buddy's wife'll let him off the leash for...LOL! His Ol' lady is actually a good gal and he has a meeting on Monday I guess and it is five days with the drive up and back. Went through about half my haul from last month already so I'm gonna need a 'hot stick' Thursday to restock my freezer. Speakin' of 'sticks',I take the rod condom off my StCroix 'Eyecon' last time up only to see the top three inches come with it,my guide asked me how old it was(2-3years)and tells me to call StCroix. The guy in customer service asks me for the serial number and tells me they'll send me a new one for a $25 charge(here in 3 days) AND it was in stock which is ultra rare.......fish barely stand a chance now! Thinking about a trip out to Galena one weekend soon. See if that muskie is waiting for me for round 2.
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Post by Tater on Jul 7, 2021 1:16:43 GMT -6
Thinking about a trip out to Galena one weekend soon. See if that muskie is waiting for me for round 2. Man do I miss that lake. Please do post pics if you don't mind. Me and my wife once caught 7 muskies there in a day and a half several years ago.
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Post by hsbob on Jul 7, 2021 5:24:25 GMT -6
Were you guys targeting Muskies?
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Post by Tater on Jul 7, 2021 11:00:02 GMT -6
Were you guys targeting Muskies? Yes. Using lures I made.
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 10, 2021 1:16:05 GMT -6
Were you guys targeting Muskies? Yes. Using lures I made. what kind of lures? i'm guessing something wooden that's designed to dive maybe? we used to make our own hooks when i was working offshore, we were mostly catching big eye tuna. anything shiny with a hook on the end would do when they were on. nothing fancy that's for sure. something like a plain old table knife cut in half and then reconnected by a ring in the middle so there's some movement, with good sized treble hook at the end.
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Post by Tater on Jul 10, 2021 1:26:01 GMT -6
what kind of lures? i'm guessing something wooden that's designed to dive maybe? we used to make our own hooks when i was working offshore, we were mostly catching big eye tuna. anything shiny with a hook on the end would do when they were on. nothing fancy that's for sure. something like a plain old table knife cut in half and then reconnected by a ring in the middle so there's some movement, with good sized treble hook at the end. It's a metal part with a bass assassin type on a swivel behind it. Really sweet action on a slow retrieve. We are going to WI this weekend to visit a friend who lives on a lake and just got new boat. There are pike in the lake and we'll be trying for them if it doesn't rain, but it doesn't look good right now. I should patent the thing, but it uses parts from other lures so I'm not sure how that works.
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 20, 2021 3:37:21 GMT -6
"the wunder boner." "my wife would like that."
i stumbled across this today, i'm sure i've never seen this before but maybe some of you have.
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Post by hsbob on Sept 11, 2021 6:34:41 GMT -6
Head up north in a bit to close things down and fish two days too,get the freezer packed for the winter. Meat hunt the first day and half the second then pull some big baits for a few hours to say I gave it a go. This'll be the first year in the last 22 I won't have casted for hours after a Ski but I've really gotten to like comin' home with a bunch of fish to eat.
I'll have to yell at you guys from my iPad for a week and I'll probably watch the Bears opener on it too.
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Post by vadarx on Sept 24, 2021 9:53:41 GMT -6
Head up north in a bit to close things down and fish two days too,get the freezer packed for the winter. Meat hunt the first day and half the second then pull some big baits for a few hours to say I gave it a go. This'll be the first year in the last 22 I won't have casted for hours after a Ski but I've really gotten to like comin' home with a bunch of fish to eat. I'll have to yell at you guys from my iPad for a week and I'll probably watch the Bears opener on it too. how'd it go, Bob? we've already had one 'eye fry here since I got back last weekend. plenty more in the freezer. sadly, the northerns weren't too active this year, though, so no picture taking opportunities... yet another year without going to the river, too, but I had no boat of my own so...🤷🏼♂️ next year I will, though. really need to get out there and see if I can see a 'ski or two.
