St Croix – 31 August

Fished north of Stillwater on Wednesday night. Water temp was 72 degrees and pool elevation is about at normal levels around 675.4′. Caught one small channel and a 34″ sturgeon that thought he was a big flathead. That guy stayed down and gave me a heck of a tussle – I thought I had a pretty good flat on until he came all the way out of the water at boatside. Those sturgeon blow your mind when they start coming up and just keep on going all the way out of the water. It was a beautiful night but no flatheads to be had.

Nice fish Steve!

Cut sucker?

Wednesday was a great night to be out…I was tempted to stay out all night…but then reality set in when my wife called….

Nice sturgeon Steve!

I didnt know catfish swam in minnesota waters(lately).. been thinking about dodging bayliners and trying to catch some of them armor plated beast for a change.

Probabyly wont get one.. but I’ll get plenty of catfish if I try.

As Steve reminded me….

Catfishing at night
plus
St Croix River
plus
Labor Day Weekend
=
DEAD MAN FISHING!

It shouldn’t be to bad North of Stillwater…but between Stillwater and Hudson at bar closing time…Just not a good place to be!

Becareful this weekend ALL!