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Post by hsbob on Sept 25, 2021 7:31:22 GMT -6
Head up north in a bit to close things down and fish two days too,get the freezer packed for the winter. Meat hunt the first day and half the second then pull some big baits for a few hours to say I gave it a go. This'll be the first year in the last 22 I won't have casted for hours after a Ski but I've really gotten to like comin' home with a bunch of fish to eat. I'll have to yell at you guys from my iPad for a week and I'll probably watch the Bears opener on it too. how'd it go, Bob? we've already had one 'eye fry here since I got back last weekend. plenty more in the freezer. sadly, the northerns weren't too active this year, though, so no picture taking opportunities... yet another year without going to the river, too, but I had no boat of my own so...🤷🏼♂️ next year I will, though. really need to get out there and see if I can see a 'ski or two. You asked for V Got up to the trailer four times this year,it'll be five next year. I've had three fish fry's with 6-10 vaxed up friends already and one more teed up for next Sat,I don't fry em anymore either.....once in a while maybe. Just too easy to put filets in tinfoil with lemon,onion,olive oil,a little butter and salt n pepper,in the oven or on the grill......cleaner and healthier than the batter and oil. The freezer is full again after my last trip but they didn't come cheap. Did seven guided trips this summer and I'll probably do eight next summer,this is another thing that's just to easy not to do and I seek easier as I age.....gracefully.....LOL! Shared the cost five of those times but payed the whole freight twice.........kept all the fish though too and my guides know me well enough to give me their walleyes and we pretty much always get a limit along with a decent amount of either pike,perch or crappies. Of course this means not spending hours chasing the big girls and the only pictures I took this year were of my packed freezer in the camper and a full 'fish board' outside the cleaning house. Did the math on picking up a used boat for around 20K,maintaining,winterizing and storing and didn't like the outcome and buying a used boat up there isn't like buying a used boat down here..........those F'n 'square heads' USE their boats! And then what? Stumble around BIG lakes that can get rough quick,sometimes by myself or with a buddy who knows no more than I do about boat safety(and I've owned two) in hopes of finding a few? Let alone hitchin' up,gassin' up,finding the right shinners/bait in the morning,launching or even knowing what ramps are assessable with the low water........some of the ramps are an adventure WITH a guide! OR When I said easier I shoulda said EASIER,fishing with the guides I use and know well just makes too much sense. I get picked up at my camper after a breakfast of Baily's and whiskey in the coffee,a 'special brownie',a few bangers and with a full cooler(without a worry of an out of state DUWY),a sandwich and another edible for later,the right cloths(rain gear) and my trusty 'Eyecon by StCroix' and I just HAMMER! These guys fish nearly every day and more importantly talk to one another afterward and during the day which is a HUGE advantage. They also have all the up to date electronics and only fish what they know but they know a lot and it's their boat control that's really what sets them apart,finding em ain't as hard as it used to be but making the right drift over that spot every time and pickin off a few every time adds up pretty quick. I went out on Sand back in June and we used lindy rigs which I enjoyed because I hadn't used em in a while and always liked em(guides almost backtroll spinner rigs exculsivly nowadays) and we get out to a spot with about a dozen boats already on it so Ol Roy takes his place in line for a drift over a mile long gravely ridge and much to the dismay of the locals we pick off several on every drift and had our 12 by 11. After giving a few guys a few tips he says "I hear the Crappies might be goin' out on the rockpile' and I say 'WTF we waitin' for.....I ain't payin' ya for your personality MF'r' but breakfast might have had something to do with that!LOL! Same thing happened this time up on Big Winnie.....BIG Winnie's on fire this year and last after a half dozen down years but my fingers are tired and I'm sure you get the gist.
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Post by vadarx on Sept 25, 2021 8:30:40 GMT -6
how'd it go, Bob? we've already had one 'eye fry here since I got back last weekend. plenty more in the freezer. sadly, the northerns weren't too active this year, though, so no picture taking opportunities... yet another year without going to the river, too, but I had no boat of my own so...🤷🏼♂️ next year I will, though. really need to get out there and see if I can see a 'ski or two. You asked for V Got up to the trailer four times this year,it'll be five next year. I've had three fish fry's with 6-10 vaxed up friends already and one more teed up for next Sat,I don't fry em anymore either.....once in a while maybe. Just too easy to put filets in tinfoil with lemon,onion,olive oil,a little butter and salt n pepper,in the oven or on the grill......cleaner and healthier than the batter and oil. The freezer is full again after my last trip but they didn't come cheap. Did seven guided trips this summer and I'll probably do eight next summer,this is another thing that's just to easy not to do and I seek easier as I age.....gracefully.....LOL! Shared the cost five of those times but payed the whole freight twice.........kept all the fish though too and my guides know me well enough to give me their walleyes and we pretty much always get a limit along with a decent amount of either pike,perch or crappies. Of course this means not spending hours chasing the big girls and the only pictures I took this year were of my packed freezer in the camper and a full 'fish board' outside the cleaning house. Did the math on picking up a used boat for around 20K,maintaining,winterizing and storing and didn't like the outcome and buying a used boat up there isn't like buying a used boat down here..........those F'n 'square heads' USE their boats! And then what? Stumble around BIG lakes that can get rough quick,sometimes by myself or with a buddy who knows no more than I do about boat safety(and I've owned two) in hopes of finding a few? Let alone hitchin' up,gassin' up,finding the right shinners/bait in the morning,launching or even knowing what ramps are assessable with the low water........some of the ramps are an adventure WITH a guide! OR When I said easier I shoulda said EASIER,fishing with the guides I use and know well just makes too much sense. I get picked up at my camper after a breakfast of Baily's and whiskey in the coffee,a 'special brownie',a few bangers and with a full cooler(without a worry of an out of state DUWY),a sandwich and another edible for later,the right cloths(rain gear) and my trusty 'Eyecon by StCroix' and I just HAMMER! These guys fish nearly every day and more importantly talk to one another afterward and during the day which is a HUGE advantage. They also have all the up to date electronics and only fish what they know but they know a lot and it's their boat control that's really what sets them apart,finding em ain't as hard as it used to be but making the right drift over that spot every time and pickin off a few every time adds up pretty quick. I went out on Sand back in June and we used lindy rigs which I enjoyed because I hadn't used em in a while and always liked em(guides almost backtroll spinner rigs exculsivly nowadays) and we get out to a spot with about a dozen boats already on it so Ol Roy takes his place in line for a drift over a mile long gravely ridge and much to the dismay of the locals we pick off several on every drift and had our 12 by 11. After giving a few guys a few tips he says "I hear the Crappies might be goin' out on the rockpile' and I say 'WTF we waitin' for.....I ain't payin' ya for your personality MF'r' but breakfast might have had something to do with that!LOL! Same thing happened this time up on Big Winnie.....BIG Winnie's on fire this year and last after a half dozen down years but my fingers are tired and I'm sure you get the gist. always a good feeling to have a full freezer! man, you got a point on the grilling vs the frying, but my sis and the old man (mainly the soon to be birthday boy) have a thing for the Shore Lunch, so we fried some 'eyes (and a northern) the day after me and the special lady got back down state here. I might have to suggest your method next time. I hear ya on the easier stuff. imo, you gotta go with a guide out on big waters that you aren't familiar with, or really, even if you are. unless you are local, it just makes more sense to grab a rod or 3 and head out on someone else's rig, where they have everything you need (from bait to know how) right there. who wants spending hours/days dicking around on the water trying to find what works and where? luckily for me, where I'm at in the UP, the lakes are much smaller and I've been going up there for long enough that I may as well be a local. but.... no boat for years now. when I was younger and living in state, my dad had one but he (we) got older and I moved outta state and he finally sold it rather than having sitting around to get used once or twice a year. so now I just bring my trolling motor and use the boats that come with the cabin at the lake I stay at. if I want to go to another lake, the owner there has a little John boat I can throw in the back of the rig and run it down the road a mile to the next lake(s). can't do that for the river, though. I need a boat and trailer for that sort of adventure. my sister just bought a plain old (old being the operative word) boat n trailer, so I may have to drag it up there next year. we were up there for 3 weeks and were full up on walleye after one. I had to use the owner's freezer for the rest of the trip cuz the fridge freezer in the cabin was full of food for us to eat there, lol. after that they slowed down and the perch moved right in near where they had been, so we filled up on those mfers as well! I didn't have my buddy that lives on the other side of the lake up there this year, though, so I missed out on going out with the downriggers, so no salmon or lakers for me this year... next year we are going a week later, so he should be up there. if he isn't, I may just have to drive to the river down the shore line and join the 8 million other assholes trying to catch em from shore, lol. good trip as always, hopefully next year I'll need more needle nose throughout it. I wore out my arm casting, but for whatever reason (water was too warm, imo) the northerns were few and far between. fingers crossed cuz the fry the other day just confirmed how much I like em! I ate half of the pike we did keep by myself, lol...
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Post by hsbob on Sept 25, 2021 8:48:09 GMT -6
You asked for V Got up to the trailer four times this year,it'll be five next year. I've had three fish fry's with 6-10 vaxed up friends already and one more teed up for next Sat,I don't fry em anymore either.....once in a while maybe. Just too easy to put filets in tinfoil with lemon,onion,olive oil,a little butter and salt n pepper,in the oven or on the grill......cleaner and healthier than the batter and oil. The freezer is full again after my last trip but they didn't come cheap. Did seven guided trips this summer and I'll probably do eight next summer,this is another thing that's just to easy not to do and I seek easier as I age.....gracefully.....LOL! Shared the cost five of those times but payed the whole freight twice.........kept all the fish though too and my guides know me well enough to give me their walleyes and we pretty much always get a limit along with a decent amount of either pike,perch or crappies. Of course this means not spending hours chasing the big girls and the only pictures I took this year were of my packed freezer in the camper and a full 'fish board' outside the cleaning house. Did the math on picking up a used boat for around 20K,maintaining,winterizing and storing and didn't like the outcome and buying a used boat up there isn't like buying a used boat down here..........those F'n 'square heads' USE their boats! And then what? Stumble around BIG lakes that can get rough quick,sometimes by myself or with a buddy who knows no more than I do about boat safety(and I've owned two) in hopes of finding a few? Let alone hitchin' up,gassin' up,finding the right shinners/bait in the morning,launching or even knowing what ramps are assessable with the low water........some of the ramps are an adventure WITH a guide! OR When I said easier I shoulda said EASIER,fishing with the guides I use and know well just makes too much sense. I get picked up at my camper after a breakfast of Baily's and whiskey in the coffee,a 'special brownie',a few bangers and with a full cooler(without a worry of an out of state DUWY),a sandwich and another edible for later,the right cloths(rain gear) and my trusty 'Eyecon by StCroix' and I just HAMMER! These guys fish nearly every day and more importantly talk to one another afterward and during the day which is a HUGE advantage. They also have all the up to date electronics and only fish what they know but they know a lot and it's their boat control that's really what sets them apart,finding em ain't as hard as it used to be but making the right drift over that spot every time and pickin off a few every time adds up pretty quick. I went out on Sand back in June and we used lindy rigs which I enjoyed because I hadn't used em in a while and always liked em(guides almost backtroll spinner rigs exculsivly nowadays) and we get out to a spot with about a dozen boats already on it so Ol Roy takes his place in line for a drift over a mile long gravely ridge and much to the dismay of the locals we pick off several on every drift and had our 12 by 11. After giving a few guys a few tips he says "I hear the Crappies might be goin' out on the rockpile' and I say 'WTF we waitin' for.....I ain't payin' ya for your personality MF'r' but breakfast might have had something to do with that!LOL! Same thing happened this time up on Big Winnie.....BIG Winnie's on fire this year and last after a half dozen down years but my fingers are tired and I'm sure you get the gist. always a good feeling to have a full freezer! man, you got a point on the grilling vs the frying, but my sis and the old man (mainly the soon to be birthday boy) have a thing for the Shore Lunch, so we fried some 'eyes (and a northern) the day after me and the special lady got back down state here. I might have to suggest your method next time. I hear ya on the easier stuff. imo, you gotta go with a guide out on big waters that you aren't familiar with, or really, even if you are. unless you are local, it just makes more sense to grab a rod or 3 and head out on someone else's rig, where they have everything you need (from bait to know how) right there. who wants spending hours/days dicking around on the water trying to find what works and where? luckily for me, where I'm at in the UP, the lakes are much smaller and I've been going up there for long enough that I may as well be a local. but.... no boat for years now. when I was younger and living in state, my dad had one but he (we) got older and I moved outta state and he finally sold it rather than having sitting around to get used once or twice a year. so now I just bring my trolling motor and use the boats that come with the cabin at the lake I stay at. if I want to go to another lake, the owner there has a little John boat I can throw in the back of the rig and run it down the road a mile to the next lake(s). can't do that for the river, though. I need a boat and trailer for that sort of adventure. my sister just bought a plain old (old being the operative word) boat n trailer, so I may have to drag it up there next year. we were up there for 3 weeks and were full up on walleye after one. I had to use the owner's freezer for the rest of the trip cuz the fridge freezer in the cabin was full of food for us to eat there, lol. after that they slowed down and the perch moved right in near where they had been, so we filled up on those mfers as well! I didn't have my buddy that lives on the other side of the lake up there this year, though, so I missed out on going out with the downriggers, so no salmon or lakers for me this year... next year we are going a week later, so he should be up there. if he isn't, I may just have to drive to the river down the shore line and join the 8 million other assholes trying to catch em from shore, lol. good trip as always, hopefully next year I'll need more needle nose throughout it. I wore out my arm casting, but for whatever reason (water was too warm, imo) the northerns were few and far between. fingers crossed cuz the fry the other day just confirmed how much I like em! I ate half of the pike we did keep by myself, lol... We did do a shore lunch(for dinner) the three times I fished with my old group and I still like it fried too. You can always do both as I will next time,pretty easy to slide a baking sheet with filets covered in tin foil in the oven @350 for about 20 minutes while your fryin the rest and it's a nice comparison. Pike is great eatin' my friend,you good enough cleaning to get that backstrap away from the Y bones? One of the guides up there has done a few stugeon trips on Rainy river......it's on my bucket list now.
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Post by vadarx on Sept 25, 2021 11:38:51 GMT -6
always a good feeling to have a full freezer! man, you got a point on the grilling vs the frying, but my sis and the old man (mainly the soon to be birthday boy) have a thing for the Shore Lunch, so we fried some 'eyes (and a northern) the day after me and the special lady got back down state here. I might have to suggest your method next time. I hear ya on the easier stuff. imo, you gotta go with a guide out on big waters that you aren't familiar with, or really, even if you are. unless you are local, it just makes more sense to grab a rod or 3 and head out on someone else's rig, where they have everything you need (from bait to know how) right there. who wants spending hours/days dicking around on the water trying to find what works and where? luckily for me, where I'm at in the UP, the lakes are much smaller and I've been going up there for long enough that I may as well be a local. but.... no boat for years now. when I was younger and living in state, my dad had one but he (we) got older and I moved outta state and he finally sold it rather than having sitting around to get used once or twice a year. so now I just bring my trolling motor and use the boats that come with the cabin at the lake I stay at. if I want to go to another lake, the owner there has a little John boat I can throw in the back of the rig and run it down the road a mile to the next lake(s). can't do that for the river, though. I need a boat and trailer for that sort of adventure. my sister just bought a plain old (old being the operative word) boat n trailer, so I may have to drag it up there next year. we were up there for 3 weeks and were full up on walleye after one. I had to use the owner's freezer for the rest of the trip cuz the fridge freezer in the cabin was full of food for us to eat there, lol. after that they slowed down and the perch moved right in near where they had been, so we filled up on those mfers as well! I didn't have my buddy that lives on the other side of the lake up there this year, though, so I missed out on going out with the downriggers, so no salmon or lakers for me this year... next year we are going a week later, so he should be up there. if he isn't, I may just have to drive to the river down the shore line and join the 8 million other assholes trying to catch em from shore, lol. good trip as always, hopefully next year I'll need more needle nose throughout it. I wore out my arm casting, but for whatever reason (water was too warm, imo) the northerns were few and far between. fingers crossed cuz the fry the other day just confirmed how much I like em! I ate half of the pike we did keep by myself, lol... We did do a shore lunch(for dinner) the three times I fished with my old group and I still like it fried too. You can always do both as I will next time,pretty easy to slide a baking sheet with filets covered in tin foil in the oven @350 for about 20 minutes while your fryin the rest and it's a nice comparison. Pike is great eatin' my friend,you good enough cleaning to get that backstrap away from the Y bones? One of the guides up there has done a few stugeon trips on Rainy river......it's on my bucket list now. o, I love me a shore lunch after a morning of catching em, but the Shore Lunch batter is my dad's favorite, so we had to have a fry when we got back. I've gotten pretty good over the years with those y bones. I don't bother cleaning em unless they have some meat on em, though. the one we brought back this year was only a 25 incher, but my sis was up with us then and after the special lady caught it, I tried to throw it back. my sis wanted it for some dumb reason and cuz the special lady had caught it and not me, I didn't have any say... so I made my sister clean it, lol. I ate the tail sections...😅 I'd love to do a sturgeon trip. I've had an itch to head north across the border for years now and eventually it'll get scratched. likely I'll go 'ski hunting first, though. or maybe sturgeon in Canada and 'skis in St Clair or Minnesota? 🤔
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Post by galaxytrash on Apr 9, 2022 5:33:37 GMT -6
stumbled on this today. not a great deal of fishing in it but i thought it was a nice story if you have 45 minutes to kill.
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Post by hsbob on May 4, 2022 8:01:26 GMT -6
I'm about two weeks out from gettin' up to 'Big Winnie' for some early season 'Wally' action......any tactics or spots would be appreciated. Is this the right thread?
Feel free to move to proper thread
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